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…
During the Eighties we had all kinds of tuners that created bespoke cars for wealthy customers, mostly adding massively wide extensions, deep front spoilers, big rear wings, and the widest wheels and tires available and then we had the Lamborghini Countach S, which came with wheel arch extensions straight from the factory, rolling on 345mm…
The Lamborghini you can admire on this page started life as a regular Countach QuattroValvole during the Eighties, when it was delivered to her lucky owner … however later on this Bull was modified into a very special looking, totally custom Countach I encountered during a Lamborghini Meeting in Germany. Not much of the original…
While Automobili Lamborghini SpA had their new Diablo on their stand during the 1991 Geneva Auto Show a tuner from Japan, Art & Tech, unveiled something really different in Switzerland … the Sogna, intended to become a limited edition production model, the Art & Tech Sogna boasted some very round styling and was in fact…
This bright red Lamborghini Countach Quattrovalvole was sold back in 1986 by Sterca in Belgium, however later on chassis number GLA12026 ended up in the hands of a Dutch enthusiast … along the way this V12 Bull received some transformations. From the front this Lamborghini might look like any other factory original Quattrovalvole finished in…
The Lamborghini Countach has become a seriously collectible classic super car over the years, especially the original LP400 narrow body is a highly sought after model these days … in good condition she demands a serious investment to acquire, in fact back in those days several have been converted to S looks … today these…
Yes, somebody has used a Countach to go racing ! This heavily modified Lamborghini Countach was based on a 25th Anniversary edition, because this was the the most appropriate version to built a race car from. The standard rear spoiler was replaced by a racing type unit, which was completely adjustable, the air intakes behind…
Max Bobnar, an authorized Automobili Lamborghini SpA dealer for Switzerland had his personal Countach LP5000 S modified by Franz Albert, an Austria based engineer who installed two small turbo’s on the 5.0 Liter V-12 engine. These turbo pumped up the horsepower to a healthy 520 Bhp at 6500 rpm, with this engine installed the Countach…
Franco Sbarro, a Swiss based car designer modified a few Countach QV models into his very special Sbarro Special Countach. I have found several replica’s lately, but the real thing does exist. According to the Sbarro Design Studio’s, Franco built only eight cars, a bright red one and a white metallic Countach, both of them…
The German based Ferrari concession holder, Walter Koenig used to transform Ferrari’s Boxer into a real road-ready race car. After he did a few conversions on these Ferrari’s and on some Porsche Turbo’s, he tried something a little different and less extremely restyled, the 1983 Countach LP500 S on this page. The Candy Apple (r)…
Al Burtoni in the United States created a Countach based race car, based on a ‘normal’ Countach QuattroValvole with chassis # 112.1002, this 5.2 Litre engined car could go up to 202 Mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats race track. This speed was partly obtained due to the massive, deep front spoiler added by Mr…
No Lamborghini had ever officially raced under their name, several private parties had entered Lamborghini’s in races, but never with any success though. In 1985, David Jolliffe, the Lamborghini importer in Britain, which was Portman, decided to use a modified Countach LP5000S for racing in Group B, but the Countach wasn’t built in sufficient numbers…
