Lamborghini LM002
Lamborghini LM002
The Lamborghini LM002 is an SUV in the Italian car manufacturer Lamborghini. It was produced from 1986 to 1993.
Prehistory
He was the result of an order of the U.S. company Mobility Technology International at Lamborghini to develop a jeep successor for the U.S. Army. The result was the 1977 prototype named Cheetah, equipped with a V8 engine from Chrysler. Mobility Technology International took with this vehicle part in a tender for the U.S. Army, but lost the HMMWV from AM General, so the project was initially buried. The vehicle itself was destroyed in these comparative tests in the California desert.
Development
After the acquisition, Lamborghinis by Patrick Mimran in 1980, the project was re-started the construction of a road vehicle. It was hoped that the vehicle for a good sale in Saudi Arabia.
In 1981 the prototype was completed LM001. He still had a 5.7 -liter V8 engine of the American Motors Corporation. Already in the following year the LMA prototype at the Geneva Motor Show with the 4.8-liter V12 engine with 276 kW was presented ( 375 hp ) from the Lamborghini Countach LP500S.
Series production of the LM002, equipped with the same engine as the LMA, launched in 1986.
A planned LM003 with a 3.0 -liter turbo diesel engine has been discarded in the planning phase, an LM004 with a 7.3 -liter V12 engine was built in 1984 though, but he remained a one-off.
In 1985, the LM002 was fitted with a larger engine. He received the 335 kW ( 455 hp) V12 engine with 5.2 liter displacement from the Lamborghini Countach QV LP5000S.
After a test of the magazine auto motor und sport car drives the car "outstanding off-road ", but it consumes 25.7 to 42.0 liters per 100 km.
A total of 301 vehicles were sold.
Body
The body of the LM002 stands out from the then customary forms of design for SUVs. In the design of many observers miss the fine-tuning; Auto Motor und Sport in 1987 called it " uncouth "; the car was a " barbaric designed desert sedan ". With a height of 1.85 m and a width of more than 2.00 m, the LM002 is one of the biggest off-road vehicle; the American lobster or a Chevrolet Suburban for example, but are even greater. Instead of a luggage compartment of the LM002 has a small loading area, but which can be used by a use as a luggage compartment.
The available space in the front seat is rather cramped despite the width of the vehicle due to a very wide center console. On the back of the LM002 has only two seats. The interior is fitted with high quality materials.
Special tag for the Sultan of Brunei
1989 Rebuilt version with extended, zehnsitziger Combined body and luxury interior has been manufactured as a single piece from Turin coachbuilder Salvatore Diomante on order of the Sultan of Brunei.
Performance
Despite its high curb weight of 2700 kg, the LM002 accelerated with the 335 kW engine in just 8.2 seconds from 0 to 100 km / h and reaches a top speed of 223 km / h With this performance, he was for many years the fastest SUV in the world.
Successor
There is neither a produced in series immediate predecessor nor a direct successor to LM002. On the basis of 2012 at the Volkswagen Group established modular construction system for passenger vehicles with a longitudinal engine configuration, the modular longitudinal (MLB), specification MLB Evo, Lamborghini developed a sport utility vehicle (SUV ) called Urus - an archaic synonym for aurochs. The Urus- study was presented on 23 April 2012 at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition for the first time to the public. In addition to sister models of the Audi, Bentley, Porsche and Volkswagen, all based on the same design, is the Lamborghini Urus, whose market launch is planned for 2017 to give direction in terms of driving dynamics. The aim is to have an annual production of 3,000 vehicles; whether the Urus will however ever manufactured in series production, has not yet been decided (April 2012).