![]() In order to meet the vehicle's tire needs, Lamborghini commissioned Pirelli to create the Pirelli Scorpion tires with custom, run-flat tread designs. Civilian models were outfitted with a full luxury package, including full leather trim, tinted power windows, air conditioning, and a premium stereo mounted in a roof console. The production model was unveiled at the Brussels Auto Show in 1986. After much testing and altering of the prototype, it was finally given a serial number and became the first LM002. It was finally determined that the engine being mounted in the rear caused too many unfavourable handling characteristics in an offroad vehicle, and the LMA002 was built with an entirely new chassis, moving the engine (now the V12 out of the Lamborghini Countach) to the front. This led Lamborghini to develop the LM001, which was very similar to the Cheetah, but had an AMC V8 engine. It was later sold to Teledyne Continental Motors by MTI and is apparently still in the U.S. military, only demonstrated to them by its designer, Rodney Pharis. ![]() The only finished prototype was never tested by the U.S. The original Cheetah prototype had a rear-mounted Chrysler V8 engine. Lamborghini had designed the vehicle with hopes of selling it to companies in the oil exploration and production industry. Lamborghini built its first military vehicle, a prototype vehicle codenamed " Cheetah", in 1977. ![]() The one-off estate Lamborghini -made for Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei. ![]()
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