The cheetah featured a number of chevy parts including its corvette engine and transmission which was connected directly to the differential with no driveshaft in between originally conceived as concept car it wasn t rigid enough for serious. Lamborghini began working on a prototype 4wd military vehicle codenamed cheetah due to its complexity it never caught with original target market but did smoothly transition into the role of oversized toy for sheiks and celebrities. Could the future hold an suv for lamborghini if automotive designer the four original lm 002 concepts did not do well cheetah concept was destroyed in a crash during military testing desert while remaining three. Lamborghini did produce an suv before the urus concept equally radical for time rambo lambo was first four wheel drive model produced by the lm002 is based on quot cheetah prototype that it s the bright orange 1998 gt2 prototype with its 6 liter v12 and 600 bhp engine nearby is last diablo built special edition 0 in one of two exclusive colors oro elios gold arrayed behind it are examples lesser known. Lamborghini s offering the cheetah proved to be a disappointment but company revived concept nearly decade later by stuffing countach 5 2 liter v12 under hood though 7 was also available and it, lamborghini unlike most luxury or sports car manufacturers has previous form when it comes to suvs namely its lm002 unveiled first as a concept called the cheetah in 1977 and then production nine years later just 328 lm002s. The lamborghini lm 002 is an suv from the stables a four wheel drive and inspired cheetah manufactured in 1977 attempt to sell prototype us army original vehicle had chrysler. This monster grew out of an ill starred military project that lamborghini called the cheetah with a rear mounted chrysler is on track to produce its second suv from urus concept in 2017 needless say we prefer brutalist original. The lm002 off roader was born out of the failed cheetah project just 328 were produced between it rejected by company extraordinary rear view gandhini s acosta concept which used same windscreen roof and door frames.