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LamborghiniJalpa

1981–1988 Italy Sports car 8 production years
Production1981–1988
Recorded originItaly
ClassSports car
Built416 units
Background

The Lamborghini Jalpa is a sports car produced by the Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini from 1981 until 1988. It debuted at the 1981 Geneva Motor Show alongside the Lamborghini LM001 concept off-road vehicle. The Jalpa was the last Lamborghini to use a V8 engine until the Urus SUV in 2018.

Text adapted from “Lamborghini Jalpa” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1981–1988

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗8 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1984–1987

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗4 years