Aircooled VW South Africa

Sadly Vader, your 2m black suited handsomeness is not going to fit into a Countach, even if you take our helmet off.

This is mine...


I am a very big Buggy fan

To say I am a buggy fan myself would be a gross understatement, but a buggy is indeed on my 'to-do' list...

As for the wish list, I really wouldn't mind one of these - a Chenowth 4x2 FAV (Fast Attack Vehicle) as used by the US in Desert Storm. I'm sure you'll have the respect of everyone on Gauteng roads!

Pine ....

I'm so with you ...Bring on that Zola in the yellow lane ....!!

Pine wrote:To say I am a buggy fan myself would be a gross understatement, but a buggy is indeed on my 'to-do' list...

As for the wish list, I really wouldn't mind one of these - a Chenowth 4x2 FAV (Fast Attack Vehicle) as used by the US in Desert Storm. I'm sure you'll have the respect of everyone on Gauteng roads!

Imagine the modern day Blitzkrieg-raids that you can do with these

Ditto - Rotorbug75's selection

Pine - you will of course get a traffic cop that will DEMAND that you tie a red flag onto the end of that turret because "Sir, it extends more than the regulatory 250cm beyond the verheecle, now that you've got it pointing at me".

Mario

1972 wrote:

Man, that is beautiful! Maybe I am just a sucker for red cars, but whoevers building that, is building something very nice.

my no 4,5,6,7,8 for the day

My pick for the day is the Lamborghini LM 4x4 with a V12 Countach engine

This SUPER off-roader pre-dates the Hummer by more than two DECADES

The only time I saw one in South Africa was on the back of a truck on the N1 between Three Sisters and Beaufort-West. It was black and had 'Police' branding on it (as in Police Sunglasses, not SAPS - duh!)





Interesting history, well worth reading (typical conspiracy theory stuff) - from Wiki

The Lamborghini Cheetah was Lamborghini's first attempt at an off-road vehicle. It was built on contract from Mobility Technology International, which in turn was contracted by the US military to design and build a new all-terrain vehicle. The basis of the design came from MTI, and was largely a copy of FMC's XR311 prototype developed for the military in 1970. This resulted in legal action from FMC against MTI and Lamborghini in 1977 when the Cheetah was presented at the Geneva Auto Show. The XR311 and Cheetah could be considered progenitors of the current Humvee.

The Cheetah was built in San José, California. After initial construction, the prototype was sent to Sant'Agata so Lamborghini could put on the finishing touches. They decided to go with a large, waterproofed 180 bhp (134 kW) 5.9L Chrysler engine, rear mounted, with a 3 speed automatic transmission. The body was fiberglass, and inside there was enough room for four fully equipped soldiers as well as the driver.

The mounting of the engine in the rear gave the Cheetah very poor handling characteristics, and the engine choice was not powerful enough to be adequate for the heavy vehicle (2042 kg/4500 lb), resulting in overall poor performance.

The US military tested the Cheetah and allegedly destroyed the only prototype. The "damaged" remains were never returned to Lamborghini or MTI.

In the end, the military contract was awarded to AM General and their similar looking HMMWV.

The relative failure of the Cheetah project, and Lamborghini financial problems lead to the cancellation of a contract from BMW to develop their M1.

Lamborghini eventually developed the Lamborghini LM002 — a similar design, but with a 12-cylinder motor from the Lamborghini Countach mounted in the front.

This is what the Cheetah looked like:

A couple of years backthere was a 4x4 show held at Princess Park in Princess Park rd,oppisite Princess Park Volkswagen ( ).There was an H1 and this,the Lamborghini LM002.

It was the only one I have ever seen.But like you said Pine,the resemblence was quite striking.

My connection was so slow yesterday that all I wished for was a better telecomm network in SA!

But today all different! In a strange way....this is today's car but I have no idea what it is! bet this never understeers!!!!

Ron reaches for his reading glasses, AGAIN... Nope, still there... cleans his reading glasses.... Nope, still there... WTF!

I had to do the same Ron!!!! Looks cool in a way but does make you feel that you are seeing things...that's why it's my number 1 today....in that mood.

Dutch_Diver wrote:My connection was so slow yesterday that all I wished for was a better telecomm network in SA!

But today all different! In a strange way....this is today's car but I have no idea what it is! bet this never understeers!!!!

It's called Covini C6W