VLVL2 (15): The Ultimate Four-Wheeling Rig

[Dave Monroe]

"She had no choice but to stick with these two, and
was only marginally reassured by the $135,000
manufacturer's suggested retail price of the ride tehy
took to Vineland, the ultimate four-wheeling rig, a
Lamborghini LM002, with a V-12 engine that put out 450
horsepower, custom armed, wired and dialed to the
hubcaps.  It was like being taken off in a UFO." (VL,
Ch. 15, p. 334)


An anachronism here?  See ...

LM002 (301 Made 1986-93)

The LM002 was pretty much the final version of the
Cheetah program to ever be sold to the public. The
LM003 and LM004 being experiments with various engines
that were eventually abandoned.

Only 301 of these LM002 monster machines were built.
The last 60 of the series were called LM/American and
was introduced at the 1992 Detroit Auto Show....

http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/LM002/

But ...

Thus was borm the LMA or LM002 in 1982, now with a
front mounted V12 engine from Countach.  After a
lengthy gestation period, production began in 1986 ...

http://www.carsfromitaly.com/lambo/index.html

And ...

... in the United States it even became known as the
'Rambo-Lambo', probably because its military looks and
huge power.

http://www.lambocars.com/lm/lm002.htm

And see as well, e.g., ...

http://www.car.co.nz/4wd.asp?articleid=5215

http://formen.ign.com/news/9829.html?fromint=1

http://home.btconnect.com/focuslamborghini/LM002.html


	
		
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