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Lamborghini Urus Drag Races Rolls-Royce Cullinan, Destruction Follows

Lamborghini Urus Drag Races Rolls-Royce Cullinan, Destruction Follows 3 photos
Photo: ArabGT.com/YouTube screenshot
Lamborghini Urus Drag Races Rolls-Royce Cullinan, Destruction FollowsLamborghini Urus Drag Races Rolls-Royce Cullinan, Destruction Follows
SUV drag races are some of the most popular forms of YouTuber motorsport this year. However, it's pretty rare to see a Rolls-Royce Cullinan lined up against the Lamborghini Urus.
These two titans occupy different ends of the high-rider market. The Lamborghini is considered the fastest of its breed, a real performance freak, while the rival focuses on opulence and prestige. There's no such thing as "unnecessary weight or features" in a Rolls.

We all know what will happen in this showdown, which doesn't mean we won't be entertained when the gas pedals are pressed and these SUVs shoot towards the horizon. It's funny how Rolls made the first-ever SUV due to customer demand, and all people want to do is test it on a race track.

The British ultra-luxury brand really doesn't like its customers drag racing their Cullinan or any other model for that matter. But you can't just make the most expensive SUV in the world and not expect people to test its metal.

It's not slow by any means. The 6,749cc (6.7-liter) V12 engine makes 563 horsepower of power reserves. However, this particular model is the rare Cullinan Black Badge, rated at 590 horsepower, good for a 0 to 62 mph time of 5.1 seconds and a limited top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h).

The Lamborghini Urus specs are unchanged. Still motivated by the 4.0-liter twin-turbo, this supercar of SUVs will hit 62 in 3.6 seconds thanks to its 641 horsepower output. The weight depends largely on the features which have been installed, and ArabGT's numbers suggest a gap of 1,153 lbs (523 kg) exists between the pair.

In the race itself, it seems like they're not using launch control in the Lamborghini or even building boost. This allows the higher torque of the V12 to pull the Rolls ahead at first, but it quickly gets annihilated.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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