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Here Is the Lamborghini Record Everyone Saw Coming, Involves the Urus SUV

21 Jul 2020, 11:31 UTC ·
by Aurel Niculescu

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Lamborghini must be making quite a few internal jokes about Ferrari’s stubbornness to keep annual production levels under the 10,000 threshold. The historic rival from Emilia-Romagna has surpassed the figure in just two years and with only one model – the Urus SUV. Do you need any more evidence that crossovers and Sport Utility Vehicles are the hottest automotive commodity on the planet?
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Lamborghini proudly announced that just a few months after celebrating the second anniversary of its market introduction the Urus SSUV (the Italians like to call it a Super SUV), it has already surpassed the 10,000th unit production mark. A far cry from the exclusivity of its spiritual predecessor – the LM002 was made as part of the Lamborghini Militaria series between 1986 and 1993 in just 328 examples.
Of course, modern times need the numbers to ensure ultimate survival – the Urus is clearly not qualifying as a collector’s product, but rather needs to ensure the continued endurance of the brand just as the mechanically-related Cayenne did for Porsche. And we can already see it at work – the production process was deeply affected by the lockdown so we can only commend Lambo on reaching the new record figure.
On the other hand, chassis number 10,000 might achieve collector status at some point in the future – although fans will have to search all over Russia for this particular Nero Noctis Matt example. Just to lend a helping hand, the unit can also be identified via other particularities – namely the exterior carbon fiber package, two-tone Ad Personam interior in black and orange which also comes spiced up with more carbon fiber elements.
Novelties for the 2021 Lamborghini Urus include the so-called Urus Pearl Capsule that enables a two-tone look for the exterior with help from new “ultra-bright pearlescent shades with four-layer paint”: Giallo Inti (yellow), Arancio Borealis (orange), and Verde Mantis (green).
They are all combined with a gloss black roof and additional elements in the same contrasting color. The company made the new options possible thanks to its new paint shop dedicated exclusively to Urus production that was opened on the Manifattura Lamborghini grounds back in 2019.

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Find Out What Makes the Electric Rimac C_Two Tick Just Before Production Debut

21 Sep 2020, 11:17 UTC ·
by Aurel Niculescu

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A startup electric supercar maker and an established vehicle component partner for the biggest automotive OEMs out there, the little Croatian company Rimac Automobili is making the headlines once more. This time around we are not intorumors surrounding the potential sale of Bugatti, but rather we’re interested in the hard evidence part. And that involves seeing the C_Two with all internals inside-out.
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Believe it or not, Rimac Automobili is a Croatian car manufacturer that was founded just a little over a decade ago, in 2009. Its main interest has to do with the development and production of electric vehicles, as well as associated high-tech components. As such, it is hard to associate them with a potential buy of French ultra-luxury brand Bugatti.
Even though Rimac and the VW Group have had other dealings – Porsche owns a 15.5% stake in Rimac – we are much more inclined to believe them capable of building an electric supercar with 1,914 horsepower (around 1.4 MW of oomph) that would propel it to 62 mph (100 kph) in just 1.85 seconds and then on to a top speed of 412 kph (256 mph).
And that would be courtesy of the latest “Inside the factory” episode posted by WELT Documentary which takes us through the entire production process of the pre-production prototypes. Meaning, we literally see with our own eyes the cars that will wrap up the development phase by the end of the year to make room for the actual series production units.
While some companies need decades to reach a workforce of 700 people, Rimac is already there, as most of its car components are not created anywhere else but in house. And that says a lot about a company capable of creating almost anything, from the carbon fiber chassis to the huge amount of wiring (electric cars!) and right down to the crash tests.
We love these behind the scenes snippets – the video makers spread out the production footage with interesting interviews taken to all the right folks, from specialists to CEO and founder Mate Rimac. Of course, the best bits have to do with the actual 150-examples limited series model appearing both static (with no camouflage) and on the move…

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