Let’s not dance around it. The Brabus Urus 900 Mint is ridiculous. It’s a Lamborghini SUV painted a colour that looks like toothpaste, riding on extremely large wheels and producing more power than most people will ever be able to use responsibly. And yet, it’s also rather brilliant. Which is exactly why it deserves to exist.
The first thing it does is hurt your eyes. That mint colour is not subtle. It arrives, loudly and demands attention from all of Monaco. Brabus unveiled the 900 Mint at the FAT Ice Race in Austria, alongside another version called the 900 Superblack. Predictably, that one is finished almost entirely in black, with the Brabus styling bits left in exposed carbon. And both cars get the same set of visual upgrades: a more aggressive front end, flared wheel arches, a new diffuser and a larger lip spoiler. Brabus says the front-end changes improve downforce and help channel more air to the radiators and front brakes. All of which is engineering-speak for “we didn’t just do this for show”.
Now let’s talk about those wheels.
They’re 24 inches. Twenty. Four. They fill the arches so completely that the car looks like it’s been scaled up slightly too far. And because this is the Mint, the wheels are painted the same colour as the body. No contrast. No restraint. Is it tasteful? Not my taste.
Did they deliberately do it? Very much.
Underneath the visual overload is where things start to get interesting.
This is based on the Lamborghini Urus SE, which means it uses a hybrid setup. Brabus has reworked the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 and combined it with the electric motor to produce a total of 888bhp and 772lb ft of torque. That’s enough to get this very large, very heavy SUV from 0–100kmph in 3.2 seconds. That’s not slow.
Brabus couldn’t make it go faster, but because tyres have a finite tolerance for abuse. There’s also a Brabus SportXtra module that lowers the air suspension by up to 20mm, helping the car sit more purposefully and rein in some of its mass when pushed in the corners. Again, this isn’t a sticker pack.
Inside, subtlety continues to be ignored.
Opt for the full Mint specification and almost every surface is trimmed in what Brabus calls Stone Mint leather. Seats, doors, dashboard, even the boot. There’s a lot of Brabus’ signature Ellipse quilting too, just in case you forgot whose car this is.
Here’s where the Urus 900 Mint starts to make sense.
This car is not trying to win over purists like you and me. It’s not interested in Nürburgring lap times or minimalism. It exists because there is a global audience that wants supercar performance, SUV practicality and a level of visual drama that ensures nobody mistakes their car for the standard one. The Lamborghini Urus created that audience. Brabus has simply taken it to its logical conclusion.
So yes, the Brabus Urus 900 Mint is ridiculous!
It’s excessive, loud and entirely uninterested in good taste. But it’s also honest. It doesn’t pretend to be anything other than what it is: a maximalist luxury performance SUV built for people who want the most of everything. And while SUVs dominate the world, hybrids are performance tools rather than eco statements and exclusivity matters more than elegance, that kind of honesty is a huge money-making business.
You don’t have to like it. But the ones with money do! We all admit to that.
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