Mark is the enthusiast site, Lamborghini is his passion, collecting books and scale model cars on the Sant'Agata company for decades, he has been able to visit the Lamborghini factory several times already.
Ferrari’s reaction to the LP500 S came rather quick, with their Testarossa from 1984, they had a car that pumped out 390 bhp, but the Countach was again updated. On the 1985 Geneva Auto Show, Lamborghini unveiled their answer, the Super-Countach, the QuattroValvole, with its 455 Bhp, it made the TestaRossa eat dust. Even Ferrari’s limited…
The first ‘new’ Countach was the LP500S; Ferrari had unveiled their Boxer, which was faster than the Countach LP400S, so Lamborghini had to do something. They tried a turbo-charged version of the 4.0-Liter engine, but because of cooling problems, this project as abandoned in an early stage. Another option was tried out, but in the…
Paolo Stanzani was asked to prepare two special cars in 1976, with engine revisions up to 400 Bhp, and using the then new Pirelli P7 tires. The first car (nr.188) was finished in a bright red, with a black interior and was delivered to an Italian customer, but the second, finished in a brilliant Bugatti…
May 12. 2008 was another date to remember when you’ve got a passion for Italian cars, the yearly Lavazza Viva Italia event was planned on the famous TT Circuit in Assen, The Netherlands, and thanks to the organizational skills of the various car clubs and the great weather forecast a record number of stunning Italian…
A lot of work still had to be done before the Countach could go into even limited production. The show car was only a prototype and the engine that was installed into it blew up on the first tests, the car could be saved but the engine needed too much work to be made reliable…
