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Lamborghini Countach

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Jan 17, 2022

1979 Lamborghini Countach S from the Cannonball Run

The Lamborghini Countach S, also known as the LP400 S, was built in the late Seventies, making these cars about 43 years old by now, and while seven-figure prices are being demanded by the previous, narrow-body Countach LP400, the wider, ‘wing adorned’ S model comes in at an average price of $360,000 at the time…

Jan 12, 2022

Viola Salchi, a rare color on the Countach LP400

This purple lady is 45 years young at the time of writing, she’ll turn 46 later this year, but you have to admit she is still a looker, despite the somewhat ‘special’ paint scheme. Make no mistakes, this is one of only two Lamborghini Countach LP400 finished in Viola Salchi over a Bianco interior, but…

Jan 5, 2022

Mecum Kissimmee auction features 11 Lamborghini

Mecum calls it ‘the World’s largest collector car auction’, I know it as Kissimmee, taking place from January 6th to 16th at Osceola Heritage Park and the online consignment pages boast over 4,000 listings, not all cars mind you, but I would hazard a guess we’ll be seeing about 3,500 cars crossing the auction block…

Dec 28, 2021

Five new Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 posters

I know I had several Lamborghini posters on my bedroom walls when I was in my teens, at that time the legendary Countach, but also the Diablo was depicted on a large print, at that time you could walk into a local shop and select from a large number of posters available, these days it…

Dec 15, 2021

The Lamborghini Countach, an Icon reborn

When it comes to the automotive world, there are a few iconic cars that changed the world forever and will remain an ‘Icon’ in the future too, and while many would state they’ve created the latest classic, or the new iconic car or model, it is only time that will tell if a car has…

Dec 12, 2021

Lamborghini Day Japan 2021, Best of Countach

Early November 2021 was the timing for the latest Lamborghini Day Japan at Triangular Square, Shinjuku Sumitomo Building in Tokyo and this year the theme was the 50th anniversary of the legendary Lamborghini Countach, ten units of this iconic V12 Raging Bull were selected to be entered into the Lamborghini Countach Contest Japan. In total…

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…

Nov 1, 2021

The Countach LPI 800-4 road test

We won’t be seeing the first customers receiving their limited edition Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 for several months as these will be available to clients in early 2022 only, but that doesn’t mean the car won’t be going through some more testing before production starts, and it seems that is exactly what famous YouTube spy…

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 17, 2021

The Retro Conversion Tuning Package for the Countach LPI 800-4

We’ve seen some amazing work from @jonsibal in the past, some controversial, but always interesting nonetheless, and with all the controversy about the new 2022 Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 it was only a matter of time before this digital artist came up with a modification, and this time it looks really amazing, and feasible, he…