The Cheetah was Lamborghini's first attempt at a HMMWV. It had a mid-mounted 5.9 liter Chrysler V8. But it was a little too complicated - not too mention heavy in the rear and therefore unstable - for military applications. AM General won the contract and Lamborghini tweaked the design to fit a Countach V12 in the front and the LM002 was born.