Start with what the Lamborghini Cheetah is: a car with Chrysler 5.9 liter (360 ci) V8, built from 1977, as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Rodney Pharis.
What is underneath
The engine is Chrysler 5.9 liter (360 ci) V8. On the scales it comes to Net (including fuel) 4500 . The layout matters: drive goes to all four wheels, which is what lets the power be used on a wet road. The wheelbase is 118 in (300 cm). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Lamborghini line-up the Lamborghini Cheetah has a clear place: it handed the line to the Lamborghini LM001; the factory was San Jose, California, United States. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the BMW 7 Series, the Mazda RX-7, the GM (General Motors) Saab 900. Nearby in the Lamborghini catalogue sit the Lamborghini Calà and the Lamborghini Marco Polo.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Lamborghini Cheetah has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.