Lamborghini confirms plans to build SUV
The SUV craze. I don’t have to introduce this phenomenon to you anymore. Heh. Porsche’s Cayenne was a hit and Lamborghini has plans now to emulate the success with a luxury SUV of it’s own.
Lamborghini originally made tractors, and the famous Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. you know today was actually a spin-off from company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini’s successful company Lamborghini Trattori S.p.A.
There are a few stories on how a tractor builder started to build sports cars. It is said that Ferruccio Lamborghini met Enzo Ferrari at a party, and like all car freaks they started talking about cars. Lamborghini pointed out a few things about Ferrari’s sports cars that he did not quite like, and hot-headed Enzo did not really respond very well to criticism, saying “If you don’t like the way I build my cars, why don’t you go build one in that tractor factory of yours.” Lamborghini took it seriously.
Back to the story at hand, Lamborghini’s president Stephan Winklemann announced the Lamborghini SUV project, which would likely be based on Audi’s Q7 (which also shares a platform with the Porsche Cayenne and Volkwagen Touareg) or the Audi Q5.
Lamborghini could use the 5.2 liter V10 used in the Audi S8 (derived from the Lamborghini Gallardo 5.0 V10) since it’s already been tweaked to haul around weight with high torque instead of all-out horsepower.
January 30, 2006 @ 7:54 pm
oh my god…
looks like a tank..
i love it!
January 30, 2006 @ 10:04 pm
dis is way way too mad…check out thse tyre paterns…neva seen like it…looks like its buid to bulldoze! the front end does have a hint of the cayene btw
January 30, 2006 @ 10:29 pm
it’s just concept art guys
January 30, 2006 @ 11:12 pm
Look a bit weird.. but its nice by the way… Look at the side mirror position… it’s difficult to see it when u r driving… anyway ths is the concept car only…
January 31, 2006 @ 12:01 am
Nice SUV. I want to add rocket launchers & gatling gun too. Some desert camo painting & carbon-based armour plating will also help.
January 31, 2006 @ 10:02 pm
I still think the LM002 is the meanest SUV Lambo ever made. It has a 8 litre V12 engine as an option!! It make the even the Humvee seems like a sissy!!
http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/images/lm002.jpg
February 2, 2006 @ 9:30 am
5.2 liter V10! Have some mercy on our earth! This thing really do not need any rocket launchers or gatling gun to do any damage, it will kill the planet simply by running on the road.
January 23, 2008 @ 1:46 am
Looks smarter than Hummer…