![]() Thanks in large part to the requests from Walter Wolf, we now had a Countach on steroids, in true 80’s style they’ve added a deep front chin spoiler, wide add-on wheel arches, a modified suspension, and massively wide ‘telephone dial’ wheels. Some purists love the Countach LP400, also referred to as the ‘narrow-body’ and the ‘persicopio’ because of the strange way the interior rearview mirror used a tunnel in the roof resembling a periscope, but things started to get serious with the introduction of the Countach S by 1978. The Lamborghini Countach is a legend on wheels, we all acknowledge the fact the Miura was the first supercar in the world, but when that beauty was succeeded by the Countach, Lamborghini really became the maker of dreams you could drive, a massive V12 behind the seats in a ‘front-to-back’ position, hence the LP name (Longitudinale Posteriore), initially presented with an experimental 5-litre engine, by the end of 1973 the actual production version became the Countach LP400, with a 4-Liter V12.Īnd let’s not forget the most important introduction with the Countach, the Lamborghini doors! Upward opening doors on a road car, now that was innovative in the early Seventies, and these would remain a Lamborghini trademark ever since on their V12 flagship models, even today, on the Aventador, where the doors still go up, but now also slightly outward to allow easier access. Words and photos courtesy of Īugust 2021, after a series of rumours and teasers, Automobili Lamborghini SpA dropped a bombshell during Monterey Car Week with the unveiling of the LPI 800-4, a V12 with a supercapacitor like we’ve seen on the Sián in 2019, over 800 hp combined power, based on the current Aventador tub but here comes the kicker, they called it the Countach LPI 800-4 as an homage and a 50th-anniversary celebration of the original Lamborghini Countach prototype from 1971, but it is a far cry from the original Countach from the Seventies and Eighties. ![]()
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