This thing was designed for the Middle East desert, it had sealed buttons,sealed signal light and wiper control stocks to keep sand out as well as better air filters for the engine. Apparently it ran fairly well on low quality fuel as well and the large fuel tank meant you could cross a lot of desert. Some were even equipped with a machine gun turret. I read about these when they first came out many years ago and definitely wanted one.
Have a look at the real history of this car...it was created as a concept to compete with the Hummer for the US Army...of which the Hummer won the contract...so lambo fitted it out for the domestic market, to recoup some of it losses
Here's why it's worth 400'000$ "I don't know why they put that there" "Its all really tight in here" "You can't reach the mirror controls" "Use your credit card to open the fuel door" (Because after filling the tank up you will have no other use for that) "The rear view mirrors are tiny" "...This unlabeled Button..."
I think this was meant to be used on the beach, and etc. So you could leave you vacation house and drive out to the beach docks to your boat and also drive around forest near your estate and any other off road use as a rich person would need.
bigblackboner97 he tends to use “unique”, “usual” and “interesting” when describing things that are stupid or nonsensical in cars. He’s basically just being condescending when saying any of those things
HOW are you not commenting on the INSANE sounds that the hood and door locks are making? Closing the hood sounded like someone had just dropped an entire kitchen set of pots and pans.
Many years ago, a customer brought one of these (also white) into a shop I worked at for service. He regaled us with the origin of the auto. He related that it was designed for the Israeli military, who ordered 300 of them. The "bed" was intended as a machine gun post ( and under the plate the bracket is still there). For an unknown reason the order was cancelled and the autos were adapted to "exotic" utes. The addition after-the fact, of most of the electronics explains the odd placement of many accessories.
SMDInvestigations All true except the original military contractor was Saudi Arabia, read it then when the car was launched on italian car magazine "Quattroruote" (I'm Italian BTW)....the article's title was "Lamborghini LM002: una fuoristrada per gli scicchi" (Lamborghini LM002: an offroader for the sheiks). The article said exactly what you say, together with the cancelled order and the need to turn the R&D costs into something marketable, but the contractors were Saudi, not Israeli.
Actually,, the gas pedal being so hard to push makes lots of sense. When off-roading, the terrain effects the throttle control, and if a big bump or knock happens, the traction could be lost. As long as the throttle pull is consistent,, It make lots of sense.
Yup this is a drug dealers SUV. Smuggling compartments, cig lighters all over, massive basses, white and panelling... Lambo in the 90s definitely had a demographic that they knew.
As Lamborghini's core business was tractor manufacturing, the LM002 is much closer to their core business than their other cars; it's basically a tractor with nice paneling.
8:32 if someone hears this horn, turns back, sees this monster charging towards him, he will know in that second, that horn was the scream of death. That ain't a car horn bro, grim reaper be inside screaming it's lungs out instead
I like the fact it forces you to use a bank card to open the fuel cap, that way you know you got the means to pay for the gas! Brilliant out the box thinking.
Csányi Viktor good for you... but the fact is that the bank cards were extremely uncommon in early 80s ... apart the USA maybe.... besides I don't believe the 80s had POS terminals...
Roman Romero The fact is that credit cards were common in the late 60s in North America, and everywhere in the developed world in the 80s. It had nothing to do with modern POS terminals which came first in 1986 by IBM and Atari, but with ATMs and Bancomats from the early 70s (and before that were the charged cards or debitcards used in the same format in hotels and restaurants even in the 50s!). :)
Csányi Viktor I appreciate your info but frankly since the first POS came around 1986 as you said, the bank cards as payment option were rather extremely uncommon in my opinion.
The reason a lot of the controls are oddly placed, gas tank is huge, back end seating and other weird stuff is because this was originally intended to be supplied to the military. The power accessories, speakers and stuff were all added later when the military bought something else and they decided to rework it as an SUV.
Doug, you have to remember that the lm002 was designed to try and replace the jeep for the us military, it was competing against the Humvee and land rover, so most of the quirks were made specifically for military purposes. The battery switch was to save the battery is times of war, and was an effort to keep the enemy from hotwiring your truck and driving away, the ignition placement was to keep them from taking the keys, there was a tool that came with it for the fuel door, the pedals were made heavy to account for the heavy military grade boots the driver would be wearing, the radio wasn't supposed to be a radio, but instead a cb radio for communications, and it just so happens that that is where they are mounted, everything in the lm002 was designed for military purpose
megakiller999 they thought out on how to make it operate and operate well but when it came to user friendliness they just slapped the parts all together
Valentin Popescu. That would be the case if the car didn't get 5 MPG on the average. It has like a 383 mile range, which is about the range of a Tesla... An EV that costs Ike $2 to charge. Yeah...
yea but chargers are fewer than gas stations, sometimes u find em on the country roads, on the other hand chargers are in the cities usually... u wouldnt want that while having powder in your trunk
absolutely and it along with the optional winch you could order it with a 50 cal gun mount on the back, hence the seats and grab bars with one of four different camo paint jobs from the factory. I was so in love with this as a kid
It was actually made because the majority of Lambo's customers in the late 80's were sheiks from the middle east. It was to satisfy their needs in the dessert.
