Lamborghini Jalpa (Ultimate Guide)

Lamborghini Jalpa Overview

Known as the Lamborghini Jalpa P350, it was a natural evolution of the Silhouette and the final attempt at creating an entry level Lamborghini with a V8 engine. Power increased and handling was markedly better than the Silhouette while the body was again a new design crafted by Bertone. Jalpa looked less spectacular than the Silhouette but it was actually very in style.

Final Attempt at a V8 Lamborghini

The final attempt at creating an entry level Lamborghini with a V8 engine was the Jalpa (pronounced ‘yawl-pa) another name given in true Lamborghini tradition, taken from a famous breed of fighting bulls, just like the Miura model name all those years ago.

This new V8 model was based on the original Urraco, just like the Silhouette a few years earlier, but the Jalpa was more a successor to the Silhouette in concept due to the similar open top, targa style roof configuration of one large removable panel above the driver and passenger.

The Jalpa was fitted with a 3.5 L double overhead camshaft version of the V8 engine used in the Silhouette on which it was based. The version used in the Jalpa produced 255 hp and 225 lb/ft of torque.

The Jalpa could be driven topless once again, and this time power and workmanship was right up to the level we’ve come to expect from Lamborghini, this Bull was actually easy to drive, even in city traffic so the Jalpa could have become a massive success but it disappointed again, and after about six years of production only 410 units had left the gates at Sant’Agata.

The Basics

• Years: 1981 – 1988

• Production: 410 units produced

• Assembly: Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy

• Engine: 3.5 L Nat Aspirated V8

Lamborghini Jalpa 350

• Type: Production

• Years: 1981 – 1988

• Production: 410 units

• Engine: 3.5 L Nat Aspirated V8

• Power: 255 bhp @ 7,000 rpm

• Torque: 231 ft lbs @ 3,500 rpm

• 0-60 mph: 6.0 seconds

• Top Speed: 145 mph

Lamborghini Jalpa 350. Known as the Lamborghini Jalpa P350, it was a natural evolution of the Silhouette and the final attempt at creating an entry level Lamborghini with a V8 engine. Power increased and handling was markedly better than the Silhouette while the body was again a new design crafted by Bertone.

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Jalpa Prototype

• Type: Concept/Prototype

• Years: 1981

• Production: 1 unit

• Engine: N/A

• Power: N/A

• Torque: N/A

• 0-60 mph: N/A

• Top Speed: N/A

Lamborghini Jalpa Prototype. When the Jalpa prototype was presented at the 1981 Geneva Show it was finished in a brilliant metallic bronze, all plastic body parts like bumpers, roof and air intakes were painted in a mustard-color while a beige-and-brown striped leather interior was used something only seen once after production started.

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Lamborghini Jalpa Spyder

• Type: Concept/Prototype

• Years: 1987

• Production: 1 unit

• Engine: N/A

• Power: N/A

• Torque: N/A

• 0-60 mph: N/A

• Top Speed: N/A

Lamborghini Jalpa Spyder. Automobili Lamborghini started working on a Jalpa with a completely retractable roof in 1987, called the Jalpa Spyder, a prototype was created using a silver metallic over blue leather Jalpa that was still owned by factory at that time, a rear treatment similar to the one found on the Bertone Athon.

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