I can see a few cues that ended up on the stealth
Lamborghini may be famous for making some of the world's most striking supercars, but the brand is also known for the many times it has changed ownership. Now owned by Audi, Lamborghini was under the leadership of Chrysler back in the late '80s and early '90s.
The Diablo may be the most notable model Chrysler built during its ownership of Lamborghini, but it was also behind this: the one-off Portofino concept.
Essentially a stretched Jalpa, the Portofino was powered by the Jalpa's 3.5-liter V8. And if the idea of a four-door Jalpa wasn't enough, it also came with front and rear scissor-lift doors, with the rear ones opening suicide-style like on a Lincoln Continental.
Do you think the world could use a four-door Lamborghini, or is it better that this remained a one-off concept?
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I can see a few cues that ended up on the stealth
I dig it, but it looks a lot more like a Chrysler than a Lambo. I'm also a sucker for this era's litany of ill-advised styling cues because they were my formative years. I'm also in agreement with Patrick.
Basically the whole cab forward styling was adopted for Chrysler's lh platform sedans of the mid to early 2000s sedans.
If you squint a little, I think it looks like an Intrepid with an ill-advised body kit.
Chrysler and Lamborghini did some crazy things behind closed doors:
http://www.vintagelamborghini.com/wiki/yahoo-files/decepzione89.pdf
wae said:If you squint a little, I think it looks like an Intrepid with an ill-advised body kit.
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The tail end looks like it pretty much got cut and pasted onto the production Intrepid. Not that that's a bad thing; the Intrepid was an interesting styling exercise. I'm glad the window-in-a-window arrangement didn't make production, though.
Stefan (Forum Supporter) said:Chrysler and Lamborghini did some crazy things behind closed doors:
http://www.vintagelamborghini.com/wiki/yahoo-files/decepzione89.pdf
I love it.
Let's see, some Taurus, Subaru SVX windows, Merkur sort-of spoiler and some Ford Probe. Styling cues just don't work well together.
Some of the "cloud cars" in there as well. This seems like a Chrysler styling exercise and they threw in the Jalpa bits just to make it a little more interesting.
That's the ugliest Intrepid I've ever seen.
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