Why didn't you say the most interesting piece of history about this car? In the mid 80s, the US military launched a competition for an all terrain military vehicle that would be able to climb everywhere, carry 8 soldiers and tow a large gun. Ultimately, the competition was reduced to two manufacturers General Motors with HUMMER H1 and Lamborghini with LM002. The reason why the HUMMER won was because LM002 was way too expensive (mainly because of its Countach engine). So yes it was designed as a military vehicle!
Not entirely true , the Lamborghini Cheetah was the competitor (1977) . If you look at the Cheetah you see the Humvee in it's design but that's about it since it had a rear mounted engine & was far lighter with a non steel body . The Cheetah is more like a huge 4 person buggy ... The LM came later - 1981 - but was developed as you mentioned as a military vehicle but was only a revolution of the Cheetah ... the LM001 looks a lot like the 002 but still had the engine in the rear , there were also the 003 (wagon version , proto only ) & the 004 . One had a 150bhp diesel from VM Motori ( insuficient to say the least ) the 001 had a Chrysler & later a AMC V8 ...
How different would the world be.. imagine the amount of memes and jokes that this vehicle could've provided.. Join the US military, you get to drive a Lamborghini.
76 gallon tank? I would really like to fill up in New Jersey and see the pump attendant's face when the pump just keeps going and going and going and not stopping.
Well, I don't have pump attendants in NJ. I wouldn't be caught dead living in that state. But by law you are not allowed to pump your own gas in the state of New Jersey. It's kind of dumb.
John McFadden "For those requiring even more power, the Lamborghini L804 type 7.2 litre marine V12, more commonly found in Class 1 offshore powerboats, could be specified." Wikipedia.
Cars are already too curvy and come standard with LEDs. What else can be done to make them more "futuristic". I wager many companies will return to boxy designs in the future to distinguish themselves.
thats the worst conspiracy theory ive ever heard. gmc never even manufactured cars they only make trucks thus would have no business interfering with John Delorean.
Dont you dare to badmouth the Delorean, its an amazing car, no matter how much of a crackhead was the creator. Suuure it might be slow, but the beauty is what matters ,and in daily driving you aint gonna be going 200mph anyway
If anyones wondering, at todays cali gas prices this behemoth would cost nearly $450 to fill up. That’s if you’re cheaping out. With premium, high octane gas, that’ll be $470.
Commentor1 That's the actual dealership. Look up Interstate Motorsports on Google and you'll see more pictures. It's just a Ferarri hood in the wall, not a whole Ferarri.
Short story: The LM001 Cheetah was developed by Lamborghini to be the replacement for the aging Jeep in the US military. Unfortunately they lost to the AM General Humvee. Instead of scrapping the car, Lamborghini made it into a luxury SUV called LM002. That's why there are seats in the rear and all the capabilities you see there :) Had Lamborghini scored the contract, they'd never have gone bankrupt. Unfortunately, LM001 took Lamborghini to bankruptcy and they also consequently withdrew from the BMW M1 project
The Jeep replacement from Lamborghini actually dated back to the LM001 Cheetah. The LM002 was instead a revision of the original prototype. Reason why it was turned into an SUV? The Cheetah took Lamborghini to Bankruptcy (and its consequence of its withdrawal from the BMW M1 development)
I always caught a lot of flak from friends because I think this truck is absolutely gorgeous. It looks so mean and graceful at the same time. I LOVE it!!
You are reviewing this like it was designed by Lamborghini for the Rich public... Ahhhhh.. IT WAS A MILITARY CONCEPT VEHICLE adapted for the road because the military didn't want it.. Look up Cheetah and XR311 for where this came from. And look into the Humvee to see what the design became
Was about to say the same thing. If you look at the history of it it was pre humvee, designed for the military but not for the US. It was for the Middle East. If you look at the crazy things from a point of view of upgrading a military vehicle to a luxury vehicle you can see how they just slapped it together. For instance the fuel cap being high is for a fuel can on the shoulder and with no cover.
PCMasterRace seeing as they made these between 1982-1986. I would say a Hummer has this frame. Hummer may have been done better but the lm002 is way older.
I got to ride in the back seat of this one of these vehicles at my family's ranch the LM002 had it's original tires! The owner was of the mindset of use it or lose it. He floored it in the dirt in 4wd it hooked up and pinned me in my seat. I've been in faster vehicles, but none that jumped a foot off the ground and landed so soft and composed! It's an extremely rare vehicle and it's an extremely rare memory for me! Seeing Doug experience this amazing vehicle that was original thought of as a vehicle to possibly compete with the hummer for the U.S. military contract. At least that's my recollection of it's inception. Thanks Doug for reminding me of a time long past! Todd
@@cbotten106 i got a ride in my friend's convertible vw dune buggy, it had turn brakes. It was so much fun it was fun on a budget that anyone could afford. I remember the Rambo Lambo, but to own i would take the vw dunebuggy which was cheap to own and could be daily driven!
I remember when I was in my 20s and worked in Beverly Hills. There was a exotic car dealership I would walk by every day. There was one of these in white just like this one in the window.
This car hasn't been made for civilian use. It was a command from the Saudi Arabia's government for it's borders custom who were outrun by the alcohol smugglers with their american suv. It was adapted to the civilian market only years later.
Hicham Solhi That's not the story which is told pretty much everywhere. The LM was originally supposed to be used by the US military. And when Lamborghini didn't win the contract they decided to build this
Hicham Solhi nope, regularly sold in Italy, my uncle had one of these (27 years ago!) and drove it from Rome to Cortina d'Ampezzo each winter holidays (and spent a fortune on gas!). And it wasn’t the only one up there in Cortina!!!
