---
title: "SUV Showdown: Lamborghini Urus Races Tesla Model X, Range Rover SVR, and Mercedes-AMG G63"
description: "No grocery bags were damaged in the making of this drag race."
date: "2018-11-12"
modified: "2018-11-12"
authors:
  - name: "Talon Homer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/talon-homer"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/24854/suv-showdown-lamborghini-urus-races-tesla-model-x-range-rover-svr-and-mercedes-amg-g63"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Trucks"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "g-class"
  - "Lamborghini"
  - "luxury"
  - "model x"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "Range Rover"
  - "suv/crossover"
  - "SVR"
  - "Urus"
---

# SUV Showdown: Lamborghini Urus Races Tesla Model X, Range Rover SVR, and Mercedes-AMG G63

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/11/dragrace.jpg>)
*\<em\>www.thedrive.com</em>*

Have you ever thought about how the newest and nuttiest SUVs on the market would perform on a side-by-side drag race? Of course you have. Luckily, now you can see exactly what the Lamborghini Urus, Tesla Model X P100D, Mercedes-AMG G63, and Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR are capable of doing outside of a grocery store parking lot.

To show off these four bruisers' straight-line capabilities, the good folks of [*Carwow*](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ye7Vh-_b50&feature=youtu.be>) cleared an airport's landing strip and had the high-octane quartet perform a quarter-mile drag race from a standstill, followed by a rolling start at 30 miles per hour.

On paper, all four of these vehicles share many similarities. For starters, they're all five-door SUVs weighing over 4,500 pounds, they all feature all-wheel-drive systems, and they all put out an excess of 500 horsepower. [The Urus](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/20380/lamborghini-urus-first-drive-review-in-italy-lambo-sets-a-sizzling-standard-for-suv-performance>) and G-Wagen pack turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 engines with 641 and 577 horsepower respectively, while the [Range Rover SVR](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/22440/2018-range-rover-sport-svr-review-this-575-hp-solid-wall-of-sound-is-beautifully-brutal>) has the highest-displacement engine with its supercharged 5.0-liter V8 with 575 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque. The only SUV in this field that doesn't feature a V8 engine, or any engine at all, is the [Tesla Model X](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/13647/watch-this-tesla-model-x-p100d-go-up-against-a-lamborghini-aventador-lp570-4-sv>). Its electric motors at the front and rear drive all four wheels and provide an equivalent to 588 horsepower and 920 pound-feet of torque in Ludicrous Mode.

https://youtube.com/embed/8ye7Vh-_b50

Unsurprisingly, the Tesla's instant electric torque gave it a huge advantage in the standing quarter-mile race, pulling ahead early on and finishing with a time of 11.3 seconds. The Lamborghini and Mercedes-AMG followed with times of 11.9 and 12.3 seconds, respectively. The Range Rover ended up lagging pretty far behind at 12.9 seconds, which is a pity for such a good-sounding engine. The Model X also took the 30-miles-per-hour rolling start, with the rest of the SUVs foolowing a similar order to the standing drag race.

In the end, these big-boned supercars were able to show off their impressive performance for their weight, but the Range Rover Sport's aging 5.0-liter simply wasn't able to keep up. However, it appears that no current production SUV is able to stand up against the P100D's earth-shaking torque.

Just one question: where's the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk?

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/Motor_Friend>)