The Urus

 

This is the last actual real-world Lamborghini and the last post for my “Celebration of the Bull” journey. I hope you have enjoyed these posts and hope to start putting together the next feature soon.

     For the final post, I now look at the Urus, the high-performance SUV. SUV stands for Sport Utility Vehicle. We could debate those terms but why bother? The Urus is the top predator in this market. The Urus started production in 2018 and growls at the competition through a twin turbo V-8 that makes between 620-640 horsepower depending on the options. The Urus reportedly weighs less than the competitor’s SUV models, gets very good gas mileage for the segment and horsepower (14 highway). It does however carry the highest price tag and $250k. If you are curious, I highly recommend you search youtube for videos of the Mansory edition – a very limited edition with a price tag near $1m. 

HW Urus

There are two releases of the Urus in Hot Wheels.  The first release was called the Lamborghini Urus and was based on the 2012 Geneva auto show prototype. The latest release debuted in 2019 as the ‘17 Lamborghini Urus and has all the updated body lines of the actual vehicle. Hot wheels spent some time getting this one right and it shows.

 

 Every detail of the front grill is clearly molded. Headlights and taillights are high-res decals, and the Lamborghini logo is clear. Closer examination of the headlights reveals an impressive amount of detail including shadows and the famous Y design LED setup. The Y5 wheels look really good on this model and the yellow paint scheme on the 2020 release represent the real cars flagship paint.

It is hard to say if collectors will latch onto the Urus or not, the 2021 release is metallic blue and looks just as good as the 2020 release. If you were going to dream about an SUV, this is the one to dream about.

 

Thank you,

Collector Quentin

I own the actual diecast pictured in this post. However, all packaging artwork, Mattel or Hot Wheels logos, paint descriptions and wheel descriptions in regard to the Hot Wheels versions are copyrights of the Mattel toy company.

 

Lamborghini and model names are property of Audi AG, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group.

 

https://hotwheelscollectors.mattel.com/

https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/models

https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Hot_Wheels