Lamborghini Urus embarrasses Ferrari Purosangue in head-to-head drag race but it wasn't a fair fight

  • This guy drag raced a Lamborghini Urus against the Ferrari Purosangue
  • The cars are similar but, on this occasion, the Urus won hands down
  • This is because somebody ‘cheated’

Published on Apr 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis

Last updated on Apr 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by Tom Wood

A modified Lamborghini Urus took on a Ferrari Purosangue in a drag race.

The Urus absolutely left the Ferrari for dead but it wasn’t a fair fight.

The truth is, there’s a reason why the Urus won so easily.

And it’s because somebody cheated.

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The reason why the Urus annihilated the Ferrari Purosangue

On paper, the Ferrari Purosangue and the Lamborghini Urus are quite similar.

Both are luxury SUVs made by supercar brands, both are best sellers, and both are a lot faster than an SUV is expected to be.

And both produce roughly the same amount of horsepower, despite using different engines – a V12 for the Ferrari and a V8 for the Lambo.

Except, on this occasion, the Lambo ‘cheated’.

Or rather, the person who organized the drag race cheated, because the Ferrari Purosangue you see here is ‘standard’, but the Urus isn’t.

The person in question is former Formula E driver (and YouTuber) Daniel Abt.

His name might ring a bell not just because of his Formula E career but also because his family owns Abt Sportsline, a German tuner that specializes in VW Group brands, including Lamborghini.

In the clip, Abt pitted a factory Ferrari Purosangue, which makes 715 horsepower, against an Abt Urus Scatenato, a modified Urus that puts out 840 horsepower.

Hardly a fair fight, but still enjoyable.

Why luxury automakers are focusing on SUV at the moment

With a few glaring exceptions, Bugatti and McLaren for example, every luxury automaker out there is currently selling at least one SUV.

Porsche has the Cayenne and the Macan, Bentley has the Bentayga, Lambo has the record-breaking Urus, Rolls-Royce sells the Cullinan – the list goes on.

The reason is simple: sales.

These SUVs sell like hot cakes, and they’re also helping these brands by bringing new customers on board, wealthy people who could always afford supercars but simply wanted something more comfortable.

It feels like they’re just getting started, and we’re going to be seeing more Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche branded SUVs in the coming years.

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Experienced content creator with a strong focus on cars and watches. Alessandro penned the first-ever post on the Supercar Blondie website and covers cars, watches, yachts, real estate and crypto. Former DriveTribe writer, fixed gear bike owner, obsessed with ducks for some reason.