Maybe I shouldn’t have passed the police car on the outskirts of Hermanus in this matte silver Lamborghini Huracán Evo. In my rear view mirror he is flashing his lights, waving his hand out of his window with slow down gestures. I contemplate hitting the accelerator. In 9 seconds I would be at 200km/h. That would be the far horizon.

But let me go back a couple of hours. In the morning I boarded a different Lamborghini first. The first one with a turbo-charged V8, four doors and a large luggage compartment. No, wait a minute, let me rephrase this. The Urus actually had a sort of spiritual predecessor, built between 1986 and 1993. At the time the Lamborghini LM002 was one of the craziest and most powerful vehicles around. Borrowing the V12 of the Countach and featuring all-wheel drive, it was aptly dubbed the Rambo Lambo. Reaching 210km/h and 0 to 100km/h in 7.8 seconds in basically a 3ton-box was quite an achievement at the end of the 1980s. It was actually insane. Only about 300 units were produced for the world market and if used ones ever come up for sale, they will cost you as much as a well-equipped Urus.

Which by the way is named after one of the large, wild ancestors of domestic cattle. The Spanish fighting bull, as bred for the past 500 years, is still very close to the Urus in its appearance. The cows in the fields of the farmlands next to the highway I am just roaring past, seem to be in agreement. They are visible agitated and their moo-ing sounds almost like moaning.

In a mere 12.8 seconds the Urus reaches 200km/h, despite a weight of 2.2 tons. Through the smooth tarmac bends of Franschhoek Pass I switch the Anima controller in the playful Italian aeroplane cockpit from ‘strada’ to ‘sport’. The bull tightens its muscles and roars even deeper. Incredible how this powerful SUV sticks to the road. And how confidence boosting those giant carbon ceramic brakes react. To put it in numbers: from 100km/h the Urus comes to a standstill after just 33.7m. A Bentley Bentayga for instance would then still have 40km/h on the clock. With a top speed of 305 km/h, the Urus is currently the fastest SUV in the world. And you can basically take it straight to the track. The 22inch Pirelli P Zero Corsa tyres are loving it.