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I guess you’ve seen my review of the two other shades from AUTOart on the Lamborghini LM002 by now, the Rosso Siviglia was rather in-depth, with some background information on the real car, while the Bianco Polo Park went into the small difference between red and white, but both models came with a, in my opinion, rather boring black interior.

That all changes with the Argento release from AUTOart; this silver metallic version of the Lamborghini LM002 comes with a really nice light grey interior, and it works perfectly well with the silver exterior. AUTOart is still bringing a black-on-red one and a blue-on-tan one, and those will also look amazing, but from the three shades we have available at the time of writing in Europe, this silver-on-grey color combination is a winner.

So I’ve talked about the Lamborghini LM002 in depth in my previous two reviews, but there is so much more to say about this Rambo Lambo from the Eighties. I love it, it is so different from anything else on the open road in those days, it’s just imposing, something that was totally lost with the Lamborghini Urus.

Let’s face it, most say the Urus is the successor to the LM002, but that’s so far from the truth, it hurts. The Lamborghini LM002 was a true off-road vehicle, powered by a massive V12 engine. The Lamborghini Urus is an SUV, a Sport Utility Vehicle, that’s not the same, far from it, and it comes with a turbocharged V8 engine (now hybrid) … how is that a successor to a V12-powered behemoth?

And yes, the Urus is a little longer compared to the LM002, but the latter is still taller and just as wide, and that was 40 years ago, when you encounter an LM002 on the open road, you’ll notice it immediately, if you encounter an Urus on the open road, it’s just like any other SUV until it’s close enough to notice it’s a Lamborghini, especially if it’s finished in a more neutral color. Unless an Urus is finished in some Skittle color, it just doesn’t stand out, an LM002 will always draw attention, even a plain silver metallic one.

With this new AUTOart release, many collectors are back to the old complaint about these being composite models, they don’t have enough weight, and all those remarks, and yes, it doesn’t have the weight to match the looks, but does it matter on the shelf?

Not for me anyway, for me, the crisp bodylines, correct stance, and the opening parts are what’s important, the fact that all four doors operate on this Lamborghini LM002, and just like on the real car, you can actually open the door nearly 180 degree, that’s impressive for a scale model if you ask me, AUTOart really did well here.

And if you open the big engine cover up front, that 5.2-liter V12 is so nicely detailed, with that massive air box on top, the two big fuel filters, the plug wires, it’s all there, just as it would be on the real model, albeit the first-gen LM002 with the carbureted Countach-derived engine (later Lamborghini fitted fuel injection on this V12)

So by now I guess you’ve understood I really like the new AUTOart Lamborghini LM002, I got all three shades currently available, and yes, these models have become expensive, but every hobby is expensive nowadays, so after the initial scare of the invoice, it’s all good, and I admire these models every day on display in my home office, I enjoy them, and I have no second-thought whatsoever about adding these to the collection.

Of course, I couldn’t resist putting this Argento Lamborghini LM002 next to my Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary in the same shade, the last Countach ever made, the Museo Lamborghini show car, because both come with a grey interior too … but the hue of silver metallic isn’t completely the same, still, I love both of them.

Originally released in August 2026.

our RATING

Exterior		9/10
Interior		8/10
Engine		9/10
Accuracy		8/10
Overall rating		8/10

Original price on August 19, 2026 : € 330