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Lamborghini Countach LP5000

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Mar 16, 2022

Lamborghini shows two icons at the 2022 Rétromobile in Paris

Automobili Lamborghini SpA unveiled the recreation of the Lamborghini Countach prototype to a select public at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este held between October 1st to the 3rd in 2021, but just in case you’ve missed that opportunity, you now have a second chance, their Polo Storico in-house restoration department managed to convince Albert Spiess,…

Nov 27, 2021

Countach LP 500: The Shakedown, an event at the Vizzola Ticino racetrack

We’ve posted the video from Automobili Lamborghini SpA on the Countach LP500 reconstruction taken at the Vizzola Ticino track a while ago in our article ‘Taking the Countach LP500 to the track’, and while the car was officially unveiled at the famous Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este held from October 1st to the 3rd, the owner…

Oct 21, 2021

Taking the Countach LP500 to the track

You’ve probably seen it in my previous articles already, I was certain only one Lamborghini collector would be able to convince Automobili Lamborghini SpA to recreate a prototype just for him and have the funds to back his idea … Swiss business magnate Albert Spiess, and this fact is just confirmed by Lamborghini in their…

Oct 1, 2021

The return of the Lamborghini Countach LP 500

It seems a big-time Lamborghini collector was able to convince Lamborghini’s in-house restoration department, Polo Storico, to rebuild the 1971 Lamborghini Countach LP500, the actual 1971 Geneva Motor Show show car, the milestone in Lamborghini’s history that celebrated her 50th anniversary in 2021 with the launch of the Countach LPI 800-4 at Pebble Beach with…

Sep 27, 2021

Polo Storico and the Countach LP500

We’ve been pretty sure about the fact Automobili Lamborghini SpA was working on the Countach LP500 prototype after seeing ‘The wait – chapter 1’ where we saw parts of the interior being built, and last week ‘The wait – chapter 2’ that showed the special V12 engine with the gold manifolds, and now we find…

Sep 21, 2021

Comparing the Classic Countach Against its Contemporary

The Lamborghini Countach was unveiled at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, together with the amazing Miura SV, the latter has become a seven-figure work of automotive art today, the production version of the Countach, the LP400 is catching up quickly, but the original Countach LP500 as it was called after the internal codename LP112 was…

Sep 13, 2021

Is Lamborghini building a Countach replica?

Only a few hours ago, the official Lamborghini channel on YouTube posted a teaser video called ‘The Wait’ with this rather cryptic caption: ‘We have some news. Something to live. Again. Watch the video to catch the first glimpse.’ … so let’s watch the 1-minute movie and discuss it below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafQXxg5M4E So they don’t give…

May 30, 2021

The Countach created Lamborghini’s design DNA

The legendary Lamborghini Countach was introduced in 1971, this futuristic prototype was shown at the Geneva Motor Show is celebrating her 50th anniversary this year, and rumor has it Lamborghini will be unveiling a commemorative edition of the current Lamborghini Aventador V12 flagship model to pay homage to the model that carved the entire future…

May 23, 2008

Lamborghini Countach LP5000 Prototype – Guide

On the 1971 Geneva Auto Show Lamborghini introduced the mind-blowing Countach, the full denomination was LP 500 Countach, where the LP stood for Longitudinale Posteriore 5000 cc, and the 5-Liter engine was put longitudinally in the back. This new 5-Liter engine, which was built using a lot of magnesium even for the gearbox and differential,…