Category · Older (13)

Lamborghini Countach

170 articles
Jul 29, 2022

Back in the Eighties, the Countach and the LM002 shared a V12

We’ve just seen the first teaser shots of the Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, a raised suspension version of the V10 supercar, but Lamborghini did something similar back in the Eighties already when they created an off-road version of the then-current Lamborghini Countach Quattrovalvole in the form of the LM002 … using the V12 engine, but now…

Jul 6, 2022

Compilation of Countach videos

I’m not sure what happened today, but it seems some kind of embargo was lifted on YouTubers reviewing the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 limited edition homage to the Seventies Countach prototype, only hours ago we published an amazing video from Top Gear on how they took the factory demonstrator onto the famous Stelvio Pass, but…

Jul 6, 2022

Top Gear takes the new Countach onto the Stelvio Pass

During the winter months, the famous Stelvio Pass is closed for traffic, but once temperatures start to rise again, towards the summer months, this famous mountain pass is opened up again, and it seems this year, on the occasion of opening the Stelvio, Top Gear was asked to do the honors … and they did,…

Jul 2, 2022

Driving a 1986 Lamborghini Countach QV

I love the Lamborghini Countach, I’m the generation that had a poster of this very car on my bedroom wall. I can confirm that it was the Countach that started my interest in Lamborghini as a car builder, getting to know more about Ferruccio Lamborghini and how he started the company back in 1963, only…

Jun 23, 2022

The Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 delivery in Japan

As an homage to the first deliveries of the limited-edition 2022 Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 to customers in Japan, Automobili Lamborghini SpA showcased a stunning Rosso over Bianco unit at the Warehouse Terrada in Tokyo, where they invited 90 members of the local press to admire this hybrid supercar that celebrates the 50th Anniversary of…

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,…

Mar 8, 2022

In 1984 this Lamborghini Countach cost $99,500

These days a Lamborghini Countach is quickly reaching the seven-figure value, especially the early LP400 narrow-body models, but back in 1984, when this red on black Countach LP500S was brand new, being delivered in Rome, Italy, the base price was about $99,500, today these are worth well into the six figures, not yet into the…

Feb 25, 2022

Discovering a Countach in a barn

Imagine owning a Lamborghini Countach today, that’s a supercar from the Eighties with a value deep into six figures, some of the earlier LP400 models are even going onto seven figures now in pursuit of the legendary Miura, but things get really interesting if you look at this specific Countach LP500 S, the wide fender,…

Jan 25, 2022

Three generations of the Lamborghini Countach on the road

Seeing a Lamborghini Countach on the road is a rare sight these days, at the time of writing a Countach is at least 33 years old as the final units in the 25th Anniversary version were built in 1989, but recently Automobili Lamborghini SpA changed things up by releasing an homage to the legendary Countach…

Jan 25, 2022

Three generations of the Lamborghini Countach on the road – the video

Automobili Lamborghini SpA took their brand new Countach LPI 800-4 on the road for the first time and took two more legends with her, the first Lamborghini LP400 ever made, and the very last one to be made, the silver metallic Countach 25th Anniversary, both borrowed from the Museo Lamborghini, which is now called Lamborghini…