XD Too fitting for all of these quirks. lemme run them down mid: Interior design? Like WTF is this? Storage BELOW a seat? Hey Al, put my Tommy gun in there. 76.6 gallon fuel tank? XD lets burn her down A HEAVY GAS PEDAL??? Get out of here An off-road Lamborghini? I need to get out of here!
This could be used as a prank like a guy goes up to a hot girl and is like "Hey, I think you're really pretty, wanna ride in my Lamborghini?" They proceed to the parking lot & realize it's an LM002
Bob McCoy--So what exactly would be the prank?? That's like saying " Hey I'm going to pick you up in my Honda" and then pulling up in......a Honda?? People's kids these days....SMFH
I think you're example would be more like the girl is expecting a "Honda Civic", but instead is picked up in a "Honda Oddesey/Minivan, whatever". The point is that most people expect the most common car from the brand like Honda Civic and Lamborghini Diablo/Huracan or whatever similar looking model.
I could just imagine you hearing this come down the road, and thinking what super car it is and then immediately being disappointed/confused when seeing it.
This thing was designed for the Middle East desert, it had sealed buttons,sealed signal light and wiper control stocks to keep sand out as well as better air filters for the engine. Apparently it ran fairly well on low quality fuel as well and the large fuel tank meant you could cross a lot of desert. Some were even equipped with a machine gun turret. I read about these when they first came out many years ago and definitely wanted one.
Yes, I saw at the Lamborghini museum in Lombardo Italy and it said they were designed for the Italian military for Desert Storm.
@@SuperEman500 haha and the USA yes riding around in shitty humvees
@@StoutProper look these up their worst then humvees with mpg
I think some engineers were angry about making this and decided to make the least efficient use of space ever in any car.
zollotech I LOVE URE CHANNEL MAN!
Thx
Have a look at the real history of this car...it was created as a concept to compete with the Hummer for the US Army...of which the Hummer won the contract...so lambo fitted it out for the domestic market, to recoup some of it losses
4 years ago...
@@raylee49 13 days ago
7:49 Now listen to the LM002's majestic mating call.
Nicolescu Raul Coincidence? I think NOT!
Underrated comment lmao
Hidden Bassoon?
haha sounds like a violin
Ilkay sası that’s what I thought!🤣
7:49 lamborghini built a sad violin score into the back door of their suv.
Father Falcone more like a scary violin
Lmao
Lamborghini: Aw boo hoo, let the LM002 play a sad song for you on the world's first door violin.
Sounds more like a cow
😂
Here's why it's worth 400'000$
"I don't know why they put that there"
"Its all really tight in here"
"You can't reach the mirror controls"
"Use your credit card to open the fuel door" (Because after filling the tank up you will have no other use for that)
"The rear view mirrors are tiny"
"...This unlabeled Button..."
Most underrated comment..
An year old comment with just 16 likes....shows all the fanboys were watching it
it is 400k because Lamborghini logo
Ironically that's part of why its worth that much because it's so obscure
This car/truck is crap...but a rare Lamborghini is still a rare Lamborghini and will always be super valuable.
Looks like it was designed exclusively for GTA Vice City
They need this as a dlc in gta v online
This should have been the FBI car in the game
It's cocaine in car form
Guess which was made first.
It drives faster if you fire the cannon backwards.
Doug, mirrors are obviously so small for better aerodynamics and therefore better fuel economy...you silly
martin srabotnik You can put as many smooth curves on a brick as you so please, but it's still a brick. :)
He is right you know, i drive a 91 suburban.....it's about as brick as you can get.
man this went right over some of your guys heads haha
@@AliceC993 It was a joke you moron.
This car actually legitimately came with optional 50 cal machine gun mounts
@uhh idk Well, it was supposed to be a military vehicle
**David Koresh has entered the chat**
Imagine if u decides to get the option
Did it shoot golden bullets?
@@SwissMarksman True. The name is a hint: LM means Lamborghini Military model 002
The gas pedal is harder to push than the clutch. (At 200+ per fill-up, I'd want a little resistance in that gas pedal too!)
Alex S. Facts
More consistent when off-roading
The interior looks like it was stolen from a boat.
the exterior also looks like a boat
William MacDonald its a friggin boat. omg
A boat that smokes all four tires at once!
I think this was meant to be used on the beach, and etc. So you could leave you vacation house and drive out to the beach docks to your boat and also drive around forest near your estate and any other off road use as a rich person would need.
It's a road yacht and it costs as much, what were you expecting?
Man, the 80's were a hell of a time.
Cero Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
80s is a hell of times
"Nobody has an inventory quite like Interstate Motorsport"
CNC Motors: "Say 'sike' right now"
You should have got more likes for this one
God......😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
This car was inspired by cocaine
Coincidence that it's white on white.... I think not
Zach Henry " Here I go again on my own, going down the only road i've ever known"....
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
No, just lots and lots of wine.
That's why storage area under rear seats is so pretty, so you got your kilo in there and there is always some ...
1:56 The sound of the hood closed... Wow!
