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We know, we know. The real duelists in the 1980s were the Countach and the Testarosa. We know. However, this is the Lost Jalpa Weekend, so we gotta go trolling through the second tier of 25-year-old Italian metal. You know, the mid-engined variety with traverse mounted V8s. And look what we done found! In the red corner, we have the Ferrari designed after the oil crisis, originally selling in Italy with 2.0-liter V8s, the car that smells like Magnum PI's mustache, the Ferrari 308 GTB! And in the (usually) white (though sometimes yellow and/or green) corner, currently valued between $18,300 and $32, 900, the "Baby-Lambo," the Lamborghini Jalpa! Here's some pluses and negatives to help you in your voting. More »
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In one of the the endless flashback montages that comprise Rocky IV, Rocky is seen behind the wheel of a Lamborghini Jalpa. And he's listening to some very bad music. (One lock of chest hair to anyone who can name the other car Rocky rocks in the sequel to the sequel to the sequel.) Here's a list of little-known facts about the Jalpa, some of which are untrue. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=285515&view=rss&microfeed=true You want to talk ultimate sleeper? Some brilliant hoon decided the limp 255 hp produced by the transverse-mounted, 3.5-liter V8 in his Lamborghini Jalpa just wasn't good enough. (And he ain't buying no stinking Gallardo, neither.) That left him with only two options, both of which happened to be turbochargers lifted from a Mitsubishi 3000GT. Final output? He doesn't say, but if you check out the owner's project site, he claims he stayed in front of a Murciélago on the track. [Laust's Jalpa Project] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=285511&view=rss&microfeed=true When we was wee, one of our weekly activities involved biking up a steep ass hill to the rich peoples' part of town to gawk at some dude's green Lamborghini Jalpa. At the time, we assumed the guy just parked it on the street 'cause he was so rad. Maturity and wisdom tell us that it sure wasn't intentional. Not on his part anyhow. In fact, the above video is one of the few times we've seen a Jalpa actually move. More »
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