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AutoliklieeklFor WeekOc tobe r 14 , l u75 Cents-cr- - - - - - - @T!- Ultimate Offroader?

By Bob I n i n

''The revolutronary off - roadLamb o r g h i -

nl Ctec,tah passed ne w perfarnmance tes tswlth f ; y l n g colors las t week an d no wplan!i iire proceeding to bulld it in I talyearly next y e a r and in the U S . n la te 1978or earl," 1979.

Au:oweek discovered th e t e s t ~ n g ro - .grarn 11) th e Nevada deser t an d ev en ha d 'an orspor tunl ty to t ry the ca r briefly l a s t Iweek a:+ h e t e s t l n ~ a s c o m ~ l e t e d . -~A s I s tar ted the englne. I idly wondered I. aho w it would perform agains t off-road ' yir . ." ' .vehlcles like the Br t t ish Land Rover an d %a , ;

d a y bu t I think l tw i l l A, . .~ r s t o ln d a cannon.". .s a id R< ris, president of Mobility

nternat ional . the Sari J o s e .cres ted the Cheetah . . . . A d

Ins tead of a n y competl t lve testnng.mE4Crnt weeks

latc ~ e r f o r m u n c c a ta r eq u l r r d by th eU S Arrny. l 'he r n ~ l ~ t a r ys u v a lu a t in g th ev e h ~ c l ernd l 'harls ha s h o p es a f s e l l in g i t .

The Cheetah is the off - road vehlr le ofth c f u . u r e . I t looks l lke s o meth in g ou t ofsl ir s y & r s t w as unveiled at t l le G en ev aauto s h < ~ was t March. After thal . Lam-bol'gll I11 took it 10 Italy fu r s o m e tes t ingan d in S u p tu n ~ b er h n n s b r o u g h t it backto t11e U >)led ta t e s fo r les trng here.

Ile Luok tlme o u t f rom h i s tes t ingp n , g r i . n , to talk about th e future of th euel i~cl ,? .l e revealed 'l'eledyne Contlnen-tal Motors uf Muskegon. Mich.. h a s beenllcrnsctd to build th e An,erxcan vers ion ofthe Cl~e,!tali.He said Teledyne c u u l deasily b~.+ln prcxluction i n lala 1978 orear ly 1979."

'l'lle , \~ i ler!can ersion wlll beequipped.r.ltllcl1h.r ad le s e l o r n g as u l ln ecn y in e -uhldentofIl.rt,rMroductlr,nan d sale . P h i in s l s n t' ~ I k l n g p r ~ c r101h e (makes t c l e a r that th e:SL:~.IllrOIlgurr inlrrltlonerl i n s lu r l c s about: l e Chcrt:th lbrfoie is wa y above a i l a t he~ ~ ~ p ~ ~ ~ t s ' l ' ~ : l s r l y n ei> ch a r g e r,rthc r\rrirr>-i . rn mo

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