It’s not unusual for pickup trucks to be worth more than $100,000 these days. Some of them are valuable classics, like the 1956 Ford F100 while others are brand new with some serious modifications. So who’s to say that a supercar maker like Lamborghini won’t offer an exotic pickup one day?
Well, to a degree, that already happened with the LM002, although it’s more of an army vehicle, an ultra-rare Humvee, than a work truck. The automotive landscape has changed since then, which is why HotCars commissioned a new “Rambo Lambo” from the renowned digital artist Adry53 Customs.
The LM002 was square and boxy, shaped a bit like the Countach with which it shared the 1980s. So it makes sense that its spiritual successor would also be shaped like current Lamborghinis.
Naturally, the pickup has the overall body shape of an SUV, the popular Urus. But look past its four-door cab and you’ll see many design elements from actual supercars. Timothy Adry Emmanuel chose the new Y-shaped LED design for his custom front end.
It really screams “performance vehicle” in a way that even the mighty Aventador can’t match. The design elements, a black plastic insert and sharp wedge leading to a hood duct, appear to be taken directly from the Sian FKP 37, which is one of Lamborghini’s V12 hybrid limited edition. However, we expect the supercar which replaces the Aventador to look very similar.
Adry53 also did interesting things to the rear of the vehicle, which sports a set of hexagonal exhaust pipes. They were on the Sian, sure, but also the new Huracan Technica. It’s interesting how the artist gave it a raised rear end. Obviously, this is for the sake of the departure angle, but it also resembles the Murcielago back there.
Totally possible, but unlikely
Lamborghini could obviously build a pickup truck if it desired. For most supercar brands, that would be marketing suicide, but most brands didn’t build the original LM002 Rambo Lambo.
The Urus itself uses an architecture that is quite similar to Audi’s Q8 and its 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 is shared with many other brands including Bentley. At launch, the super-SUV was viewed as blasphemy but has become hugely popular and successful, so much so that Ferrari is about to launch a rival, the Purosangue.
About a week ago, the CEO of Lamborghini clearly stated that it was done making retro-inspired models, as the company focuses on pursuing its EV future. That implies the Countach LPI 800-4 won’t be followed up with a Rambo Lambo 2.0.
However, EVs and pickups aren’t mutually-exclusive, as you’re probably aware. GM recently revived the GMC Hummer as an electric pickup (and SUV), and those things are already going for Lamborghini money at auctions, so demand is clearly high.
Speaking of “Lambo money”, I feel like the Juggernaut 6×6 by Apocalypse deserves mentioning here because it is a $300,00 RAM TRX. And this ties in nicely with the Lamborghini Urus pickup secretly being built in France right now.
