Delta 4x4 reveals expedition-grade Urus

Who knows if Lamborghini will ever make a Urus Sterrato. But if it does, it'll hopefully look like this

Shortly after the covers were whipped off the Lamborghini Urus, the Italian marque released a motorsport concept called the ST-X seemingly with the intent of proving that its new ‘super SUV’ was just as suited to off-road trails as it was the streets of Kensington. While track-focused, the ST-X was built to compete on mixed-surface circuits and the company even went as far as claiming special off-road tracks could be built for the Urus to race on. Obviously, none of that came to be, but German tuner Delta 4x4 may have come up with the next best thing.

Commissioned by a customer in Colorado, US, the heavily upgraded Urus shrugs off the road-focused look of the standard car and injects a healthy dose of cross-country appeal. The most obvious changes are Delta 4x4’s own 22-inch, Klassik B heavy-duty wheels wrapped in chunky off-road tyres and the removal of the cladding around the arches to accommodate them. The headlights have also been upgraded with punchy PIAA spot lamps, while a heavy-duty roof rack packs a spare tyre, shovel and all sorts of other survival gear for V8-powered adventuring.

Though the huge wheels and tyres have substantially raised the ground clearance, there’s no word on what sort of work’s been done under the skin. Saying that, Lamborghini used to offer the Urus with an off-road package, which included reinforced dampers, the option to raise the ride height further and special driving modes for dirt and sand. Whether Delta 4x4’s Urus has that fitted or not isn’t known, but with 650hp and 627lb ft from a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8, it can probably power itself out of most sticky situations.

All of this will come in handy for the customer, who intends to travel the world in this specially-prepped super SUV a document it on his YouTube channel Camperghini (geddit?). There are even plans to rip off the bumpers and install new, heavy-duty steel alternatives. Delta 4x4 hasn’t revealed how much the modifications cost, but if you want your own expectation-grade Urus you’ll need to source the vehicle yourself. This 2019 example costs £179,950 and comes with the off-road package installed, which seems like a good place to start. It’s still short of the ST-X Lamborghini promised all those years ago, special off-road tracks and all, but it’s likely the closest thing we’ll ever get to a Urus Sterrato.