Lamborghini P140

The Lamborghini P140 was the code name Automobili Lamborghini gave to a short series of prototype cars that began in 1987 and was meant to replace the aging Jalpa as the company's entry-level model. Marcello Gandini penned its wedge-shaped two-door coupe body, and it was the first Lamborghini built around a V10, a new 4.0-litre engine that produced about 272 kilowatts and carried the car to 295 kilometres per hour at the Nardo Ring. Company records show three or four prototypes were built, and one survives on display at the Lamborghini museum in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The project was shelved in its final stages after the Chrysler-owned company judged that falling demand for high-performance cars during the early 1990s recession and Gulf War could not justify its development cost. Its engine and transmission later reappeared in the Cala concept of 1995, and an evolution of the V10 powered the Gallardo of 2002.