Galaxi boi
Sounds like a slug hitting an iron plate
Oh, that's cool
*CLANK*
Its sounds like if you just shot the last shot of an m1 garand
any other maker: "poorly made" " not well designed" "not smart"
lamborghini: "unique" "unusual"
bigblackboner97 he tends to use “unique”, “usual” and “interesting” when describing things that are stupid or nonsensical in cars. He’s basically just being condescending when saying any of those things
@@thehumblehonda803 that's because he's a liar that only says good things about car's when he's paid.
Larammie Maldonado Yeah, because Lamborghini is paying him to say good things about a car they made decades ago.
@@brendonhalverson5178 The seller will give him a small percentage from the sell when someone buys it after the video appears on UA-cam.
8:33 When Jason kills someone in Friday The 13th
HOW are you not commenting on the INSANE sounds that the hood and door locks are making? Closing the hood sounded like someone had just dropped an entire kitchen set of pots and pans.
I thought that too! About the hood
Its an old car !
It's like when somebody drops an anvil in a Looney Tunes cartoon.
Sounds manly to me
Trey Mohr holy fuck, your right!
You: Bro i just got the LM002
Friend: Shitt come pick me up dude
You: NP , just need 250 from you for the gas
xD so true
That’s the audi
@@omegaplays8217 that was before audi bought them
You bought it for four hundred g's, you better have gas money!🤷🏿♂️😂
@@bigballz4u Jokes on you, he was.
Many years ago, a customer brought one of these (also white) into a shop I worked at for service. He regaled us with the origin of the auto. He related that it was designed for the Israeli military, who ordered 300 of them. The "bed" was intended as a machine gun post ( and under the plate the bracket is still there). For an unknown reason the order was cancelled and the autos were adapted to "exotic" utes. The addition after-the fact, of most of the electronics explains the odd placement of many accessories.
Mind blown my friend👍💥💥👍
Everything makes sense now!
People also fail to realize Lamborghini has its roots in utilitarian vehicles, so the idea of them making military vehicles isn’t that crazy
Nice 'story' about the Israeli Army, but still only a story.
SMDInvestigations
All true except the original military contractor was Saudi Arabia, read it then when the car was launched on italian car magazine "Quattroruote" (I'm Italian BTW)....the article's title was "Lamborghini LM002: una fuoristrada per gli scicchi" (Lamborghini LM002: an offroader for the sheiks).
The article said exactly what you say, together with the cancelled order and the need to turn the R&D costs into something marketable, but the contractors were Saudi, not Israeli.
am I the only one that died laughing when he closed the hood at 1:57
The lm002: the luxury ofroad sportscar for boat enthusiasts
NilsD the “El momo too”
Hahahaha
That’s what I was thinking when I saw it. There was even a fire extinguisher in the back seat.
Also a cathedral, apparently
For the man who owns a sailboat but never uses it
7:50 ancient South America battle horn
Doug's Channel is so much better than vehicle virgins
preach brother
Opening the refrigerator of snacks at midnight
The refrigerator: 7:49
more like 1:56
I don't have a refrigerator for snacks, nor do I store them at the fridge.
Such a terribly designed piece of shit.
I love it.
kirbyswarp Still better designed than some 90s Saabs.
You're still salty after all these months?
kirbyswarp it's not as ugly as super cars at least
Designed for army, which makes it even funnier
kirbyswarp I like that Saab turbo gauge profile picture ya got there 😏
Little does he know, the center console was so far away from the rear seats so you could lean forward and rail your lines.
lol that gigantic center console covered the awd mechanism. You can see it in HUMMER for thesame reason.
Hes not kidding, Lambroghini really knew their market, those hidden seat compartments were for coke after all it was the 80's.
The “Lambroghini” made my day.
I was thinking it'd be perfect for any kind of drug use considering the back ash tray too
Maybe it was for Pepsi
back ashtrays are usually in luxury cars
Lamborghini not Lambroghini. (Switch the O and R)
I love watching these earlier videos of his and the accompanying funny comments! Glad to see how much your channel has grown bro
Actually,, the gas pedal being so hard to push makes lots of sense. When off-roading, the terrain effects the throttle control, and if a big bump or knock happens, the traction could be lost. As long as the throttle pull is consistent,, It make lots of sense.
Also makes it harder to make the fuel consumption any worse.
@Believe Inyourself they were made for military, deal failed and lambo then sold it to "rich people".
we all know doug already
@Believe Inyourself
Lacking in taste but not 💰 money
@@miloraddjurdjic1695 exactly.
btw, I'm not even a car fanatics but I just like to listen to Doug reviewing weird models...so fun to watch!
cmlegend same!
This one takes the cake
Yup this is a drug dealers SUV. Smuggling compartments, cig lighters all over, massive basses, white and panelling... Lambo in the 90s definitely had a demographic that they knew.
toyota wigo pleace
best comment so far😂👏
U would stick out like a sore thumb?
not sure if the average drug dealer would want a car that costs sooo much to fill up but hell yea this would be a cool one
@@yackman4368 If you can cross the country in it it might be worth it.
As Lamborghini's core business was tractor manufacturing, the LM002 is much closer to their core business than their other cars; it's basically a tractor with nice paneling.
