The Turin Salon of 1970 saw the unveiling of the Lamborghini Urraco which was intended to open up Lamborghini to cheaper Porsche 911 buyers. However the engineering was all new, and Lamborghini created a new 2462cc ohc V8 engine for the P250 Urraco, but took 3 years to develop it. 1973 was the year of the world Oil Crisis which killed off sales of thirsty cars and this limited the Urraco before it even rolled out of Modena. Lamborghini even produced a 1994cc P200 for the Italian market. In 1974 the P300 Urraco was launched with 2996cc dohc engine was launched. Urraco sales continued until 1979 with around 700 sold. Marcello Gandini designed the Urraco, and in 1976 he was asked to create the Silhouette open top version of the Urraco. This was given aggressive styling, a removable targa top, and a 'tunnel back' rear deck. This was a last ditch attempt to enter the mass market for the Urraco and it also failed, with just 52 being sold.Lamborghini launched the Jalpa to replace the Urraco and Silhouette.