Saturday, November 27, 2010

Rocky IV Lamborghini Jalpa


Versus had a Rocky movie marathon on Thanksgiving.  IV is definitely the best.


Jalpa specs:
Years built: 1981-88
Cars made: 410 (How did Lamborghini stay in business?)
Styling: Bertone
Weight: 1,510 kg / 3,329 lb
Weight distribution: 44 front / 56 rear
Engine: 3,485 cc V8
Horsepower: 255 at 7,000 rpm
Torque: 231 ft-lbs at 3,500 rpm
Top speed: 146 mph
0 - 100 km/h: 6.0 sec
Quarter mile: 15.4 seconds at 92 mph
Price: $58,000

And this is the best line from Rocky IV:

1 comment:

MattC said...

I used to see a gut tooling around in a yellow Jalpa near my house in the 1980s. (Mind you,we were definitely not wealthy but my house was near a local mall). I have always been fond of the Jalpa. It still has great lines (more subdued than the Countach)and pretty respectable performance.