Lamborghini Countach reborn

New Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 is retro hyper-hybrid

Sant'Agata nods to legendary 1970s supercar with 803bhp V12 limited-run special for £2m

The Lamborghini Countach has been reborn as an ultra-exclusive hybrid hypercar with more than 800bhp and styling influenced by the legendary Bertone-designed original.

The second of two V12-powered supercars to leave Sant'Agata in 2021, following the unveiling of the Aventador Ultimae in July, the Countach LPI 800-4 has been shown at The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering as part of the annual Monterey Car Week festival in California, as Lamborghini marks 50 years since the original Countach made its debut at the Geneva motor show.

Just 112 examples will be produced, priced from €2 million (£1.7m) before taxes, and the majority are said to be spoken for already.

Like its namesake, the new Countach is powered by a naturally aspirated, longitudinally rear-mounted (longitudinale posteriorie, hence LP in the name) V12 engine, in this case producing the same 769bhp as it does in the non-electrified Aventador Ultimae and driving both axles through a seven-speed automatic gearbox.

The V12 alone would make the Countach one of Lamborghini's most powerful road cars, but the integration of a 34bhp, 48V electric motor in the gearbox takes combined output to 803bhp, putting it well clear of the Ultimae and only slightly below the Sián FKP 37. A precise torque figure hasn't been given, but it can be expected to closely match the Sián's 531lb ft.

The Countach will sprint from 0-62mph in just 2.8sec – two seconds quicker than the most powerful version of its namesake – and on to 124mph in just 8.6sec. Top speed is pegged at 221mph.

The electric motor is powered by a supercapacitor unit, which is said to produce three times more power than a conventional lithium ion battery of the same weight. However, this will be the last time Lamborghini employs this technology in a production car, with replacements for the Aventador, Huracán and Urus lined up to receive more conventionally hybridised powertrains with the capacity for significantly reduced emissions and engine-off running, which a supercapacitor cannot achieve.

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Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 hits public roads for the first time | Autocar

Deliveries for Sant'Agata's £2m, 803bhp hybrid supercar will begin in the coming months
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Guess who's back: all hail the new Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4

Lambo set to build just 112 hyper-hybrid 804bhp V12s to celebrate the Countach’s 50th anniversary

Famously, the original Countach derived its name from the expression a security guard made upon seeing it for the first time; Lamborghini itself says the name is an “exclamation of the Italian Piedmontese dialect that indicates astonishment and admiration for something”.

Welcome then, to the car that pays homage to that Seventies icon. Applying the same formula, you could call it the Lamborghini ‘******* hell’, but its official title is thus: the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4. “The Countach not only embodies the design and engineering tenet of Lamborghini but represents our philosophy of reinventing boundaries,” explains returning boss Stephan Winkelmann.

The new one is designed and built in such a way as to imagine how the Countach of the 70s and 80s might have evolved. And on first impressions, yes, this’ll sit just nicely on that bedroom wall thankyouverymuch.

Clean, uncluttered lines mirror the original LP 500 concept and LP 400 production car that followed; an instantly recognisable face taken from the Quattrovalvole edition featuring a rectangular grille and lights; NACA air intakes cut into the sides and doors rather than festooned on top; the overall wedge silhouette. Sorry, Wedge. Oh, how we’ve missed a good Wedge.

Lambo’s design boss Mitja Borkert is, unsurprisingly, quite proud of the finished product. “The Countach LPI 800-4 is an incomparable design opportunity: to take a car so important and continue its evolution into a new era is a unique privilege.”

The ‘new era’ bit concerns the underpinnings. It’s based on the Sian (itself spun from the Aventador SVJ) and gets that £2.5m unobtanium's hybrid powertrain. So, that incomparable naturally-aspirated 6.5-litre V12 – putting out 770bhp alone and mounted longitudinally in the middle – is matched to a 48v electric motor that sits betwixt Massive V12 and the gearbox, adding its own 34bhp for an 804bhp total. The motor is powered by a supercapacitor rather than li-ion battery (supercaps are lighter), and it’s four-wheel-drive of course.

Let’s talk numbers, because any car that calls itself Countach isn't allowed to be slow, or undramatic, or incapable of extracting expletive-ridden tirades upon fierce acceleration. This LPI 800-4 will do 0-62mph in 2.8s, 0-124mph in 8.6s and top out at 221mph. Very much Not Slow, then.

