Lamborghini unveiled a prototype named LM001 at the 1981 Geneva Auto Show that took the Cheetah concept a step further with an updated look. The recently-revealed Urus isn't Lamborghini's first SUV.

Lamborghini needed volumes ... the similarities between the Cheetah, the LM001 and later even the LM002 and the subsequent Hummer are really uncanny. The same body lines, the same big wheels ...

including the LM001 and Cheetah, both of which featured rear-mounted American engines. For the LM002, Lamborghini took the V12 engine from the Countach and mounted it in the front of an SUV body ...