The Lamborghini P140 is a 2-door coupé from Lamborghini, built from 1987, in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management. Under the bonnet: 4.0 L V10. Marcello Gandini drew it.
The background
The Lamborghini P140 is a code name given to a series of prototype cars built by Lamborghini starting in 1987. It was intended as a replacement for the outgoing Jalpa but never went into production, despite being close to production ready. This was due to dwindling demand for high performance during the recession caused by the 1990 oil price shock and 1990-1991 Gulf War. The P140 was the first Lamborghini to be powered by a V10 engine.
The engineering
Power comes from 4.0 L V10. It shifts through a 6-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Mazda MX-5, the Lexus LS, the Subaru Legacy — show what else the money bought that year. Its Lamborghini stablemates include the Lamborghini Calà and the Lamborghini Marco Polo.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Lamborghini P140 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.