Lamborghini LM

[Frög]

i don't know why, but i always loved these! my neighbor in New York had one and ive wanted one ever since.. besides my neighbors, ive only seen it two or three times on the streets..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lamborghini-LM002-1988-Lamborghini-LM002-VERY-RARE_W0QQitemZ110186986299QQihZ001QQcategoryZ6290Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

that is all..

[speedminded]

i don't know why, but i always loved these! my neighbor in New York had one and ive wanted one ever since.. besides my neighbors, ive only seen it two or three times on the streets..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lamborghini-LM002-1988-Lamborghini-LM002-VERY-RARE_W0QQitemZ110186986299QQihZ001QQcategoryZ6290Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

that is all..I've seen several pics of them on fire and burned up. I can't believe Lamborghini actually thought the US Defense Department would even think about purchasing an Italian made vehicle like that, it would be suicide for the US military.

[OneSlow5pt0]

12L V12 hummer

[Elbow]

I used to love those

[cdhtang]

It is funny that I had that toy car when I was little. I loved it.

[man]

I can't believe Lamborghini actually thought the US Defense Department would even think about purchasing an Italian made vehicle like that

They didn't. Lamborghini did extensive tests in the middle eastern deserts because they were designing them to be used by middle eastern militaries which is where many of them ended up anyway. Most of the ones that have been pictured burned were those of middle eastern princes which the US military found and burned/bombed.

[4re308]

I remember about 15 years ago when Ferrari of Atlanta was still FAF Motorcars. They had a white one and a black one there and I was amazed. They are so out of the ordinary, I would love to have one sometime. Can you imagine how much parts are for that thing? A transfer case? JEEEZ!

[speedminded]

They didn't. Lamborghini did extensive tests in the middle eastern deserts because they were designing them to be used by middle eastern militaries which is where many of them ended up anyway. Most of the ones that have been pictured burned were those of middle eastern princes which the US military found and burned/bombed.Technically you're right, the LM002 wasn't directly built for the US Military but the LMA002, LM001, & Cheetah was. It started with the Lamborghini Cheetah in 1977 then the [one] LM001 by 1981, they were both prototypes for bidding on the US Military defense vehicle contract...the first HMMWV (equivalent to the Hummer H1) was built in 1979, see the coincidence? ;)

The center of gravity using the AMC V8 in the LM001 was too high resulting in bad handling so the V12 from the Countach was used in the front of another chassis putting it much lower and they called it the LMA002. By the time the LMA002 was complete in 1982 the contract for 50,000 HMMWV's at already been awarded to AM General and Lamborghini lost out.

Ever seen a BMW M1? Lamborghini screwing around with military vehicles and not winning the contract is what killed the BMW M1 project. BMW commisioned Lamborghini to assemble them but they had no money due to the above vehicles: people don't understand how much in the automotive industry revolves around racing, even alot of the day to day street cars now...


The Giugiaro-designed M1 was to be assembled by Lamborghini, but Lamborghini's poor financial situation and assembly delays caused BMW to move assembly to Baur, the German convertible builders. By the time production resumed, the homologation rules for international Group 5 racing had been changed. Since BMW had not met the required sales figures, the M1 went to the new Procar series instead. By the time BMW had sold enough cars, the M1 was no longer competitive for Group 5 racing."Then you have Jeep trying to sue AM General over the HMMWV because they used the same amount of bars in between the headlights as the jeep grill for decades BUT being military vehicles they are excempt from patents, copyrights, & trademarks...sooo much politics which lead to major lawsuits when the civilian Hummer came out in the middle 90's and the lawsuits continued between Jeep and General Motors with the H2.

Anyways, between 1986-1993 300 or so of the LM002's were built with most of them being ordered by middle eastern military's.

[RandomGuy]

Technically you're right, the LM002 wasn't directly built for the US Military but the LMA002, LM001, & Cheetah was. It started with the Lamborghini Cheetah in 1977 then the [one] LM001 by 1981, they were both prototypes for bidding on the US Military defense vehicle contract...the first HMMWV (equivalent to the Hummer H1) was built in 1979, see the coincidence? ;)

The center of gravity using the AMC V8 in the LM001 was too high resulting in bad handling so the V12 from the Countach was used in the front of another chassis putting it much lower and they called it the LMA002. By the time the LMA002 was complete in 1982 the contract for 50,000 HMMWV's at already been awarded to AM General and Lamborghini lost out.

Ever seen a BMW M1? Lamborghini screwing around with military vehicles and not winning the contract is what killed the BMW M1 project. BMW commisioned Lamborghini to assemble them but they had no money due to the above vehicles: people don't understand how much in the automotive industry revolves around racing, even alot of the day to day street cars now...

Then you have Jeep trying to sue AM General over the HMMWV because they used the same amount of bars in between the headlights as the jeep grill for decades BUT being military vehicles they are excempt from patents, copyrights, & trademarks...sooo much politics which lead to major lawsuits when the civilian Hummer came out in the middle 90's and the lawsuits continued between Jeep and General Motors with the H2.

Anyways, between 1986-1993 300 or so of the LM002's were built with most of them being ordered by middle eastern military's.lol thats all i saw

[speedminded]

lol thats all i sawlololol...lmao

[VooDooXII]

I always thought these things were the coolest SUVs out there.

http://i22.ebayimg.com/02/a/000/77/bb/2860_4.JPG

:lmao: Look at that distributor cap! I'd hate to get that one mixed up.