Lamborghini Countach LP400 (1975)

The most spectacular super sports car of its time,

designed as a mid-engined racing machine, tamed for road use.

 

In 1971 Marcello Gandini (Bertone chief designer) created a radical futuristic styling with such sharp edges as never seen before.

The spectacular proportions of the Countach were clearly influenced by its technical layout.

The abbreviation “LP” (Longitudinale Posteriore) refers to the position of the five-speed gearbox in front of the longitudinale posteriore mounted twelve-cylinder engine.

At the Geneva Motorshow Lamborghini unveiled the final version of the Countach in 1973.

Design features included the legendary scissor doors and a miniscule rear window integrated into the roofline.

 

Manufacturing period: 1974 - 1977 (LP400) / 1973 - 1990 (all versions)

Units manufactured: 157 (LP400: 1974 - 1977) / 2042 (all versions: 1973 - 1990)

Top speed: 315 km/h

0-100 km/h: 5.4 s (last series 1985 – 1990: 4.9 s / Evoluzione: 4.2 s / Turbo S Prototype: 3.6 s)

Empty weight: 1065 kg

Designer: Marcello Gandini @ Bertone

Original price (Germany, 1975): DM 99800,--

 

Cylinders: 12 (60 degree angle / V-configuration)

Displacement: 3929 cc

Rated output: 276 KW / 375 PS @ 8000 rpm (later versions: up to 455 PS / Evoluzione 490 PS / Turbo S Prototype 748 PS)

Valvetrain: Two overhead camshafts per cylinder bank, chain driven

Operation: 4-stroke petrol engine with six Weber 45 DCOE two-barrel sidedraft carburettors

Bore x stroke: 82 x 62 mm

Cooling system: Liquid cooled with pump

Engine block: Full alloy

 

Autostadt Wolfsburg (Germany)

Motor ICONS

Zeithaus Museum

17 February 2014

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