@@roykliffen9674 You’d think in that case they’d have managed to get literally any of the ergonomics right lol
The interior is surprisingly nice considering the age of the vehicle.
it was redone, they didnt have stereos factory
Honestly it looks better in my eyes than the interior of the urus
@@lnnrt0161 it's the superior urus
7:49 a sad violin
This type of comments is the reason why I visit youtube more often. :v
XD I play the violin AND IT ISN'T LIKE IT HAHAHAHAHAHAA xd. its a cello
SHSHFDDSGHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHA
This is a Lmaxmai LMAO2! 🎻🎶
Man... That was the most important comment on youtube
Hahahaa
the sound when he closed the hood sounded like something broke
It started moaning in pain because of it at 7:49
+Alex Rashotte LOL probably did
... and the Doug's face is priceless! :D
Alex Rashotte something did break...his heart..
8:32 if someone hears this horn, turns back, sees this monster charging towards him, he will know in that second, that horn was the scream of death. That ain't a car horn bro, grim reaper be inside screaming it's lungs out instead
Chasing towards HIM? Man Indians are notorious for this.
@@alijaffarshah4542 uhm what..?lmao
@@alijaffarshah4542 IRONIC ISNT IT
Don't forget the optional mounted machine gun. It's of course a military vehicle after all.
@@alijaffarshah4542 actually that comment was ironic
I like the fact it forces you to use a bank card to open the fuel cap, that way you know you got the means to pay for the gas! Brilliant out the box thinking.
simon tromans in 1980s bank cards? 🙈😂
Roman Romero Is it a new thing to you? I've got some expired from the 80's.
Csányi Viktor good for you... but the fact is that the bank cards were extremely uncommon in early 80s ... apart the USA maybe.... besides I don't believe the 80s had POS terminals...
Roman Romero The fact is that credit cards were common in the late 60s in North America, and everywhere in the developed world in the 80s. It had nothing to do with modern POS terminals which came first in 1986 by IBM and Atari, but with ATMs and Bancomats from the early 70s (and before that were the charged cards or debitcards used in the same format in hotels and restaurants even in the 50s!). :)
Csányi Viktor I appreciate your info but frankly since the first POS came around 1986 as you said, the bank cards as payment option were rather extremely uncommon in my opinion.
The reason a lot of the controls are oddly placed, gas tank is huge, back end seating and other weird stuff is because this was originally intended to be supplied to the military. The power accessories, speakers and stuff were all added later when the military bought something else and they decided to rework it as an SUV.
The lock button sounds like a piston in Minecraft 5:33
Underated comment
Doug, you have to remember that the lm002 was designed to try and replace the jeep for the us military, it was competing against the Humvee and land rover, so most of the quirks were made specifically for military purposes. The battery switch was to save the battery is times of war, and was an effort to keep the enemy from hotwiring your truck and driving away, the ignition placement was to keep them from taking the keys, there was a tool that came with it for the fuel door, the pedals were made heavy to account for the heavy military grade boots the driver would be wearing, the radio wasn't supposed to be a radio, but instead a cb radio for communications, and it just so happens that that is where they are mounted, everything in the lm002 was designed for military purpose
You must be new here
Shouldn’t have been sold as a production vehicle in the first place.
@@caseyporter499 Says the dickhead replying to a comment made years ago..
@@tommyt1971
Because?
Nice, thanks for the context. It went from being totally wacky to actually making some sense because of its military design.
Thanks man saved me 400k
You can buy a wife with that
Antonio Montana where can I find one that cheap?
@@Chooch4mvp in a junk yard
This car is both well thought out and not thought out at all at the same time.
megakiller999 they thought out on how to make it operate and operate well but when it came to user friendliness they just slapped the parts all together
I just love how much fun Doug is always having during his videos. Keep up the great work and videos.
these were every 80's cartel must have the back seats storage was one for money the other for drugs, they also smoke alot
u are also always on the run, having that much gas space means u dont have to stop filling the tank, so fewer cops questioning u
allan J yea that's definitely not you stereotypical piece of shit
Valentin Popescu. That would be the case if the car didn't get 5 MPG on the average. It has like a 383 mile range, which is about the range of a Tesla... An EV that costs Ike $2 to charge. Yeah...
yea but chargers are fewer than gas stations, sometimes u find em on the country roads, on the other hand chargers are in the cities usually... u wouldnt want that while having powder in your trunk
it was supposed to be an offroad for the Army, that's why the accelerator is hard: you had to drive it in military boots.
absolutely and it along with the optional winch you could order it with a 50 cal gun mount on the back, hence the seats and grab bars with one of four different camo paint jobs from the factory. I was so in love with this as a kid
It was actually made because the majority of Lambo's customers in the late 80's were sheiks from the middle east. It was to satisfy their needs in the dessert.
Why didn't you say the most interesting piece of history about this car?
In the mid 80s, the US military launched a competition for an all terrain military vehicle that would be able to climb everywhere, carry 8 soldiers and tow a large gun. Ultimately, the competition was reduced to two manufacturers General Motors with HUMMER H1 and Lamborghini with LM002. The reason why the HUMMER won was because LM002 was way too expensive (mainly because of its Countach engine). So yes it was designed as a military vehicle!
Not entirely true , the Lamborghini Cheetah was the competitor (1977) . If you look at the Cheetah you see the Humvee in it's design but that's about it since it had a rear mounted engine & was far lighter with a non steel body .
The Cheetah is more like a huge 4 person buggy ... The LM came later - 1981 - but was developed as you mentioned as a military vehicle but was only a revolution of the Cheetah ... the LM001 looks a lot like the 002 but still had the engine in the rear , there were also the 003 (wagon version , proto only ) & the 004 . One had a 150bhp diesel from VM Motori ( insuficient to say the least ) the 001 had a Chrysler & later a AMC V8 ...
