The present invention relates to thermosetting two-component coating compositions containing A) at least one NCO prepolymer, B) at least one amine-free chain extender, C) at least one catalyst selected from metal 1,3-dicarbonylates and metal-oxo 1,3-dicarbonylates, wherein i) the metal 1,3-dicarbonylate contains as a neutral complex a metal cation with the electron configuration d0 of sub-group 3 or a lanthanide and ii) the metal-oxo 1,3-dicarbonylate contains a metal-oxo cation of sub-group 6 with the electron configuration d0. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing these coating compositions and to coated substrates prepared therefrom.