Why didn't the Lamborghini Jalpa take off? - GoFuckYourself.com

Rochard · 07-15-2013, 09:34 AM

What a beautiful car this was... Sort of looks like a Lotus Esprit....

fuzebox · 07-15-2013, 09:40 AM

Outshined by the Coutach I guess.

Rochard · 07-15-2013, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by fuzebox

Outshined by the Coutach I guess.

Good point. That sure was a beautiful car too....

_Richard_ · 07-15-2013, 09:46 AM

very nice looking car

"In 1988, after falling sales, the new owners, Chrysler, decided to end Jalpa production despite being Lamborghini's most successful V8 car to date having sold 410 units."

guess it did take off lol

Choopa_Pardo · 07-15-2013, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by _Richard_

very nice looking car

"In 1988, after falling sales, the new owners, Chrysler, decided to end Jalpa production despite being Lamborghini's most successful V8 car to date having sold 410 units."

guess it did take off lol

I think V8 is the key figure here. Looks like no one wanted to buy a V8 Lambo and opted for the V12 models instead.

Vendzilla · 07-15-2013, 10:05 AM

Maybe because it looks like a supra with body mods?

xNetworx · 07-15-2013, 10:45 AM

looks like shit. prolly did then too

_Richard_ · 07-15-2013, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Choopa_Pardo

I think V8 is the key figure here. Looks like no one wanted to buy a V8 Lambo and opted for the V12 models instead.

think it came down to ownership issues

Rochard · 07-15-2013, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Maybe because it looks like a supra with body mods?

It does kind of look like a Supra...

Matt 26z · 07-15-2013, 12:32 PM

For one thing it doesn't have their trademark front end curvature. It's a good looking car, but the design in general is borrowed from less expensive cars. It doesn't look like it's from outer space.

brassmonkey · 07-15-2013, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

Good point. That sure was a beautiful car too....

i own 3

Joshua G · 07-15-2013, 01:25 PM

you coulda gotten much better looking cars than the jalpa for the money back then. I myself am partial to the RUF porsche turbo...

brassmonkey · 07-15-2013, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

Good point. That sure was a beautiful car too....

it took off for rich people quite a few r&b and rappers own them some ball players too.

MaDalton · 07-15-2013, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

it took off for rich people quite a few r&b and rappers own them some ball players too.

The Hun owns one

SilentKnight · 07-15-2013, 02:39 PM

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The Hun owns one

I drove one - once. A guy I worked for in the late 80s owned one...let me take it for a spin.

Horny Dude · 07-15-2013, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

Good point. That sure was a beautiful car too....

Everytime I see one of these I think Miami Vice.

brassmonkey · 07-15-2013, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Horny Dude

Everytime I see one of these I think Miami Vice.

loved that fuckin show

this weekend will be miami vice and beer

pacific rim was dogg chit

Rochard · 07-15-2013, 09:24 PM

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Everytime I see one of these I think Miami Vice.

In fact, that's where I got it from. I listen to DVDs running in the background. I can only listen to something I've seen, anything new is to distracting. I run entire TV shows from start to finish... Today in the background it was Miami Vice, eposide "Phil The Shill" with Phil Collins - Phil drove the White Jalpa.

07-15-2013, 09:34 AM	#1
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Vendzilla Biker Gnome Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: cell#324 Posts: 23,200	Maybe because it looks like a supra with body mods? __________________ Webair died? Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants think about that

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fuzebox making it rain Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: seattle Posts: 22,034	Outshined by the Coutach I guess.

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_Richard_ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 30,985	very nice looking car "In 1988, after falling sales, the new owners, Chrysler, decided to end Jalpa production despite being Lamborghini's most successful V8 car to date having sold 410 units." guess it did take off lol

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xNetworx So Fucking What Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Whore Island Posts: 14,445	looks like shit. prolly did then too

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Matt 26z So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ¤ª"˜¨๑۩۞۩๑¨˜"ª¤ Posts: 18,481	For one thing it doesn't have their trademark front end curvature. It's a good looking car, but the design in general is borrowed from less expensive cars. It doesn't look like it's from outer space.

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Joshua G dumb libs love censorship Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8,198	you coulda gotten much better looking cars than the jalpa for the money back then. I myself am partial to the RUF porsche turbo...