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Broken Dreams: Lamborghini Estoque. The Urus Alternative
Lamborghini’s Estoque was a bold four-door V12 vision—an elegant backup plan that fell aside when the Urus reshaped the brand.
For a small manufacturer of passionate dreams, switching to a four-door model means radically changing market positioning and production volumes. After it was bought by the Audi Group in the 2000s, Lamborghini had this objective in its sights, planning to complement the 10- and 12-cylinder Berlinettas with a third model.
The Urus SUV project was among the hypotheses taken into consideration. The alternative was a four-door saloon with a powerful heart – the tried and tested V12 engine - that celebrated Ferruccio Lamborghini’s original idea: to build a perfect car both in terms of comfort as in performance.
