THE Lamborghini Urus is a performance SUV that has arrived with a 4.0 -liter 4.0 -liter V8 and permanent all -wheel drive. It is very fast and has the type of performance you can take from the rear and on the track, while the interior drops with materials, style and premium technology. However, there is another vehicle compared. THE Audi RS Q8And he compares as well as the chassis and the transmission are what is shipped to Italy so that Lamborghini begins to work.
Now there are reasons why the Lamborghini Urus costs more than $ 240,000 compared to the price of $ 136,200 of the RS Q8. Yes, all this shipment is expensive, just like the Lamborghini badge tax, but there are additional performance. However, we believe that just beyond RS Q8 is where the decreasing point of performance comes into play.
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2025 AUDI RS Q8
- Basic PDSFP
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$ 136,200
- Engine
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V8 with double turbo 4.0 -liter
- Power
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631 HP
- Couple
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627 LB-PI
- 0-60 MPH
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3.4 seconds
- Top speed
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155 MPH
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2025 Lamborghini Urus
- Basic PDSFP
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$ 258,000
- Engine
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4.0 V8 Plug-in Hybrid
- Power
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789 HP
- Couple
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700 LB-PI
- 0-60 MPH
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~ 3.3 seconds
- Top speed
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193.9 MPH
Climbing inside RS Q8
Go up inside RS Q8 and you remember why performance SUVs are better served as luxury vehicles. They are versatile – designed to unleash through the countryside or hit a little cheeky day, serve as a comfortable suburban vehicle that you fill with the frames if necessary, a family vehicle to load children and cargo on the back, and something that you can wrap with luggage for a getaway across the country. In this regard, the RS Q8 has 33 cubic feet of loading space behind the second row while the urus has 16 cubic feet.
Inside the RS Q8, you are greeted by premium leather rather than Alcántara, and there are quality finish parts that are not carbon fibers that pretend to make things light. It is an elegant interior that mixes its sportiness with authentic luxury and style. The seats are well reinforced without being aggressive to maintain the driver and the passenger in place. It is a sophisticated sensation cabin compared to the Urus, where Lamborghini feels the need to model the front of the cabin on the tired trope of a cockpit of fighter airplane.
The technology is transported to the Urus with its two screens in the center of the dashboard – one for infotainment, the other for climate control. Apple Carplay and Android Auto are standard, but, essentially, it is a solid system coherent in both models.
Boule your performance socks
The two vehicles have the same Audi Twin-Turbo V8 transmission, although the urus is only available in hybrid these days. The RS Q8 is only available in performance garnish and 631 horsepower with 627 pounds of torque at its disposal and claims 3.4 seconds to 60 MPH. THE Urus is much more product thanks to a little electrification. It combines electrical and petrol energy to make 789 hp and 700 pounds of torque, which is enough to obtain it from 0 to 62 MPH in 3.4 seconds.
These acceleration times come from the manufacturer, so there are grains of salt to add. We suspect that the hybrid Urus, for example, will break the 3.0 -second barrier at 60 mph in the real world. How will he get away with the Nürburgring? We don’t know. But we know that RS Q8 performance was the Nürburgring’s fastest SUV In 2024 with a time of 7: 36.698.
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Conclusion: beyond the point of reducing yields
In the real world, the RS Q8 is an incredible machine. We just spent a week with one, and not for the first time, and driving, we never thought: “You know what it needs? A little more power.” Outside the line, it is embarrassing for everything that wants to try to follow. Even if it is a supercar because it will not walk around, because there are 99.9% of the other SUVs. Launch control in an SUV with a supercar engine is only a hilarious experience that recalls driving in roller coaster. In addition to that, he is able to pass out on our local mountain roads. Our experience in the Urus is almost the same, but stronger and with at least $ 100,000 more spent.
Those who have the money to spend and want a Lamborghini Urus will buy a Lamborghini Urus. He falls a lot in the same reasoning as Porsche used to put the Cayenne on the market as the first Authentic performance SUV. Porsche knew that the majority of its customers had at least one car that obtained a weak score in practical issues. Thus, the brand thought it should look at the loyalty of its customers’ brand and offer something practical with a Porsche badge and Porsche performance.
For a pure and lasts of Lamborghini, or someone who covers a Lamborghini badge, whether for love of the brand or a demonstration of wealth, the urus crosses incredibly all the boxes. It is ostentatious, it’s crazy and has a level of Supercar performance. For all those who just want a high performance SUV, the urus is crazy. With the SE model, you actually pay the badge, the manifest style and a stronger exhaust system. The performance difference is negligible and the average person would not be able to say it of the steering wheel.
Conclusion: the best car is always the one you want
If you read this as a fan of Lamborghini or someone who thinks of getting an urus, we are not trying to discourage you. The best car is always the one you want and you can own. As an example of what a Lamborghini performance SUV should be, it is just on the target – it is noisy, unpleasant and has performance flowing from its pores. The RS Q8 will look boring, although it is an equivalent on the road.
However, if you really have the chance to have both and you want the most performance you can get, these decreasing yields are excessively expensive. For the money saved for a more comfortable, practical SUV, but always stupidly fast and defying the area, you can then justify something impractical to go next in the garage.
The money saved would make you a 911 Carrera, a Porsche 718 Cayman GTS 4.0or a Corvette Z06 If you wanted banana supercar performance and money.