Rocket Man AM General developed the HUMVEE Not GM. GM later aquire the rights to make a civilian models called HUMMER.
Rocket Man who cares its still a piece of shit car
How different would the world be.. imagine the amount of memes and jokes that this vehicle could've provided.. Join the US military, you get to drive a Lamborghini.
Rocket Man it was designed as a luxury military vehicle lol
That tailgate opened with its own soundtrack!!!😂😂😂😭😭😭
1:35 What every forza horizon noob does
Hilariously hilarious
True
This is so true it hurts
Bepis Man facts
😂 lol
76 gallon tank? I would really like to fill up in New Jersey and see the pump attendant's face when the pump just keeps going and going and going and not stopping.
Most pumps will stop around $125 so the price wouldn't go very high.
Justin Jones thatsmwhen you go to a different pump
Joshua Godsey smart ass lol
You have pump attendants in New Joisy? What the hell, chief?
Well, I don't have pump attendants in NJ. I wouldn't be caught dead living in that state. But by law you are not allowed to pump your own gas in the state of New Jersey. It's kind of dumb.
7:48 when my mom tells me to get up for school
Bismarck a little late but just wanted to say very underrated comment
Pure genius xD
You killed me with this comment 😂
😂😂
1:56 That is the most satisfying hood shutting sound
Boat owners will appreciate the way most of this car is laid out.. it was designed like a bad 80's boat.
First thing i thought when i saw it.
Ultra Nyan same lol
John McFadden "For those requiring even more power, the Lamborghini L804 type 7.2 litre marine V12, more commonly found in Class 1 offshore powerboats, could be specified." Wikipedia.
John McFadden right
With a 77 gal fuel tank this adds up.
Body work designed by Tonka?
mr y mysterious video 😂😂😂
I thought you’re profile picture was an m&m
Body styling by the 1980's.
Cars are already too curvy and come standard with LEDs. What else can be done to make them more "futuristic". I wager many companies will return to boxy designs in the future to distinguish themselves.
Probably the same people who designed Lamborghini's tractors (since they made tractors before making supercars)
Those guys at lamborghini must have been doing more coke than John Delorean to come up with something like that.
James Fish john didn't do coke. It was a rouse set up by GMC to take down the compitition.
thats the worst conspiracy theory ive ever heard. gmc never even manufactured cars they only make trucks thus would have no business interfering with John Delorean.
Dont you dare to badmouth the Delorean, its an amazing car, no matter how much of a crackhead was the creator. Suuure it might be slow, but the beauty is what matters ,and in daily driving you aint gonna be going 200mph anyway
If anyones wondering, at todays cali gas prices this behemoth would cost nearly $450 to fill up. That’s if you’re cheaping out. With premium, high octane gas, that’ll be $470.
Absurd! 🤯
Nationwide, with the average gas price of $4.33, to fill up the LM002 from empty to full, you would have to pay at least $330!
That garage looked like a collection of die-cast cars, not real ones.
Commentor1 That's the actual dealership. Look up Interstate Motorsports on Google and you'll see more pictures. It's just a Ferarri hood in the wall, not a whole Ferarri.
Commentor1 It does look a little weird though, the cars are all too shiny and perfect lol
A n d r e w no, just no
Thank you
A n d r e w looking at their inventory, they don't even have a quarter of the cars in those pics, it's pretty much just click bait
Short story: The LM001 Cheetah was developed by Lamborghini to be the replacement for the aging Jeep in the US military. Unfortunately they lost to the AM General Humvee. Instead of scrapping the car, Lamborghini made it into a luxury SUV called LM002. That's why there are seats in the rear and all the capabilities you see there :)
Had Lamborghini scored the contract, they'd never have gone bankrupt. Unfortunately, LM001 took Lamborghini to bankruptcy and they also consequently withdrew from the BMW M1 project
Krishna Manda he should've know the whole story before hand
Krishna Manda HUMVEE (HMMVE) not Hummer
Krishna Manda They went bankrupt in 78. They sold to Chrysler first in 87, then Chrysler sold it in 94. Audi didn't buy it until 98.
IndianaPwn3s correct!!
The Jeep replacement from Lamborghini actually dated back to the LM001 Cheetah. The LM002 was instead a revision of the original prototype. Reason why it was turned into an SUV? The Cheetah took Lamborghini to Bankruptcy (and its consequence of its withdrawal from the BMW M1 development)
These hinges at 7:12 certainly look exactly like you'd expect in a 400.000$ car :-D
It's an 80s lamborghini, what do you expect lol
I always caught a lot of flak from friends because I think this truck is absolutely gorgeous. It looks so mean and graceful at the same time. I LOVE it!!
1:58 "now when you close the hood" BAANG sounded like you broke something lmaoo
The seats are really nice.
I think it was designed as a military vehicle and when it was not accepted into service they turned it into a luxury SUV.
Let me guess you are Italian
是的 沙特阿拉伯当时定制了30台
Yeah and its one of the most insane military vehicles ever created
exactly. although every reviewer thought lambo was crazy for making it
7:49 "Ya like jazz"
It's basically a land Yacht
Marcus J No, it's a fucking barrier on wheels with a fast V12.
