*UPDATE* Troops blow up LM002 and 550

[Joey D]

I didn't really know where to put this, I guess here


US Troops blow up LM002

Source: Autoblog

American forces in Iraq have finally killed Saddam Hussein's son's...car. While his megalomaniacal father garnered the lion's share of notoriety, Saddam's cruel depravity was exceeded by his eldest son's, the erstwhile heir apparent to the Iraqi presidency who was known for murdering people he didn't like at parties and torturing Olympic athletes. It only makes sense that a monster of a person should have driven a monster of an automobile: the Lamborghini LM002.

For those unacquainted with the LM002, picture the offspring of a one-night-stand between an exotic Italian supercar and a tank, and you've got an approximate idea. The truck is known to guzzle gas like a fratboy funnels beer, but that posed little concern for a family with all the oil in the world but no one to sell it to.

According to reports, Uday's "Rambo Lambo", already on its last leg and limping to the grave, was recovered by American soldiers who, apparently failing to identify the significance of the vehicle, used it to test explosives. And so, like the fate of its owner, Uday's Lamborghini was no more. The world may be a better place without the Husseins, but we'll mourn the truck.

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

 

[Dougboy]

was recovered by American soldiers who, apparently failing to identify the significance of the vehicle, used it to test explosives.

The fact that it was caused by stupidity and lack of knowledge makes it even more sad

 

[Barracuda]

yes it was a one an only but:

1: it doesn't look that good anyway
2: it belonged to an evil person and deserved what it got. I wouldn't even dought that he ran over and killed a few people in this car.

EDIT: upon further research, i take back my first statement, it looks pretty good. It looks more like a one night stand between a hummer and a Lamborghini if you really look at some of the body features. You can also see a little bit of land rover in it too, lol

 

[Joey D]

Doesn't matter who owned it, it's still a very rare vehicle and has an interesting history. It would be like destroying Hitler's limo because he was a bad guy.

Plus what the hell are our troops messing around blowing up vehicles that pose no threat for? They are wasting weaponry, resources, and time.

 

[a6m5]

apparently failing to identify the significance of the vehicle, used it to test explosives.

Bull shiitake. They even took a picture in front of it.

I think they just wanted to blow up an Lamborghini.

 

[Joey D]

Oh they knew what they were doing and it makes me sick to see how undisciplined our military is. Are those guys that bored over there they have to waste taxpayer money on blowing up vehicles that really pose no threat to anyone?

All things considered though, it held up decently .

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

I think it's good that they are at least having some fun over there. They don't have much over there.

 

[3-Wheel Drive]

2: it belonged to an evil person and deserved what it got. I wouldn't even dought that he ran over and killed a few people in this car.

Unless the car was an active participant who supported the man's actions, and took pleasure from any acts done using it, it does not deserve to be punished. It's like throwing a knife in jail because it stabbed someone, perfectly ridiculous.

It is a rare and valuable piece of automotive history.

Also: Considering the wealth of the Husseins, it someone should have realized that any car in their former possession is very expensive, and could be taken and sold for a good sum of money. I bet a private collector would've been willing to pay enough for that LM002 to supply a whole platoon with body armor and rifles.

 

[Tornado]

2: it belonged to an evil person and deserved what it got. I wouldn't even dought that he ran over and killed a few people in this car.

That is the cars fault how?


Either way, if it was on its last legs (as it looks to be in the picture), I feel a little better about it. It still probably withstood the explosion better than a Hummer would.

 

[3-Wheel Drive]

It still probably withstood the explosion better than a Hummer would.

If it were an H2 or H3, the only thing left would be the cup holders. The rest of the car may be poorly constructed, but those holders have to be designed for the American driving habit, which is keeping our Big Gulps steady while taking turns at highway speeds and narrowly avoid intersection collisions because our cell phone conversion is far more interesting than the velocity at which we are approaching traffic. If it can stand up to that, it could take a measly bomb.

 

[Philly]

It still probably withstood the explosion better than a Hummer would.

I wonder if the Italian military looked into this car to have a vehicle comparable to the Hummer? A lamborghini with a machine gun? Awesome!

 

[1X83Z]

Re-post. It's still pretty incredible. Having heard the story several times I am confident that the troops did not know what they were blowing up when they did it.

 

[YSSMAN]

Chances are that they thought it was some poorly-built "kit truck," and chose to blow it up anyway. Why not?

...Can I really be upset about it? No, not really. Saddam had millions of dollars worth of automobiles stashed in and out of Iraq, many of which were either destroyed in the bombing of his palaces or were stolen in the chaos that ended after the fall of Baghdad. There was a story not too long ago in C/D of a special one-off Mercedes that was in Saddam's collection that has yet to be seen (or at least that anyone had heard of), and that is indeed a priceless loss.

...But thats what happens when you're dropping Daisy Cutters and MOABs on the enemy. Stuff gets blown up, or we blow the stuff up ourselves. I like the part where we blow stuff up ourselves. A good change of pace, since its usually the Iraqis that are blowing up themselves inside of their cars in Iraq...

