Unique Lamborghini LM002 SUV will be put up for auction (20 photos)
The Lamborghini brand released only one SUV - the LM002 model, which was technically a four-door pickup truck. It is believed that only three attempts were made to convert it into a full-fledged station wagon, and the result of one of them will go under the hammer at the online auction SBX Cars. It is alleged that the car was built at the request of Hassanal Bolkiah, a famous collector and part-time Sultan of Brunei. 
Officially, the car is called LM002 Carrozzeria Diomante, named after the owner of the body shop who carried out the conversion - his name was Salvatore Diomante. The pickup truck was completely redesigned in the rear of the body and the roof was raised, adding another rear sofa to the interior. The capacity of LM002 thereby increased to seven people.
The seller claims that only this SUV with a full five-door body has received official approval from Lamborghini itself. What adds to the rarity of the specimen is that no one knows anything about the other two LM002s with similar bodies. The car was assembled in 1986 and rebuilt in 1989, but the initiator of the conversion drove a little more than 1,600 km on it. After this, the SUV was sent to Germany, where Bernd Pischetsrieder, the ex-head of BMW, became its new owner. Now the rarity is in Sweden and has a mileage of 10,383 km. It is equipped with a 5.2-liter V12 borrowed from the Lamborghini Countach, developing 450 hp. With.
The estimated price of the LM002 Carrozzeria Diomante has not been advertised. In total, about 300 SUVs were built, the auction value of which now in the vast majority of cases exceeds $300 thousand. 
