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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS - love at second sight

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Created on April 4, 2017

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Bruno von Rotz

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - easy to steer thanks to the power steering

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - elegant coupé by designer Marcello Gandini

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - only the 400 GTS has the additional air intake on the hood

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - only 327 built, including the 400 GT

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - with a width of over 1.8 meters and a height of 1.18 meters, it looks very flat

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - crouched and ready to go

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - the design of the flank is reminiscent of the Fiat 128 Coupé 4 Posti by Gandini

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - a pleasure to drive

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - modern chassis technology made the car safe to drive

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - unconventional heating wires on the rear window

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - there was no rear window safety

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - the music comes out of the four exhausts

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - from today's point of view, quite a clear car

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - 20 liters of petrol per 100 km run through the six horizontal twin carburetors at high speeds

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - compact at less than 4.5 meters in length

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - the car was almost 250 km/h fast back then

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - no spoilers disfigured the bodywork

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - wide and flat

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - the design is well done for an exotic car from the seventies

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - Interior with exquisite materials

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - the oil pressure indicator is in the center of the dashboard

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - Steering wheel from the Espada

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - easy to see, but not necessarily easy to read main instruments

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - important - oil and water temperature (below)

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - no splitter gearshift, but beautifully labeled switches

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - V12 4-liter engine with four overhead camshafts

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - two ignition coils

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - Nameplate

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - Headlight mechanism

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - Headlight cover closed

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - the flaps open downwards

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - Light from the twin headlights

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - trademark on the nose

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - Nacta-Ducks on the hood

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - Door opener

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - side ventilation in the C-pillar

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - Fuel filler cap

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - type lettering on the rear

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - type designation at the rear

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1976) - flat trunk, but there's plenty of room for an iPhone

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Fiat 128 Coupé 4 Posti Bertone (1969) - a design by Gandini, shown at the 1969 Turin Motor Show

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Fiat 128 Coupé 4 Posti Bertone (1969) - it owes its name "Shopping" to the built-in shopping basket, shown at the 1969 Turin Motor Show

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Fiat 128 Bertone (1970) - A marvel of space utilization and practical ideas - Geneva Motor Show 1970

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GT (1970) - one more bull, GT of the most luxurious high-performance class developed on the basis of the Espada - Geneva Motor Show 1970

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Lamborghini Jarama S (1973) - front view

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Lamborghini Jarama S (1972) - Rear end

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Lamborghini Jarama (1970) - Cylinder head

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Lamborghini Jarama (1971) - Sophisticated mechanics - the 4-liter V12 engine is fed by 6 Weber twin carburetors and produces 350 DIN horsepower

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Lamborghini Jarama (1971) - the trunk has space for 2 suitcases, rear seats can be folded down

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Lamborghini Jarama (1973) - beautifully designed interior

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Lamborghini Jarama (1971) - The large center console divides the interior into two halves

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Lamborghini Jarama (1971) - front view with pop-up headlights

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GT (1972) - a test car in hard use

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Lamborghini Jarama (1971) - The headlights are protected by flaps during the day

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Lamborghini Jarama (1971) - when the lights are switched on, the headlights are opened by means of an electric motor

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Lamborghini Jarama (1971) - rear view

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Lamborghini Jarama (1971) - Test car from diagonally in front

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Lamborghini Jarama (1974) - lots of smoke and lots of power

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1975) - the wheels with central locking were omitted from the later versions

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GT (1971) - angular front-engined GT

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Lamborghini Jarama (1973) - the trunk is quite usable

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1974) - with 365 hp

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Lamborghini Jarama (1973) - unconventional folding headlights

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Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS (1975) - the upgraded version had additional air vents

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Lamborghini Jarama (1973) - it stands wide

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Summary

From 1970 to 1976/78, Lamborghini built the Jarama as the 400 GT and 400 GTS. The front-engined coupé was a Granturismo of the purest school, a sports car that you could even take out of the garage to get bread rolls. Only 327 examples were built, so they are rarely seen and when they do drive past, many passers-by don't even notice them because of their understated styling. This driving report tells the story of the Jarama and portrays an example from 1976 in many pictures. Of course, the sound sample and historical footage are also included.

This article contains the following chapters

Lowlifters
Short wheelbase, long overhangs
Jewel under the hood
Sporty chassis construction
Not fully developed?
From GT to GTS
Self-test
Underrated?
Further information

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

We were a little disappointed! We were driving one of the most expensive and hot-blooded sports cars of the seventies through a densely populated area and yet hardly anyone seemed to notice the blue Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS. This would certainly have been completely different with a Miura or Countach, as the Jarama not only shared the engine design and the philosophy behind many of the components with the super sports cars from Sant'Agata at the time, but also the drawing pen of designer Marcello Gandini. Manfred Jantke got to the heart of the matter in his test for Auto Motor und Sport magazine. He described the design of the Jarama as undercooled and unexciting. This is just right for 30 percent of Lamborghini customers, who would rather enjoy the power and technology of the sports car without an audience, Jantke said optimistically.

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