Lamborghini’s former CEO Patrick Mimran was just 26 years old when he ingeniously took his company’s LMA off-road prototype to the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix.

The behemoth circulating the pristine streets of the principality made for an inspired publicity stunt that truly grabbed attention.

Four years later, the outrageous-looking production LM002 was ready to earn its deserved “Rambo Lambo” nickname.

As well as royalty, Formula 1 World Champion Keke Rosberg, rock queen Tina Turner, and Rambo himself, Sylvester Stallone, came to count themselves as owners.

Despite the utilitarian styling and originally intended military application, the LM002 managed to combine supercar-baiting performance with genuine luxury.

Behind the burled wood and leather dashboard sat a 5.2-litre, 48-valve V-12 lifted from later Countach models.

The early LM002s were fed by some six dual-throat Weber carburettors to produce 444 brake horsepower.

Slick use of the dogleg five-speed, close-ratio ZF gearbox could...