Marcus J A SUPER land yacht!
it's like a Hummer knocked up an Escalade Truck
Umm yeah marcus u r right
Marcus J you are a nugget
With a Diablo engine...
A hummer took anabolic steroids and had a baby with a 1994 Baja ski boat
Jacob Clark anabolics make you impotent
"Here's Why the Lamborghini LM002 Is Worth $400,000" - 15 minutes of terrible button placement, bizarre design choices, horrible ergonomics, absurdly bad fuel efficiency, and screamingly loud road noise.
I take it you mean about screamingly loud road noise the annoying guy speaking about this beautiful car?
Haha *brofist*
I know. He said the Hummer H2 was a joke yet is praising this which is 100x more ridiculous. Why?
Powerrrrrrr! That is the only answer.
Cause actually the H2 is much nicer...
beautiful car? ha ha
He said it doesn’t rattle or shake, it surprisingly feels well put together. Ya…it’s a $400k car. You’d think they’d make it right.
The sound when the trunk was opening sounded like a cow mooing
Well, it's an L-Moo-2, after all. . .
proud2deviate BOI GETCHO FOOKIN PUNS OUTTA HERE
You are reviewing this like it was designed by Lamborghini for the Rich public... Ahhhhh.. IT WAS A MILITARY CONCEPT VEHICLE adapted for the road because the military didn't want it.. Look up Cheetah and XR311 for where this came from. And look into the Humvee to see what the design became
Camo B really?lambos?For the us army? Ya mean instead of Humvees they could have had these sick bastards?
@@imjustarandomdoggy6460 yep! Imagine Humvees with lamborghini v12 engines!
Was about to say the same thing. If you look at the history of it it was pre humvee, designed for the military but not for the US. It was for the Middle East. If you look at the crazy things from a point of view of upgrading a military vehicle to a luxury vehicle you can see how they just slapped it together. For instance the fuel cap being high is for a fuel can on the shoulder and with no cover.
So it's a hummer frame with the interior straight from a cheap speedboat?
pretty much
amount of room the driver has oddly reminds me of a cessna 172
PCMasterRace seeing as they made these between 1982-1986. I would say a Hummer has this frame.
Hummer may have been done better but the lm002 is way older.
I've been thinking that this entire video, but couldn't put into words any better😂😂😂😂
that interior looks like its from a high end boat with all the nice leather and wood.
0:42 Is that the Ferrari F40 Spider hanging in the wall?
well, it's a spider. what did you expect :D
it must be fake thats like the most expensive car there
@@ivanpekic3544 probably just a chassis made from a light material. somehow I doubt you could hang a complete car on the wall like this :)
Lamborghini LM002 for when a Hummer H1 is too mainstream
Roman reigns can't wrestle hell ya
El planeta esta lleno de imbeciles. no, Arabs will use Land Cruiser and Patrol
At least those 70+ gallons of gas will get you a long distance. Say 140, maybe even 210 miles!
Michael Willman today's cars with a 15 gallon tank could go about 300 miles
@@TheRandomDead It was a joke
@@TheRandomDead It was a joke
@@TheRandomDead it was a joke
@@TheRandomDead it was a joke
The noise that the hood makes when Doug closes it at 1:57 is hilarious. It sounds like someone hitting a metal drum. Haha.
It sounded like someone dropped a pan into the floor.
This is one of the few cars that you have reviewed that I have absolutely no desire to ever own.
This was the perfect car for pablo escobar
Pablo Escobar chose wisely. He went with Land Cruisers.
Who's pablo escobar?
Google is your friend, dumbass
jon doe Pablo Escobar is the DON.
Step one - watch the movie Blow
Step two get some blow
Step three comment back
MrTommys2001 just a lamborghini off roader nothing to see here que pasa?
I got to ride in the back seat of this one of these vehicles at my family's ranch the LM002 had it's original tires! The owner was of the mindset of use it or lose it. He floored it in the dirt in 4wd it hooked up and pinned me in my seat. I've been in faster vehicles, but none that jumped a foot off the ground and landed so soft and composed! It's an extremely rare vehicle and it's an extremely rare memory for me! Seeing Doug experience this amazing vehicle that was original thought of as a vehicle to possibly compete with the hummer for the U.S. military contract. At least that's my recollection of it's inception. Thanks Doug for reminding me of a time long past! Todd
Sounds like you had an awesome childhood. My cousins drove me around grandpas farm in a VW based dune buggy. You win!
@@cbotten106 i got a ride in my friend's convertible vw dune buggy, it had turn brakes. It was so much fun it was fun on a budget that anyone could afford. I remember the Rambo Lambo, but to own i would take the vw dunebuggy which was cheap to own and could be daily driven!
You guys are crazy, I'd drive this car!...
To the nearest Lamborghini dealership and trade it for an Aventador.
Beau Binning And then wreck it as you try to drive over the curb
You aren't wrong.
Beau Binning Alrighty then
Beau Binning or a veneno
Bradley Porter this is 400k and venonos from 1.8 - 8 million dollars so you would need a few of these
The LMAO2
The 80's must have been so simple
Doug is the best car reviewer
It ́sYoBoy SweetNigga RCR
It ́sYoBoy SweetNigga shmee is beter
GODLIKE shmee has not done so much car reviews lately but he is doing many other things
It ́sYoBoy SweetNigga Nah that one goes to Kyle or Mat Watson...
