The Urus isn’t as exotic as Lamborghini’s two other models, the Huracan and Revuelto, but it’s still a type of car most of us will never afford. With a starting price of well over $200,000, the so-called “Super SUV” from Sant’Agata Bolognese is out of reach if you’re not among the one-percenters. Should you want to experience 641 horsepower and take some of your friends along for a ride, renting one is your only option.<\/p>\n
Rental company Gotham Dream Cars has one in its fleet but it’s currently out of commission. What was supposed to be a month-long rental ended after just two hours. This 2022 Urus with only about 5,000 miles on the clock was sideswiped while waiting at a red light, and now it’s awaiting new parts. By Lamborghini standards, the high-performance SUV is its most common car as 20,000 units had already been produced by the middle of 2022. However, replacement parts are apparently hard to find.<\/p>\n
The rental company\u2019s CEO Rob Ferretti tells the story of how he was unable to source the necessary passenger-side doors and side mirror from other crashed vehicles. The goal was to get the Urus back on the road in about a week but to no avail since replacement panels are still a no-show, some two weeks after the incident.<\/p>\n
The parts alone cost $36,292, plus $9,487 in body labor. That doesn’t include paint labor, which is another $6,987, plus $4,192 for the paint itself. Work done on the frame amounts to $1,050, along with an extra $128 for “body supplies.” The most intriguing item on the repair bill is the $35 for “miscellaneous.”<\/p>\n
Add them all up and it’s going to cost $58,173 to fix the Urus, on top of which there’s a sales tax of $3,853 for a grand total of $62,027. That’s basically 2024 BMW M2 money for replacing a couple of doors and a mirror of an SUV. Lest we forget the high-riding Lamborghini is mechanically related to the more humble Audi RS Q8 that costs roughly half.<\/p>\n
The rental company offered the driver a replacement vehicle since it wasn’t his fault and he’s paying for the whole month. However, he has decided to wait until the Urus will be fixed.<\/p>\n