Laforza Sighting

This morning, while driving to work, I saw a large SUV that I didn't recognize. It looked roughly like an over-inflated Range Rover, or 1.5x scale Dodge minivan. It was branded only with "Laforza", and judging be the styling, was from the late 80's or early 90's.


It turns out I saw one of these. The Laforza is an Italian military/government truck which was imported into the U.S. sans powertrain, and outfitted with Ford 5.0L V8 kits. The Laforza combined a heavy, square body with luxurious (for the time) Italian leather interior. Originally quite expensive, they can now be had used (if you can find one) for around $10k.