Lamborghini Jalpa

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Lamborghini Jalpa was a sports car produced by the Italian automaker Lamborghini from 1981 to 1988. The Jalpa was a development of the earlier Silhouette. The Jalpa was intended to fill a role as a more affordable Lamborghini, being much less expensive than the Countach. Instead of the big car's Lamborghini V12, the Jalpa was fitted with a transversely-mounted 3.5 litre Lamborghini V8 that displaced 3,485 cubic centimetres (212.7 cu in) and developed 190 kilowatts (258 PS; 255 bhp). The bodywork was designed and built by Bertone. The name Jalpa came from a famous breed of fighting bulls, Ferruccio Lamborghini having a liking for bulls, and being a Taurus, he gave most Lamborghini cars bullfighting-related names. Compared to the Countach, the Jalpa was much easier to drive, having better visibility and being more tractable in heavy traffic and at slow speeds. At night, however, there were many distracting internal reflections (a common curse of the Italian low-volume car).