It's been a long time coming, but Lamborghini has
finally, at long last, revealed the new Urus crossover in production spec.
It'll take some time to get it out of the factory and into customers' hands,
and you can bet there'll be more versions to follow. What comes next?
It may not come soon, and it may not come at all.
But if and when Lamborghini is ready, the Estoque is the likely candidate.
Lamborghini first revealed the Estoque as a concept at the 2008 Paris Motor
Show, four and a half years before the Urus in Beijing. Taking the form of a
four-door sedan, the Estoque was ultimately passed over in favor of the Urus –
a wise move, we reckon, given the explosion of high-end SUVs and the relative
decline of the conventional sedan.
But while the Urus was given priority over the
Estoque, the sedan could still see production. It would hardly be unprecedented
after all: if the Urus is to Lamborghini what the Cayenne has been to Porsche,
the Estoque could still emerge as Lambo's Panamera.
If the Estoque were given the green light for
production, its design would probably need a little refreshment. It has been
ten years, after all, and concept designs tend to be revised before they're put
on the road. So if the go-ahead were made today, these renderings from Kleber
Silva are probably pretty close to what the production version would look like.
We just wouldn't expect to see it on the road all that soon, if ever.