 

[Pupik]

It's a car, people. And not your car. Get over it.

 

[1X83Z]

It's a car, people. And not your car. Get over it.

As only 301 LM002s were ever manufactured, I think it's a pretty big deal - at least it warrants a thread. Plus - how often do you see LM002 pictures, particularly ones where it's been blown to bits?

I think about this particular LM002 sometimes, and I am a bit upset with the troops, but at the end of the day they didn't know what they were doing. These SUVs are impossible to drive anyway these days, considering that they require special tires and the manufacturer has categorically stopped making them.

Frankly this vehicle would've commanded ~$50k even in that state, but more than the value it's unfortunate that such a rare vehicle was destroyed.

 

[Robin]

Thats quite sad that they recklessly blew up a very rare car! I don't care who it belongs to! it should be in an museum or something, lots of very bad peoples cars are on show so I don't see what the problem is. Now all they can do is put it back together or leave it there to rot...... pity

 

[Joey D]

The troops knew what it was, the damn thing says Lambo on in somewhere.

 

[McLaren]

yes it was a one an only but:

1: it doesn't look that good anyway
2: it belonged to an evil person and deserved what it got. I wouldn't even dought that he ran over and killed a few people in this car.

EDIT: upon further research, i take back my first statement, it looks pretty good. It looks more like a one night stand between a hummer and a Lamborghini if you really look at some of the body features. You can also see a little bit of land rover in it too, lol

So, if he had any pets like a cat or a dog or even a puppy, we should just viscously murder them too just because they belonged to an evil person.



Yes, that makes wonderful sense! Hell, if he had a 2 year baby, we should just kill it too. I mean, that's just terrific logic!

I think it's good that they are at least having some fun over there. They don't have much over there.

Are you kidding me? Our troops have been given a helluva lot of stuff to do. We've sent comedians, movie stars, un-released games, and even wrestling over to the troops. I think they've had a lot fun before this.

I wonder if the Italian military looked into this car to have a vehicle comparable to the Hummer? A lamborghini with a machine gun? Awesome!

No, but the Saudi Arabian govt. did along with Dubai purchasing a few for police vehicles.

Frankly this vehicle would've commanded ~$50k even in that state, but more than the value it's unfortunate that such a rare vehicle was destroyed.

Too bad these soldiers didn't figure that out before blowing it up.


Note* Can a mod merge my posts?

 

[Dave A]

2: it belonged to an evil person and deserved what it got. I wouldn't even dought that he ran over and killed a few people in this car.

How does a car deserve anything? If some gu deliberately runs someone over and kills them in a Ferrari Enzo, should the Enzo be destroyed like a dog thats attacked and killed a child? a car is not a sentient being, it has no personality or violent traits.

 

[TheCracker]

...a car is not a sentient being, it has no personality or violent traits.

That's not true, the Pontiac Aztec hurts my eyes.

 

[m7ammed]

they could of made use of the car like sell it , to a collector , and use the money for charity , or supporting families of soldiers or something what a waste ....

 

[Barracuda]

First of all, what the hell do you guys care. "oh no, there were only 301 built". funny part is, your never going to be able to afford one unless you are pretty rich. Its the same type of thing if an enzo or something crashes "theres one less, OMG the worlds ending" it doesn't matter to you at all.

yes what i said was dumb logic but whatever, its sounded good at the moment and looking back it was pretty stupid.

And who the hell doesn't like to blow s*** up. They probably looked at it to see what was salvageable and when they saw that it was in very bad condition decided to put it out of its misery.

Yes, many things have been sent over there to entertain our troops but do you really think a couple of concerts and games makes the cut. These people are out there with families at home (maybe even children) fighting for our country and in constant awareness that their life may end at any second, so why be fun nazi's and set strict rules for when our soldiers are on their own time.

EDIT: I do agree with BMW318ciC about the charity thing though, but its already done and over with so why complain. You cant change something thats already been done by bitching about it.

 

[Tornado]

First of all, what the hell do you guys care. "oh no, there were only 301 built". funny part is, your never going to be able to afford one unless you are pretty rich. Its the same type of thing if an enzo or something crashes "theres one less, OMG the worlds ending" it doesn't matter to you at all.

Okay. So lets never talk about cars that are above the $30,000 bracket. Ever.

These people are out there with families at home (maybe even children) fighting for our country and in constant awareness that their life may end at any second, so why be fun nazi's and set strict rules for when our soldiers are on their own time.

Okay. Next time they want to have fun, they can play a game of Monopoly instead of wasting taxpayers money with explosives by blowing up rare cars. Since the money is so important to you.

 

[Dave A]

First of all, what the hell do you guys care. "oh no, there were only 301 built". funny part is, your never going to be able to afford one unless you are pretty rich. Its the same type of thing if an enzo or something crashes "theres one less, OMG the worlds ending" it doesn't matter to you at all.

yes what i said was dumb logic but whatever, its sounded good at the moment and looking back it was pretty stupid.

