Notably, they identified a market for a Cheetah-like car in the Middle East, where a Countach was unpractical at best and a Nissan Patrol was far too pedestrian for oil barons. Lamborghini ...

Lamborghini was in the off-road business ... 180-horsepower Chrysler engine mounted in back. Hardly Cheetah-like, the vehicle delivered lackluster performance and didn't handle well.

contracted Lamborghini to make one for them. They came up with the Cheetah, a doorless, four-seater, two-ton, war utility vehicle with a mid-mounted 183-horsepower 5.9-liter V8 Chrysler engine.