Lamborghini has resurrected a storied nameplate from a long time in the past for one final trip earlier than the Italian supercar firm transitions to an all-electric future.
The Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 pays homage to its well-known predecessors constructed between 1974 and 1990, with their sharply angled wedge form, sculpted rear and strange doorways.
Initially designed by Bertone, posters of the previous-generation rear-engined, scissor-doored, exotic-looking Countach had been as ubiquitous on bed room partitions within the late twentieth century as had been posters that includes equally glamorous-and-unobtainable Hollywood starlets.
The trendy model, which will likely be displayed at The Quail as a part of Monterey Automobile Week, is outfitted with a naturally aspirated rear-mounted 6.5-liter V-12 engine that mixed with the model’s 34-hp hybrid supercapacitor expertise produces a complete of about 825 hp, Lamborghini says.
Geared up with commonplace all-wheel drive, the Countach is able to accelerating from 0 to 100 kph (62 mph) in 2.8 seconds, reaching 200 kph in about 8.6 seconds. It has a prime pace of over 355 kph.
“The Countach LPI 800-4 is a visionary automobile of the second, simply as its forerunner was,” Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann stated in an announcement.
Winkelmann added: “One of the crucial necessary automotive icons, the Countach not solely embodies the design and engineering tenet of Lamborghini however represents our philosophy of reinventing boundaries, attaining the surprising and extraordinary and, most significantly, being the ‘stuff of goals.’ ”
With a physique constructed fully of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, the Countach LPI 800-4 rides on 20-inch entrance wheels and 21-inch rear wheels and options four-wheel steering that provides it a curb-to-curb turning radius of just below 38 ft.
“The engineering group that developed the unique Countach superior Lamborghini’s pioneering technical strategy, delivering surprising improvements and one of the best efficiency accessible in a manufacturing automobile,” stated Lamborghini Chief Technical Officer Maurizio Reggiani. “That spirit inherently drives Lamborghini R&D, ensuing within the pioneering hybrid expertise within the LPI 800-4, and the emotive driving expertise and top-line efficiency anticipated from a flagship V12 Lamborghini.”
Contained in the cabin, the Countach LPI 800-4 options an 8.4-inch contact display show that features a particular “Stile” button, which, when pressed, performs a video explaining the automobile’s “design philosophy,” the automaker stated.
It is going to be priced at $2.64 million, excluding taxes.
Lamborghini stated the primary deliveries of the hand-built trendy Countach would start within the first quarter of 2022.