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Lamborghini Countach

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Oct 10, 2021

Enjoy hearing and seeing the Countach LP500 in action

We’ve all seen the official press photos from Automobili Lamborghini SpA on the recreation of the 1971 Lamborghini Countach LP500, the actual prototype from the Geneva Motor Show, and they look amazing, I really like the yellow prototype, but nothing beats actually seeing the car be driven, and hearing that amazing, custom-built V12 engine of…

Oct 4, 2021

Lamborghini Countach – The Book

The Lamborghini Countach is celebrating her 50th anniversary in 2021 after being unveiled as the Countach LP500 prototype at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, the Countach has arguably been the most important Lamborghini in history, the car that introduced the upward-opening doors on a production model and that was in production between 1974 and 1990,…

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 24, 2021

Lamborghini is rebuilding the 1971 Countach prototype

The official Automobili Lamborghini SpA YouTube channel has published ‘The Wait: Chapter 2’ where we discover some artisans putting together a massive V12 engine of what seems to be a Countach model … but there is something strange to be seen when they lower the engine into the body, take a closer look at the…

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…

Jul 20, 2021

The Lamborghini Countach 50 Omaggio

Let’s get this straight … no, this isn’t the official release of the new V12 model Lamborghini will be presenting at Pebble Beach in August 2021 as their Countach Homage to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Countach, the car that introduced the upward-opening doors on the Lamborghini flagship, a feature that’s still being…

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…