• Expensive to buy
• Hybrid system helps to lower running costs
• But it still won’t be cheap

While running costs are unlikely to be a key barrier to ownership if you’re looking for a Lamborghini, now that the Urus has a plug-in hybrid powertrain, its running costs will prove easier to stomach. The supercar firm acknowledges that many customers probably won’t plug their car in, but it’s all the better for being charged, both for performance and running costs.

Once fully topped up, Lamborghini claims a 37-mile EV range, which is substantially more than the single-digit numbers you get from the Ruvuelto and Temerario supercars. In the real-world, based on our testing, you’re unlikely to get more than around 30 miles, but if you want to drive around town exclusively on EV power, the range is there.

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On a 130-mile trip with a fully-charged battery, we averaged 30mpg, which isn’t bad at all. In the previous pure-petrol Urus, it wouldn’t have done much more than 20mpg. Similarly, it can achieve 25mpg on a motorway run without any charge in the battery. But as soon as the engine kicks into life, the Urus becomes very thirsty indeed. Lamborghini claims 135mpg on the WLTP testing cycle, but you will never see that figure. Similarly, the CO2 emissions of 51g/km are highly unlikely to ever be achieved, though, amusingly, means this Lamborghini could be bought as a company car without taking a massive hit on benefit-in-kind taxes.

Lamborghini’s warranty is a three-year unlimited mileage deal, and all dealerships offer fixed-price servicing – but they’re not exactly cheap, as you’d imagine.