The town of Dubai expanded its fleet of unique police automobiles whereas serving to Lamborghini set a brand new annual gross sales document. It took supply of a brand new Urus Performante, the range-topping model of the Italian model’s high-performance SUV, on the 2023 version of the Dubai Airshow.
Dubai officers plan to make use of the Urus Performante as a patrol automotive, in order that they requested a number of modifications. Completed within the metropolis’s white and inexperienced livery, the SUV contains a particular rear spoiler with an built-in 360-degree LED mild bar and a siren. Inside footage have not been launched, however we’re instructed it is geared up with an armored gun field, a folding display screen that shows messages, and a defibrillator for first-aid response. There’s additionally a particular compartment added to the trunk to let the officers assigned to the Urus retailer their service tools.
What’s underneath the hood would not change. Energy comes from a 4.0-liter V8 that depends on a pair of turbochargers to make 657 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 627 pound-feet of torque from 2,300 to 4,500 rpm. The engine exhales by means of a titanium exhaust system designed by Akrapovič, and it spins the 4 wheels by way of an eight-speed automated transmission. Hitting 62 mph from a cease takes 3.3 seconds, and the Urus retains accelerating till it hits 190 mph. It’d in the future want to achieve this pace given Dubai’s massive focus of supercars.
Dubai, the biggest metropolis within the United Arab Emirates (UAE), often purchases high-end automobiles for its police division. Over the previous decade or so it has bought a Lexus RC F, a Bugatti Veyron, a Mercedes-Benz G-Class tuned to 700 horsepower by Brabus, and even a science-fiction-like hoverbike. It is not all supercars; the fleet additionally consists of a number of Toyota Land Cruisers, Dodge Chargers, and Nissan Pathfinders.
To not be outdone, Abu Dhabi (the second-largest metropolis within the UAE) additionally owns exotics. Its fleet features a Veyron and a Nissan GT-R.