Rezvani Turns a Lamborghini Urus Into a 1,000-HP Bulletproof SUV With Electrified Door Handles and a Smoke ScreenA 1,000-horsepower armored SUV with electrified door handles, a built-in pepper spray dispenser, and a magnetic deadbolt system probably isn't what most parents picture when they're shopping for a family hauler. Rezvani, apparently, disagrees.The California-based boutique builder has turned the Lamborghini Urus into the Dark Knight – a limited-run, heavily armored SUV aimed squarely at buyers who consider a smoke screen a reasonable school-run feature. Only 100 units will be produced, each built around a 2019-or-newer donor Urus that the customer supplies themselves. The conversion starts at $149,000 before you even account for the price of the Lamborghini sitting underneath it.What You're Actually Paying ForThe base Urus puts out 657 horsepower. Rezvani's standard tuned version lifts that to 800 hp, but the optional 1,000 hp engine upgrade – a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 – costs an additional $58,000 on its own. Per Rezvani's official models page, the top-spec Dark Knight covers zero to 60 in three seconds flat. The exterior gets a complete rebody in angular matte panels, a roof-mounted light bar, a steel ram bumper up front, and massive fender flares wrapping 22-inch wheels shod with 33-inch all-terrain rubber. Military-grade run-flat tires are optional, for when things get genuinely bad.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe armored hardware is where the pricing climbs fast. The Dark Armored Military Package is priced at $85,000 and includes bulletproof glass, ballistic-grade body panels, a reinforced suspension system, and protection against explosives beneath the vehicle. Opting for the Security Gadgets package tacks on an additional $39,000 and unlocks the features that push the Dark Knight into truly extraordinary territory – among them electrified door handles, magnetic deadbolts integrated into the door frames, a pepper spray deployment system, strobing and blinding lights at both ends of the vehicle, multiple siren settings, thermal imaging capability, EMP shielding, and an external intercom system. A fully loaded example, with every option ticked, pushes well past $500,000.Inside, the cabin seats four or five across Rezvani's own seating designs, available in five trim patterns and a range of leather colors, with the Rezvani logo stitched into the headrests. A panoramic roof, heated and ventilated seats, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel with metal paddle shifters keep it feeling like a luxury vehicle rather than a military transport – right up until you glance at the switch panel mounted above the center console. The toggles for shocking doors, smoke screen, and pepper spray do tend to break the mood.CEO Ferris Rezvani argues the vehicle represents a real engineering ambition: "The goal was to push the limits of merging aggressive supercar styling and performance with daily practicality and off-road capability."It Also Comes With a Bulletproof VestIncluded with the Dark Knight package is a set of personal protective gear: a gas mask, a tactical helmet, and a bulletproof vest that converts into a backpack. Because if the smoke screen and the electrified handles didn't work, you'll want something for when you step outside.AdvertisementAdvertisementOptional add-ons extend the absurdity in a direction that feels almost logical by this point – a dedicated rifle compartment ($4,500), a night vision system ($5,500), and a tire inflation and deflation kit ($3,500) for adjusting pressure on the fly across terrain that presumably isn't a school parking lot.Rezvani has been building cars like this since 2013, when founder Ferris Rezvani set out to create vehicles inspired by his aspiration to fly fighter jets. The Vengeance, the brand's Cadillac Escalade-based armored SUV, established the formula; the Dark Knight is what happens when that formula gets applied to a Lamborghini. The video circulating online, which shows a presenter testing the electrified door handles on himself and using the intercom to holler "Jimmy, you better get your ass here boy, I swear to God" at a school pickup, captures the vehicle's appeal about as accurately as any press release could.It's an extreme machine for an extreme buyer. Whether it's the most extreme family car ever built is debatable. That it exists at all is not.
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