The Rambo Lambo Was One Tough SUV

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This wasn’t designed to glide into parking spots at the mall.

Back in 1982 Lamborghini shocked the world by debuting the LM002 off-roader at the Geneva Motor Show. People hadn’t thought of the Italian automaker as producing anything other than supercars like the Countach. Of course, those who were actually paying attention weren’t surprised in the least since the “Rambo Lambo” didn’t just come out of nowhere.

Two predecessors signaled that something like the LM002 was coming. The first was the Lamborghini LM001, a prototype off-road SUV revealed in 1981 at the Geneva Motor Show. Even older, the Lamborghini Cheetah was debuted in 1977 as the company’s first attempt at breaking into the military vehicle market.