Lamborghini LM002

The 1989 LM/American version adopted multi-point fuel injection instead of carburettors to meet U.S. emissions requirements.

The LM002 was built around a substantial steel tubular frame designed to withstand heavy off-road loads.

Lamborghini Polo Storico has documented a single factory-built right-hand-drive LM002.

Lamborghini states that 60 examples of the special LM/American version were built for the U.S. market.

The production Lamborghini LM002 was officially unveiled at the Brussels motor show in January 1986.

In 1989 Sandro Munari drove an LM002 in One Lap of America, covering roughly 10,000 miles across U.S. roads and circuits.

The LM002 development programme included extensive testing in the desert conditions of Saudi Arabia.

After experience with the rear-engined LM001, engineer Giulio Alfieri revised the layout and placed the future LM002’s V12 at the front.

The path to the LM002 began with the Cheetah off-road prototype developed in the late 1970s as a very different kind of Lamborghini.

Years later Pirelli worked with Lamborghini Polo Storico to reproduce LM002 tyres through its classic-tyre programme.