RE: PH Zeroes: Rambo Lambo

[Prometheus]

I love those cars, when I was a lad I wanted one.

[traxx]

Don't think that article is right, wasn't it the Saudi army not the Libyan one that had the cars?

Edit- sorry it was both the Saudi and Lybian military that ordered them


BTW the article should have mentioned the Lamborghini Cheetah which pre-dated the LM01/2/3/4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Cheetah

Edited by traxx on Wednesday 14th January 13:34

[RallyRider]

seen a few of them around, suffice to say they have a presence on the road

Hero, not zero for me

[Slippers]

griffter said:

Is it not based on a Hummer?

I'm sure I remember reading that years ago - but maybe I just made the assumption due to visual similarities.

The LM02 is a descendent of the Cheetah, which was basically a rip-off of the FMC XR311, which in turn was the prototype which eventually resulted in the military Hummer. So the LM02 is basically another interpretation of the Hummer idea, and about the fastest 4x4 you could get at the time.

I get the impression the writer of this article didn't really know much about the history of what he was describing, he just wanted to give it a kicking for fun. Sadly, almost nobody here agrees with him...

Anybody else have the Tamiya remote controlled Cheetah model? One of my favourite toys as a kid - begged my parents for it for the best part of a year.

[V8DNW]

griffter said:

Is it not based on a Hummer?

I'm sure I remember reading that years ago - but maybe I just made the assumption due to visual similarities.

I seem to remember reading that the original H1 and LM models were both developed for a US military contract. This stipulated a certain track width (apparently to fit into track tracks), fuel type, ground clearance, etc. which gave rise to similarities in both independently-developed vehicles. AMG got the contract, Lamborghini didn't so used their development work to create the LM for the civilian market.

Edited by V8DNW on Friday 16th January 16:03

[Jgtv]

One of these lives near Wentworth Golf course, I see it sometimes when I am walking my dog.
Its black and it looks like something that would make the batmobile move over.
I love it, its shear mentalness makes me smile every time.

[Ravell]

I love those things! Why on earth is it a zero? Another vote for it to be turned into a PH hero!

[kieronj]

Dribble....

[guydw]

I couldn't believe it when I saw that PH seemed to be officially calling the fabulous LM002 a zero....

Have they not paid attention to the opinions of their own members all these years ?

Obviously it had it's drawbacks, but so what ? I'd love one - imagine what the tree huggers would make of it....

[SleeperCell]

Turbobanana said:

Styling by Lego...

Mate of mine used to be in the specialist trade and told of tyres costing £1500.

Each...

Still a bargain compared to Veyron tyres

[Gylen]

Tremendously, commendably insane. I like them lots. I think somebody earlier said something like 'so pointless as to be essential'. Sums it up beautifully - typical PH car I'd have thought?

[dinkel]

Mr MoJo said:

I love the LM002. Always have, how dare you make it a PH Zero

What a stupid mistake, PH please don't make one again.

Dr G said:

Amusingly written article too

Well no, written by an apprentice who dosn't know sh@t about cars.

A shame.

magic torch said:

WTF?!?! That thing is a legend.

Indeed it is. So don't speak bad about it.

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/5849/lm.html
"Can you imagine accelerating a thing like this in 7,9 seconds to 100 Km/h ? It's top speed was 190 Km/h, not bad for a 4x4. Later versions were equipped with the Diablo engine, most cars were delivered to private owners, but several were delivered to governments and army's. The Saudi Arabian army had ordered 300 of them, the first 143 had the Countach engine and the rest was delivered with the Diablo engine. The nick-name of this car ?.....RAMBO-LAMBO!"

Listen and drool:

Ouch:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=C6gT0CKFaDs&feat...

On TG:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=gr54rablMgI&feat...

On the cool wall ladds.

[dapprman]

traxx said:

Don't think that article is right, wasn't it the Saudi army not the Libyan one that had the cars?

Edit- sorry it was both the Saudi and Lybian military that ordered them

You beat me to it, except the Saudi army did receive some. I seem to remember King Abdullah's personal body guard used them.

And I'm another Hero not Zero on this one, I remember buying a motor mag (think it was Autocar) just to read their review, complete with them having to wait at a petrol station for the pumps to be reset as they would not deliver more than 50 gallons at a time.

[XitUp]

clonmult said:

Dr G said:

Amusingly written article too

And mildly inaccurate.

The 7 liter engine wasn't more powerful, I remember that being rated at about 370hp? More torque than the 5.2 though.

You could swap it for a newer 8.2 liter, 940bhp power boat one for around £60k though
http://www.class1uk.co.uk/engine.php

Nobody You Know said:

For a bonus point who can name the film it was used in?

Death Becomes Her, Toys. Sorry, I used imcdb.org

[jayfish]

Slippers said:

griffter said:

Is it not based on a Hummer?

I'm sure I remember reading that years ago - but maybe I just made the assumption due to visual similarities.

The LM02 is a descendent of the Cheetah, which was basically a rip-off of the FMC XR311, which in turn was the prototype which eventually resulted in the military Hummer. So the LM02 is basically another interpretation of the Hummer idea, and about the fastest 4x4 you could get at the time.

I get the impression the writer of this article didn't really know much about the history of what he was describing, he just wanted to give it a kicking for fun. Sadly, almost nobody here agrees with him...

Anybody else have the Tamiya remote controlled Cheetah model? One of my favourite toys as a kid - begged my parents for it for the best part of a year.

On the cotrary, I think he knows exactly what he was writing, hell it may not even mirror his own views, but nothing like kicking a legend for sparking off a good thread debate

[mike mileage]

christopher jackson has had a few of these in the past
dark blue and a silver one which was one of hte last ones make i think

ive done a few jobs on them for him and they are massive!!

http://www.christopherjacksonltd.com/

[smack]

Some friends had one of these years ago. Downed fuel like a rugby playing uni student, and set of car alarms that it passed apparently. I'll point of of them to this thread....

[boldek1]

This is not a zero this is a hero's hero...the kinda thing batman calls in for backup....i'd love one of these..(and some greenpeace people to scare)

Edited by boldek1 on Wednesday 14th January 16:53

[leicesterboy15]

Calling this a zero is jumping on the journalist scapegoat bandwagon. Its a safe bet calling this car rubbish and a flop.......unless its on a car enthusiast website in which case it will be recognised for what it really is. This car is cooler than cool itself.

BTW where was Friday's shed? The last one was a boat and I'm getting withdrawal symptoms...

[Tadek]

DJC said:

The only Lambo Ive ever wanted to own.

Makes the H1 hummer look like a pansy.

Great vehicle. As far as I understand it, the masters at the US Military requested a 'people carrier' for desert warfare and the contract went out to tender.
The Italians (Lamborghini) came out with this and the Yanks produced the Humvee. The rest is history, as we know who got the contract.