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Lamborghini Urus vs Bentley Bentayga: which to lease?
Updated 6 min read Performance & Prestige
Both are five-seat four-wheel-drive luxury SUVs in our own fleet, on a three-month minimum term, and both are quoted on request. Take the Bentley Bentayga V8 S if you want to arrive quietly. Take the Lamborghini Urus if arriving quietly is not the point — it also asks for more money held and more per mile.
What is the real difference between a Urus and a Bentayga?
They begin from the same place — five seats, a petrol V8, four-wheel drive, an eight-speed automatic — and then do opposite things with it. The Lamborghini Urus S is a Lamborghini that happens to have a boot. Hard edges, a driving position that feels lower than the ride height suggests, and a powertrain tuned to answer before you have finished asking. The Bentley Bentayga V8 S is a Bentley first and a fast car second. It is built around isolation and material quality, and the speed is almost incidental to the experience of sitting in it.
Both are ours. We own them, prepare them and deliver them, and we carry the risk on them, which is why a question about either one gets answered here rather than passed along, and why the figure comes back from us without waiting on anybody else to confirm the car.
What do they cost to lease, and for how long?
The Bentayga V8 S, the Urus S and the harder-edged Urus Performante are all quoted on request. All three are ours, so the figure comes from us rather than from a partner, and all three run on the same structure: a three-month minimum term, one month up front, then one a month, with 1,000 miles a month included.
The shape is worth knowing before the number arrives. The opening payment is a single month, not a multiple of one, and a single payment follows each month afterwards. There is nothing shorter to compare these against. We lease rather than rent, three months is the shortest agreement we write, and a monthly figure quoted without the term it runs on tells you very little — which is why the term is on this page and the figure comes with it when you ask.
Which is cheaper to hold for three months?
The monthly figure is not the whole cost stack, and the gap between these two widens once you look at the rest of it. A refundable deposit is held against a card in the hirer's own name: £5,000 on the Bentayga V8 S, £7,500 on the Urus S and £10,000 on the Urus Performante. On the cars we own, the insurance excess matches the deposit exactly, so the same figures also describe your maximum exposure on a claim the policy covers.
Mileage above the included allowance is charged at £2.50 a mile on the Bentayga and the Urus S, and £3 a mile on the Performante. The included allowance is 1,000 miles a month, so the figure to weigh against your own driving is the one on the page rather than a fraction of an annual total — and weighing it is the sum most people forget before they commit. Deposit, excess and mileage terms are provisional while the insurance arrangement is finalised, and we restate them in writing before anything is agreed.
Which one is better for the people in the back?
The Bentayga, comfortably. Both are five-seaters and both will take four adults and luggage without complaint, but the Bentley is built around the idea that the rear seat is a place somebody chooses to sit rather than somewhere the children go. The Urus rear bench is firmer and the roofline more aggressive, which is the price of the shape.
If the back seat is the whole point — a client you are collecting, a long motorway run where you are not the one driving — the Bentayga EWB Azure is the long-wheelbase version, built around rear legroom and airline-style rear seats. It is arranged through a partner rather than held by us, so it is priced on request and confirmed before anything is committed.
Which draws more attention, and is that what you want?
This is the question that actually decides it, and it is worth being blunt about. A Urus is recognised by people with no interest in cars at all. It is loud in the visual sense long before it is loud in any other, and in a car park it is the thing being photographed. That is exactly right for a birthday, a shoot, an arrival that is meant to be an event.
A Bentayga is recognised too, but it is read as expensive rather than as fast, and it is a far easier car to turn up in when the car is not supposed to be the story. Client meetings, a wedding where you are not the groom, a school run in a village where everybody talks: the Bentley does all of those without comment. Same segment, same seats, a completely different social object.
Do the driver requirements differ between them?
No, and that surprises people who assume the Lamborghini must be harder to qualify for. The Urus S, the Urus Performante and the Bentayga V8 S are all set at a minimum age of thirty, a full licence held for at least five years and no more than six points. The difference between them shows up in the money held rather than in who is allowed to drive.
All of that is provisional pending final confirmation of the insurance arrangement, so treat it as the shape of the answer rather than a settled contract term. We check eligibility at the enquiry stage, before anything is agreed and before any money moves, and each of these cars is delivered to an address you choose in mainland Britain rather than collected from a counter.
Which of the two belongs on your drive for three months?
Take the Urus if the car is part of what you are doing — if it is going to be seen, photographed and talked about, or if you simply want the most theatrical thing that still has five seats and a boot. Take the Performante over the Urus S only if you want the sharper, more single-minded version and the higher deposit and mileage rate are not an obstacle.
Take the Bentayga if you want the same capability with none of the noise around it, if passengers matter as much as the driver, or if you are going to be in it every morning for the length of the agreement. It is also the cheaper of the two on every measure the site publishes — deposit, excess and mileage rate — which is not the usual shape of a Bentley-versus-Lamborghini answer, and it is worth knowing before you choose on badge alone.
Common questions
Are both the Urus and the Bentayga in your own fleet?
The Urus S, the Urus Performante and the Bentayga V8 S are all ours — we own them, prepare them and deliver them, and we quote them ourselves. The plug-in hybrid Urus SE and the long-wheelbase Bentayga EWB are arranged through vetted partners, so the specific car is confirmed before anything is said about dates. Every car on the site is quoted on request.
Can I lease a Urus for less than three months?
No. Three months is the shortest agreement we write on any car, including this one. It is a lease rather than a rental, so there is nothing shorter sitting underneath it, and the monthly figure you are quoted is the figure for that minimum term.
Is insurance included in the monthly price?
The cover arrangement is confirmed with you in writing before anything is agreed, along with the excess that applies to the specific car. We do not publish a blanket answer here, because the arrangement is settled per agreement and per driver and a general claim on a guide page is not something you could rely on.
What happens if I go over the mileage allowance?
Excess miles are charged at the rate on that car and reconciled at the end of the agreement rather than billed as you go. It is £2.50 a mile on the Bentayga V8 S and the Urus S, and £3 a mile on the Urus Performante. If you already know you will run over, say so at enquiry and we will structure it properly.
Which of the two is better in British winter weather?
Both are four-wheel drive and both are fine. The practical difference is ride and refinement rather than traction: the Bentayga is the calmer car on a wet motorway at the end of a long day, and the Urus is the one you will enjoy more on an empty road on a dry morning.
See the two agreements next to each other
What you put down, what you carry as insurance excess, what you pay over the allowance and the minimum driver age are set per car. This puts both sets in one table so you can see where they part company.
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Lamborghini Urus vs Bentley Bentayga: which to lease?
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