A photographer at Autonocion recently captured spy photos of the camouflaged 2027 Lamborghini Urus Performante, and it looks as good as you’d think — maybe even better. However, when you really dive deeper into what’s coming with the newest model, I am a bit shocked by the excitement mounting for its arrival. But it’s a Lamborghini after all.
The 2027 Lamborghini Urus Performante received a minor facelift, with the front fascia featuring daytime running lights and a diagonal bar running to the corner lights, separating the side and center air intakes. The intake appears taller and narrower. In the back, the air intakes look huge, and it has a liftgate-mounted spoiler and huge brakes.
The wheels are 22 inches, and you can also see wide carbon fiber wheel extensions that offer better quality, lighter weight, and a more aesthetic appeal than metal. The wheels have been fitted with 325/35 tires.
There is no denying it’s a good-looking SUV. For what’s likely to cost over $280,0000, it better be. But when it comes to what’s inside, the anticipation for this model leaves me scratching my head, leading me to believe it’s truly all about aesthetics for Lamborghini enthusiasts. Don’t get me wrong, it will still be pretty fast and powerful, but it feels almost like a downgrade from previous Performante models.
The 2027 Lamborghini Urus Performante goes up in weight, down in sound
The first big difference between the 2027 and past iterations is the powertrain. The first Urus Performante in 2022 featured a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that made 657 horsepower — a significant upgrade, given that it was also 100 pounds lighter and offered better downforce than the previous model. In 2024, Lamborghini revealed the plug-in hybrid SE, which had an electric motor and a large battery. This increased the weight by 600 pounds, but it had 789 hp. The 2027 model is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), which doesn’t seem like an exciting transformation.
PHEVs weigh more than gas-powered vehicles, which means this Urus Performante would be packing on the pounds compared to the 2022 model, which had shed some pounds that year. This feels a bit like going backwards. However, the SE is sold out until 2027, so I guess Lamborghini drivers are not too concerned about the SUV’s weight. Lamborghini probably figured it was fine, then, to switch the Performante to a PHEV to meet stricter emissions regulations and then improve the intakes and brakes to compensate.
The upcoming Urus will also not sound anywhere as impressive as the previous Performante — or even the SE from last year. Europe is implementing a sound limit for its vehicles, as if an EV push wasn’t boring enough. In the first phase, passenger vehicles can’t surpass 72 decibels. The second phase brings this down to 70, ending with 68 decibels in the final phase.
Unfortunately, the Urus SE Performante will not sound as good as the 2026 SE or the Performante. Later this year, the European Union will impose a new sound limit for all new passenger vehicles. Instead of 72 decibels in the first phase and 70 decibels in the second phase, the final phase will see new passenger vehicles limited to 68 decibels. To better understand this limitation, the 2026 Ford Mustang GT is 72 decibels in Quiet Mode and 86 in Track Mode. The 2026 Lamborghini Revuelto can reach 130 decibels. In fact, Lamborghini is known for its screaming high-revving engines, which is why nobody wanted their now-canceled electric supercar, the Lanzador.
Some believe the 2027 Lamborghini Urus Performante will remain very powerful and very fast despite its weight gain and noise reduction. It’s predicted to have over 800 hp. I don’t think this upcoming Urus is bad by any means. However, I just don’t think it’s a massive upgrade worth the hype. But it’s a Lamborghini — a good-looking one. That’s probably a big selling point for the supercar SUV market, which isn’t a very big sector with tons of choices.
