Lamborghini Urus Rental Ends in Costly Crash

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【Summary】A Lamborghini Urus rented for one month crashed just two hours later, resulting in massive damage to the passenger's side. The rental company owner is struggling to find replacement parts, with the repair bill totaling over $62,000. The car, with only 5,000 miles, is now out of commission, and finding replacement parts has been challenging. The driver, not at fault, declined a replacement vehicle and is waiting for the Urus to be fixed. The entry-level Urus price starts at $225,000.

FutureCar Staff Oct 20, 2023 4:25 PM PT

Lamborghini Urus Rental Ends in Costly Crash

An almost-new 2022 Lamborghini Urus went out on a one-month rental. Two hours later, it returned to the rental company with massive damage on the passenger's side. Now, the owner of the company is desperately looking for replacement parts.

The driver who rented the supercar called Rob Ferretti, the owner of the exotic car rental, and told him he had an accident. "How bad can it be?" Rob asked himself. The car had just left his yard two hours before.

But when it got back, he couldn't believe his eyes. His Lamborghini, painted in Rosso Mars (red), looked like it had just been through the apocalypse. Both doors on the right side of his Lambo Urus were seriously damaged. The one at the rear did not even line up anymore, so it was probably impossible to open it because of the deformation. The right side sill was also a mess and the front fender did not look good either. The mirror was hanging loose and also needs to be replaced.

The driver who rented the car said he got sideswiped by another driver while he was waiting at the traffic light. The car is currently out of commission with no chance of being rented any time soon. Two weeks have passed since the crash, and replacement parts from other crashed Lambos are still hard to find. Only those would take the bill to $36,292, plus the $9,487 in body labor. Add the $6,987 paint labor, the $4,192 paint work that needs to be done on the frame, estimated at $1,050, the $128 body supplies, and the $35 "miscellaneous," whatever that means on a repair bill. If you add them all up, you end up with $58,173, with sale tax taking it to over $62,000.

That is how much Rob needs to fix the exotic SUV. We can count a few premium cars that he could buy for the money, like a Mercedes-Benz E-Class or a BMW 5 Series, and he would still have money to spare. The 2022 Urus has only 5,000 miles (8,046 kilometers) on the clock and looked impeccable. The latter is not valid anymore.

The rental company has offered the driver a replacement vehicle since the crash was not his fault, and he is paying for the whole month anyway. He refused the offer and decided to wait until the Urus is fixed.

Starting at $225,000 in the United States, the Urus bestseller is not exactly the kind of car an insurance company would want to see sustaining damages. That is the price of the entry-level Urus, powered by the 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 that generates 641 horsepower (650 PS) and 627 lb-ft (850 Nm) of torque. That is enough for an acceleration from 0 to 62 mph (0-100 kph) in 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 190 mph (306 kph).