Lamborghini Urus SUV – made in SLOVAKIA

The Lamborghini Urus SUV to be made in SLOVAKIA

It could be argued that the appeal of Lamborghini stems from its ‘Italian-ness’, but it seems ‘Made in Italy’ is not an honour Lamborghini are going to bestow on their new Urus SUV. Instead, the plan is to build the Urus alongside other VW Group SUVs at VW’s plant in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Autonews is reporting that VW are planning to build the Urus alongside the Porsche Cayenne, Audi Q7, VW Touareg and the bodies for the new Bentley SUV (they were planning to build the Bentley SUV in full in Bratislava too, but now it will be just the body to make sure the Bentley SUV is ‘British’).

To get ready for the big expansion in SUV models across the VW Group, VW is busy increasing capacity in Bratislava with the group’s biggest metal press being installed, which can churn out both steel and aluminium body panels, an important consideration as weight saving and economy restrictions make reinforced aluminium a winner going forward.

Production of the Lamborghini Urus SUV is due to start in 2017 with a sporty structure based on VW’s MLB platform and (probably) a twin-turbo V8 delivering around 600bhp derived from the twin-turbo 4.0 litre V8 used by Bentley and Audi, but with Lamborghini fettling.

By Cars UK