Lamborghini Drops New Images Of The Urus ST-X Racer

Lamborghini has released additional images of the Urus ST-X race car that will start competing next year at the Super Trofeo 2020 World Finals in Misano Adriatico in Italy.

First presented in November last year as a concept, the Urus ST-X comes from Lamborghini Squadra Corse and is easy to pick from the ‘regular’ road-going SUV. For example, it is painted in the same Verde Mantis paint scheme as various Huracan racers and will sport center-lock wheels (even though the vehicle in these new photos has regular ones).

Lamborghini has also equipped the racer with an FIA-approved steel roll cage, fire suppression system, and an FT3 fuel tank. Extensive work was also done to ensure the Urus ST-X is much lighter than the road car with the initial show car weighing 1,649 kg (3,637 lbs), or roughly 25 per cent less.

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Power is provided by the same twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 as the road car, with 641 HP and 627 lb-ft (850 Nm) of torque. Performance figures haven’t been announced YET, but the production model hits 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 3.6 seconds and reaches a 189 mph (305 km/h) top speed.

Lamborghini is said to be developing a hardcore version of the street-legal Urus using some of the technologies of the ST-X. The company’s research and development boss, Maurizio Reggiani, suggested earlier this year that the road-legal Urus could use similar weight-saving techniques as the racer. There’s also a chance that Lamborghini will also increase its V8’s output, although that’s mere speculation for now.