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Lamborghini Countach

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Aug 13, 2021

The new Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 – shades

Personally, I still feel they should have unveiled this Countach homage in the same yellow as the actual 1971 prototype, they are showing that car on various images, but in white, and that’s just not correct, the real car was yellow, and as far as I know she was never repainted before hitting the wall…

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…

May 20, 2021

Eight things you need to know about the Lamborghini Countach

The Lamborghini Countach turned 50 this year, the original 5-Liter prototype that is, the first production Countach, the LP400 at that time, was only made in 1974, and it received a very interesting nickname … the Periscopo, because there was actually an indent in the roof with a glass panel that allowed the view from…

Mar 12, 2021

THE COUNTACH PROTOTYPE TURNED 50

The fact that we now have ‘Lamborghini doors’ originated 50 years ago, these days many tuners offer what they call Lamborghini doors for all kinds of cars, and one thing they all have in common … the door hinges upward instead of sideways. That was first seen on the Carabo, but was introduced by Lamborghini…

Mar 1, 2021

ONE OF THREE LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH SOLD AT AUCTION

Between 1978 and 1982, Lamborghini built a total of 235 Countach S models, also known as the Countach LP400 S because of the 4-Liter V12 engine behind the cockpit, and while these cars are now about 40 years old, they aren’t the most sought-after Countach model from the series, the original, narrow-body LP400 is at…

Feb 15, 2021

CUSTOMIZED ROD STEWART COUNTACH SS RESTORED TO FACTORY SPECS

At the Paris auction organized by RM Sotheby’s on February 13th, a rather interesting 1977 Lamborghini Countach sold for € 775,625 ( or US$ 938,658), being an early LP400 with the exotic ‘Periscope’ rearview mirror, this is a price in line with earlier auction results for this model … but this specific Countach comes with…

Dec 22, 2020

Lamborghini Countach SS Mardikian – Guide

A lot has been written about the Countach SS, a Lamborghini with a removable roof section making it the only available ‘convertible’ Raging Bull in the Eighties that was built by Al Mardikian, so it wasn’t a factory built car to be honest, but it still looked really amazing anyway, do note that the factory…