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Lamborghini LM002, perhaps (I think this was it)?
http://www.motorcities.com/contents/99HHL483217052.html It doesn't have a cool name, but gimme a V12-powered SUV any day of the week. It's funny, Lambo was really ahead of it's time...the LM002 first appeared around 1984, way before the SUV craze started, and about 15 years ahead of the concept of a luxury-SUV. |
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A RALLY urraco?????
daaaamn, didnt know about that one. it should be cool, tough. any PICS of it???? One of the lambos I like much is the jalpa/sillouethe (i hope its written well)... I know its not the most powerfull lambo, maybe even not the most beautiful, but I like dem very much. Also, any of you remebers the Cala??? an Italdesign concept for Lamborghini that was shown in the early nineties... it was all beauty. Cano and... OMG!!! an F1 CAR???? really?? tell me more!!! |
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Lamborghini entered F1 with V12 engines in 1989; with the Larrousse-enteredd Lola. The V12 was powerful, but fragile. It scored a single point with a 6th place at Jerez; Phillipe Alliot was behind the wheel. Engines appeared behind several teams' cars; Minardi, Ligier, and even a McLaren (test purposes only), but sucess was limited; the best result overall was a 3rd place by Aguri Suzuki (of JGTC fame) in the '90 Japanese GP. The Lambo V12's last F1 appearance was the '93 Aussie GP.
Here's a little about the "works team"...
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Source: http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-moden.html
Name: Modena Team Lamborghini Engineering entered Formula 1 in 1989 with a V12 engine designed by Mauro Forghieri. This was supplied to the Larrousse team. The following year as the engine became more competitive the company decided that it wanted to have it own chassis as well. A project was initiated with a Mexican businessman Fernando Gonzalez raising the money for what was to be called the GLAS team. The car, designed by Forghieri and Mario Tolentino began testing in the summer of 1990 but there was a setback when Gonzalez disappeared with $20m. The project was taken over by Carlo Patrucco, a former head of the Fila clothing company. Initial testing of a prototype car was carried out by Mauro Baldi but the team then signed up Nicola Larini and Eric van de Poele with Marco Apicella nominated as the team's test driver. The team was headed by former Minardi team manager Jaime Manca Graziedei with Tolentino and former Grand Prix driver Dave Morgan engineering the two Lamborghini 291 chassis. Some backing was found but the project remained underfunded and struggled to pre-qualify. Larini finished seventh in the opening race in Phoenix. In San Marino van de Poele made his only start for the team and was running fourth until his car failed in the closing laps. Lack of money meant that the promising project closed down at the end of the year and Lamborghini returned to the role of engine supplier. |
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