Where each one leads
Audi SQ8
- On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Audi SQ8 uses 14.2 l/100 km, the 2024 Lamborghini Urus 14.8.
- New Audi SQ8 cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 288 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 325 for the Lamborghini Urus in 2022.
Lamborghini Urus
- Against cars of the same year, the Lamborghini Urus comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 94% less often than average) than the Audi SQ8 (fails 57% less often than average).
- Fewer Lamborghini Urus cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (0.4% against 4.9%).
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| Audi SQ8 | Lamborghini Urus | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 2020–2026 | 2019–2026 |
| New cars registered in Europe | 8,448 (2019–2022) | 2,330 (2018–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 1,363 | 2,163 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 603 | 289 |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Audi SQ8 | Lamborghini Urus | |
|---|---|---|
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| … against cars of the same year | −57% | −94% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 4.9% | 0.4% |
| US owner complaints | 12 | 5 |
| Most complaints about | Engine | Visibility/wiper |
| Model year with most complaints | 2022 (4) | 2019 (1) |
| US recall campaigns | 10 | 7 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 3,524 | 35 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Audi SQ8 | Lamborghini Urus | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 14.2 l/100 km (2026) | 14.8 l/100 km (2024) |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | 14.7 l/100 km | — |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 288 g/km | 325 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 373 kW (500 hp) | 479 kW (642 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 2,357 kg | 2,274 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €194,974 | €357,789 |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).