Talk:Lamborghini LM002

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GPS[edit]

GPS in 1988? I don't think so.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.212.250.6 (talk • contribs) 2006-12-30 21:36 (UTC)

It's true. See [1] (or Google search "Lamborghini LM002" GPS). Flyingtoaster1337 09:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HST?[edit]

Didn't Hunter S. Thompson own one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.224.223.45 (talk • contribs) 22:31, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rambo Lambo?[edit]

Who calls it this? Makes sense but never heard of it myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.234.52.231 (talk • contribs) 12:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly I've never heard of it either, but then again the LM002 isn't a very well known vehicle. Chevymontecarlo (talk) 17:06, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody calls it that. The article says "lovingly dubbed the...", which I think is pretty misleading. "Dubbed" in this context, idiomatically, means given a name or nickname that has a subsequent modicum of common usage. "Rambo Lambo" was just a joke made by a couple of magazine copywriters---at the pistonheads.co.uk site cited, and, if memory serves, at Car and Driver, which was notorious for silly puns in the '80s. Gribbles (talk) 06:59, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I remember it commonly referred to as the "Rambo Lambo" in the 80s, yes by car magazines and books but who else matters? I'll flick through some old (British) Autocars and find some references. It was never an official name obviously but was very common. I'm pretty sure more people knew it as the Rambo Lambo than knew that it was actually called the LM002 actually. But sources is what matters and I'll find some. Dino246 (talk) 11:04, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Rambo Lambo" passes the Google test with flying colours, 34,700 results. References aren't simply from car mags either, even Time magazine refers to it as the "Rambo Lambo". [2]. AOL Autos goes as far as to claim that Rambo Lambo was Lee Iacocca's nickname for it [3]. I'd like to find a more reliable source backing that up. I really don't think that the broad use of the nickname is in doubt though. Dino246 (talk) 16:49, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone be more stupid???[edit]

An LM002 destroyed? In the United States? There ARE twits in the world. There is no God...--Fluence (talk) 18:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One thing's for sure, the soldiers weren't proper petrolheads- didn't they take a look at the badge or under the bonnet? You can't exactly miss a V12! Chevymontecarlo (talk) 17:11, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was probably destroyed in Iraq. They DO train over there, you know. Anyway, I don't think the Army necessarily missed what it was, they just had a habit of destroying every valuable personal artifact of the Hussein family that they themselves couldn't utilize. No better way to erase a legacy than with the proper application of C4. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.14.85.177 (talk) 10:24, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is stupid, of course these guys are gear heads. They all knew about it's rarity, but they were forced to destroy it because of a directive from commmand. The Hussein family had a massive car collection which included a vast number of mid 50s American classics as well. They were asked (by the generals) to destroy them because of the danger they would pose to the soldiers. If they did confiscate them, there was no way to easily bring them to the US. If they let the citizens take them, they could be used as potential car bombs. If you were a soldier and saw a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air driving up to you at a rode-side stop, would you shoot at it? You'd probably wait to see what was going on with it... BOOM, you're dead. This is why they blew it up. This was all over the news like 5-6 years ago. Do a search people...

-Todd82TA —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.88.29.163 (talk) 13:22, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It does appear to have been destroyed in Iraq, e.g. this blog, which has a picture of it (and also uses the term "Rambo Lambo"). I imagine if you're used to your friends being killed on a daily basis, the destruction of a rich dictator's truck isn't a major source of heartbreak. The vehicle was apparently in poor shape, no doubt having been thrashed by its former owner. Based one what I have read about Uday Hussein, the world would be slightly better if all his worldly possessions - which he was very fond of, moreso than human beings - were gathered into a pile and burned. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 15:42, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Two sides of a business combined[edit]

Lamborghini's other main business is making agricultral tractors (This is why most European farmers are also familiar with the name.). The LM002 is the two sides combined- resulting in a four-wheel drive monster with a V-twelve Coutach engine. The book 'Cars' by Martin Buckley and Chris Rees (ISBN 1-84309-266-2) has a very detailed section about the vehicle. Chevymontecarlo (talk) 17:21, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

nEED DSPEED[edit]

Appears in neeed for speed a police car. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.26.230.204 (talk) 09:38, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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This article makes many claims about future Lamborghini SUVs the author provides no sources for his information, and as far as i know tell there is no evidence to support the rumors of a future Lamborghini SUV. This article should be focusing on the LM002 that has actually been produced, not on speculation about future models as the introoduction currently does. Snwbrd550 03:14, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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