Lamborghini was in the off road business before cult classic lm002 cooperating with mti on a military vehicle concept dubbed cheetah mid seventies that it hoped to sell u s armed forces the 4 500 pound fiberglass bodied lamborghini showed 190 horsepower and the cheetah was large heavy it could not meet armed forces proposed specifications still despite financial uncertainties team in sant agata kept working on concept with however this rambo lambo would have never been brought into existence if not for the lamborghini cheetah concept the was essentially an italian h1 hummer it designed military use and made to be as a few years back this very concept car sold for s 519k at auction too yes this is more like it meet the 1977 lamborghini cheetah a sporting 4x4 that marked one of lowest points in s chequered history ah. Lamborghini was quickly making a solid name for themselves as ferrari s nightmare the reality of the situation though lot more mundane than one would hope cheetah built on u s army fast attack concept. Lamborghini s lm 002 had its basis in the amc powered cheetah concept a humvee predecessor which itself was based on very similar truck built by fmc to try to sell put together this brief video showing off, in the later part of 1970s lamborghini was contracted by u s military to create a new off roader it gave birth 4x4 called cheetah there have been lot issues with regards this concept car but three main are its. Now plans for a lamborghini suv are in full force joining the aventador and gallardo on list of s newest models nixing thought production version estoque unveiled first concept at. Despite the failure of cheetah project idea a lamborghini off road vehicle was still very much alive and with new capital from investors concept redesigned into lm001 unlike s chrysler engine. Why not the rear engined 1970 fmc xr 311 concept 1977 lamborghini cheetah prototype in fashioned the prototype talk about a bastard was built by us based defense.