And who the hell doesn't like to blow s*** up. They probably looked at it to see what was salvageable and when they saw that it was in very bad condition decided to put it out of its misery.

Yes, many things have been sent over there to entertain our troops but do you really think a couple of concerts and games makes the cut. These people are out there with families at home (maybe even children) fighting for our country and in constant awareness that their life may end at any second, so why be fun nazi's and set strict rules for when our soldiers are on their own time.

EDIT: I do agree with BMW318ciC about the charity thing though, but its already done and over with so why complain. You cant change something thats already been done by bitching about it.

This is a forum, a forum is where you discuss things, this topic is about the US soldiers blowing up a Lamborghini LM002. People are voicing thier opinions of how stupid it was, if you go by your last comment you can stretch that out to a much larger number of thngs. Ultimately a hell of a lot of what people say is pointless, so we as humans might as well never speak unless it's neccesary. You do seem rather uptight about it. As for your "why be fun Nazi's and set strict rules" do you really think that not allowing soldiers to blow cars up for fun is being a fun Nazi? Theres a whole lot of things thoes soldiers can do for fun, but I donn't think that blowing the hell out of things for a laugh should be one of them. I'm not overly concerned wit the matter as I'm sure most people in the thread arn't, I'm simply voicing my opinion that it was stupid.

 

[Barracuda]

Okay. So lets never talk about cars that are above the $30,000 bracket. Ever.

If you wan't to be like that, then go ahead. what im meaning is, its not as much as a big deal as some of you guys are making it. It was blown up, oh well, that really sucks doesnt it, whatever.

Okay. Next time they want to have fun, they can play a game of Monopoly instead of wasting taxpayers money with explosives by blowing up rare cars. Since the money is so important to you.

I never said anything about money being important to me. I highly doubt the taxes are going to be drastically changed because a couple of soldiers wanted to have a little fun. they could raise taxes by say, a dollar or so, and have plenty of money to pay for explosives. If im correct theres over 300 million people in America and lets say 1/2 of them pay taxes, thats 150 million dollars there buddy, im pretty sure they have plenty of money to not have to raise taxes.

Don't be such a Democrat, lol, jk

 

[Pupik]

Frankly this vehicle would've commanded ~$50k even in that state, but more than the value it's unfortunate that such a rare vehicle was destroyed.

1. At this time, nobody in Iraq would spend $50K on a car. It wouldn't last, especially when parked infront of a market. Note: I don't know what I'm talking about. I don't park at markets, in Baghdad. I know nothing. No, really.

2. Importing it into the US might not work, and retro-fitting it might be a pain in the rear main seal. "Only blown up twice" isn't much of a deal maker. Odomoters act weird in the presemce of explosives.

3. Can we take property that isn't ours? Ain't that against some Convention named after a European City
(there's a few of those)?

4. Who says they even have the keys or title? Talk about your red tape...

5. I just feel like being an asshat about this thread, sorry. I actually like Lamborghinis, ya know. They were originally designed for the area in our troops found it...besides they may need to blast it to bolster the sides of their Hummvee from IEDs. Maybe if Alfa Romeo could do that, they'd get back in the US.

 

[Dave A]

On point three, I don't think it is lawful under most situations, but there are cases where it might be, I'm pretty sure of that.

In reply to TEAMDiablo, America is heavilly in debt, over $40 trillion USD in debt in fact. It's over $100k USD per citizen worth of dept. I would think that money should be a very big issue for Americans .

 

[Barracuda]

On point three, I don't think it is lawful under most situations, but there are cases where it might be, I'm pretty sure of that.

In reply to TEAMDiablo, America is heavilly in debt, over $40 trillion USD in debt in fact. It's over $100k USD per citizen worth of dept. I would think that money should be a very big issue for Americans .

ouch, lol. god damn, i cant even think of a response to that, that really sucks......... still nothings coming to mind. You definitely pwned me there.

 

[McLaren]

First of all, what the hell do you guys care. "oh no, there were only 301 built". funny part is, your never going to be able to afford one unless you are pretty rich. Its the same type of thing if an enzo or something crashes "theres one less, OMG the worlds ending" it doesn't matter to you at all.

Actually, a great deal of us here could afford it. As Doug said, most LM002s are not even sold over $80,000. They're just not wanted that much because most people don't know what they are or how many are built.

Being so, most sell for $50,000. Again, like Doug said. And as I seem to recall, many of us here own a car that's near or equal to $50,000. And even if then, I'm pretty sure we all own at least 2 cars that are equal to the price of a LM002.

Besides that, maybe we do care. Or are you the one to decide what we can and can not care about? Maybe Doug cares about Diablos. If they are all destroyed, are you going to tell Doug, "Why do you care? You'll never afford one."



Sorry Doug for using you as an example.

 

[JCE]

It's a car, people. And not your car. Get over it.

+1

That and its a very ugly worthless car at that. Now if they blew up an actual cool Lamborghini like a Coutach THEN and only then would I be slightly irritated--but nothing like the overreactions like the others in this thread.