It ́sYoBoy SweetNigga vehicle virgins
This looks like the car i built in minecraft a few years ago...
Oh wow lol
Oh no he’s mentioned minecraft....
B O I H E L L NO
@@Trija204 minecraft and cars....? Hmmmmmmmmmm
Hold my cyber truck
Cybertruck flashbacks
Next Vehicle Virgins Video: I DONT GET INVITED TO EVENTS AND EVERYONE DISLIKES MY VIDEOS AND MY DAD CANT STOP THEM!!! 😢😢😢
JDDIZZLEEE Haha. Porker is such a knob
LOL
You`ve had to bring that shit here haven`t you
JDDIZZLEEE is hos dad rich
Suboptimus Lime 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
I remember when I was in my 20s and worked in Beverly Hills. There was a exotic car dealership I would walk by every day. There was one of these in white just like this one in the window.
Doug the kinda guy who opens his Fuel door with his credit card 8:47
Squirtly Dude schönes profilbild
Squirtly Dude 69
thomas shelby sieht echt gut aus
thomas shelby Rollie am linkeeen
Nah its coke chopping card
doug seems like the kinda person to eat yogurt without stirring it first
David Check You're supposed to stir yogurt?...man...
Wait you're supposed to stir it?!
bro if u dont stir it theres that precum shit sitting on the top.
***** most importsnt with greek yogurt
He eats jello with a fork too
This car hasn't been made for civilian use.
It was a command from the Saudi Arabia's government for it's borders custom who were outrun by the alcohol smugglers with their american suv.
It was adapted to the civilian market only years later.
You should know better than me !
Hicham Solhi That's not the story which is told pretty much everywhere.
The LM was originally supposed to be used by the US military. And when Lamborghini didn't win the contract they decided to build this
King First That's a point of view
Hicham Solhi Tina Turner has one and she drives it regularly.
Hicham Solhi nope, regularly sold in Italy, my uncle had one of these (27 years ago!) and drove it from Rome to Cortina d'Ampezzo each winter holidays (and spent a fortune on gas!). And it wasn’t the only one up there in Cortina!!!
That hood slam sound has to be the single coolest hood sound there is in the automotive industry.
I would call it Lamborghini LMAO2
fereydoon amini loll😭😭😭
This comment got me
The Ayy Lmao 😂👽
XD Too fitting for all of these quirks. lemme run them down mid:
Interior design? Like WTF is this?
Storage BELOW a seat? Hey Al, put my Tommy gun in there.
76.6 gallon fuel tank? XD lets burn her down
A HEAVY GAS PEDAL??? Get out of here
An off-road Lamborghini? I need to get out of here!
fereydoon amini really *REALLY*
This could be used as a prank like a guy goes up to a hot girl and is like "Hey, I think you're really pretty, wanna ride in my Lamborghini?" They proceed to the parking lot & realize it's an LM002
Bob McCoy--So what exactly would be the prank?? That's like saying " Hey I'm going to pick you up in my Honda" and then pulling up in......a Honda?? People's kids these days....SMFH
I think you're example would be more like the girl is expecting a "Honda Civic", but instead is picked up in a "Honda Oddesey/Minivan, whatever".
The point is that most people expect the most common car from the brand like Honda Civic and Lamborghini Diablo/Huracan or whatever similar looking model.
KMike68Camaro you don't get it no girl would expect that too be a Lamborghini they would think it is just a bulky piece of sit csr
Bob McCoy well said Bob that is dope!!!😁😂
Bob McCoy LOL
No doug, I don't want to check your column on autotrader.com/oversteer
Ok you just want all this content for free then I'm assuming?
+Kyle W That is how UA-cam works isn't it. We get video's for free, they can run adds to make money. But I use adblock so money from me whoahahaha
Kyle W It's not free as there are adverts at the beginning which provides revenue
You should. It is cool as fuck.
Suboptimus Lime ooh. I'll be right back😏
Doug's older videos have much more interesting driving shots. Wish he'd bring them back!
Doug, in some of your videos for your sense of humor and fun acting, you should get an Oscar!
Tejas Karande he's a white male. He won't get an Oscar. #oscarssoblack
Ashish Patel really ignorant coming from an Indian especially a Patel.
goofy acts dont get oscars
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) he can get me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) my name is Oscar ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
+Tejas Karande Serious? A Oscar? You must be joking or you don't know what the Oscars are presented for.
76.6 gallons = 290 litres
Holy shit
What with the average price of petrol today being £1.2 in England, that'd be £348 pounds to fill up the tank.
My car does 3381 miles with that...
Oh damn
Simon Millberg That is a fucking bath tub of a fuel tank
this gu is safe from zombie apocalypses..
Leave it to a tractor company to make a Land yacht
DaDonBossMan Not a lot of people they started with tractors or even made a truck.
N7spectre01 did you mean not a lot of people know?
different companies
and it never stopped producing tractors
That hood clank is something you will hear when you bashing your crowbar onto a steel object in Half Life 2 games.
The sound of that hood closing is one of the best things ever.
The official car of the Medellin cartel.
Nelso5000 Spoken like a true RCR fan! And that's a compliment...
Joshua Law k...
I could just imagine you hearing this come down the road, and thinking what super car it is and then immediately being disappointed/confused when seeing it.
IVAeroVI I'd actually be so happy to see it
Been over that bridge hundreds of times.Scared the hell out of me as a kid!