The Lamborghini Urus is an SUV almost without equal. But today, we learned that the Toyota RAV4 can be turned into a super-SUV, not in the performance department, but in regards to its looks.
It's safe to say that Lamborghini is one of the most often plagiarized car brands in the world. We've seen literally dozens of Reventon replicas, but the copying seemed to be going down for a while.
Today we discovered this, a Toyota RAV4 that tries to be a Lamborghini and goes about it the wrong way. It's a real head-scratcher that brings a lot of questions, especially those of the "why?" variety.
Why turn the RAV4 into anything else? It's a perfectly good-looking Toyota SUV with rugged lines. Why put a Urus face on the RAV4? It hasn't got the right shape at all.
What we can tell you is that this is the world of a Japanese tuning company called Albermo. At least we think they're Japanese, as that's the language on their website and social media.
The transformation into the Urus is nowhere near complete or that believable. It's mainly happening at the front, where a new front bumper gives the RAV4 a more "super" appearance. Thankfully, Toyota's headlights were already kind of pointy.
You'll have to squint really hard and maybe keep an eye closed to see this as a Lamborghini. And since Toyota is always more concerned with reliability and efficiency, you can't expect a lot in the power department. The models sold in Japan come with a 2.0-liter and need about 9 seconds to reach 60 mph. There are no turbos, and only the plug-in hybrid pushes past 200 horsepower in a convincing way.
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. Full profile
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