 Despite the failure of the Cheetah project, the idea of a Lamborghini off-road vehicle was still very much alive, and with new capital from investors, the Cheetah concept was redesigned into the LM001.Unlike the Cheetah's Chrysler engine, the LM001 prototype had a 5.9 L (360 ci) AMC-built V8, with the intention of offering the V12 from the Countach for production models.The LM001 was found to have unfavorable handling characteristics when accelerating.