The monocoque and body panels are all built from carbon fibre, with visible CF on the front splitter, around the front window and wing mirrors, intake covers and rocker panel. Lamborghini, um, dialled into Countach history by deploying ‘telephone’ style wheels, while behind them sit massive carbon ceramics; a microcosm of the whole. “A reminder that this car, despite its historic inspiration, is a future automotive screensaver for the 21st century,” Lamborghini says.

Further nods to the 21st century reside in the 3D-printed air vents inside, the photocromatic roof (changing from solid to transparent at the touch of a button), plus an 8.4in HDMI centre touchscreen. Though, there are Seventies motifs stitched onto the “classic and luxurious” leather.

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Check out these sketches of the new Lamborghini Countach

These drawings prove the new Countach needs its own comic-book run

Straight out of a comic-book, no?

Lamborghini has released the sketches that paved the way for the Countach revival, and we can't help but think the 804bhp hyper-hybrid deserves its own animated story...

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Check out these sketches of the new Lamborghini Countach

These drawings prove the new Countach needs its own comic-book run
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I feel like they could've kept the rear wheelarch of the original that kinda looks like it goes over the wheel. It's such a key element of the previous car it's strange they didn't push it more.

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Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4

Automobili Lamborghini unveiled the Countach LPI 800-4: a futuristic limited edition paying homage to the Countach's iconic status as a revolutionary design and technology rule-breaker and recreated for the 21st century.

Its puristic lines are immediately recognizable from the Countach legacy: the patriarch of modern super sports cars and Lamborghini design. With its aspirated V12 engine combined with Lamborghini's hybrid supercapacitor technology, the Countach LPI 800-4 retains the inimitable V12 experience and sound from its Longitudinale Posteriore (LP) mounted powerplant combined with the hybrid (I) technology developed for the Sián. Delivering 814 cv as maximum combined power (rounded at 800 in the name) from its aspirated powerplant (780 cv) and electric motor (34 cv) to its permanent four-wheel drive transmission, the LPI 800-4 produces peak Lamborghini performance of 0-100 km/h acceleration in just 2.8 seconds, a 0-200 km/h in 8.6 seconds and a top speed of 355 km/h.

"The Countach LPI 800-4 is a visionary car of the moment, just as its forerunner was," says Automobili Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann. "One of the most important automotive icons, the Countach not only embodies the design and engineering tenet of Lamborghini but represents our philosophy of reinventing boundaries, achieving the unexpected and extraordinary and, most importantly, being the 'stuff of dreams'. The Countach LPI 800-4 pays homage to this Lamborghini legacy but it is not retrospective: it imagines how the iconic Countach of the 70s and 80s might have evolved into an elite super sports model of this decade. It upholds the Lamborghini tradition of looking forward, of exploring new design and technology avenues while celebrating the DNA of our brand. It is a Lamborghini that innately expresses the marque's enduring and emotive power: always inspirational and thrilling to see, hear and most of all drive."

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Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 officially breaks cover with retro design

After a number of teasers, the all-new Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 has officially been revealed as a modern interpretation of the Italian supercar manufacturer’s retro icon. Based on the Aventador platform, the new special edition boasts similar technology as seen in the Sian.

At the centre of the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 is the brand’s naturally aspirated 6,5-litre V12 with a 48 V supercapacitor which boasts a combined power output of 600 kW and 720 N.m of torque which is distributed to a permanent all-wheel drive system. With this and a claimed dry mass of 1595 kg, the supercar boasts a 0-100 km/h claimed time of 2,8 seconds, 0-200 km/h of 8,6 seconds and a top speed of 355 km/h.

Where design is concerned, the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4’s distinctive silhouette displays the essential line running from front to rear, sharp angles and lines and idiosyncratic wedge shape, innovated modern super sports design as well as future Lamborghini models. This car develops the characteristic lines of the Countach’s previous five iterations over nearly 20 years, concentrated into one modern product.

The final outline boasts references to the first LP 500 and LP 400 production version. Giving the LPI 800-4 a distinctive Countach face, inspiration was taken from the Quattrovalvole edition in the assertive lines of the front bonnet with long, low rectangular grille and headlamps, as well as in the wheel arches with their hexagonal theme.

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Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 officially breaks cover with retro design

After a number of teasers, the all-new Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 has officially been revealed as a modern interpretation of the Italian supercar manufacturer’s retro icon. Based on the Aventador platform, the new special edition boasts similar technology as seen in the Sian.
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Lamborghini Countach Comes Back to Life​

Lamborghini has revived the iconic Countach name and released a limited edition model, 30 years after the original Countach hit the roads. ​

It’s a bold and brave move reviving iconic product names. There’s a lot that can go wrong, especially if the original was seen as a benchmark for performance, design and so on, yet somehow it seems like Lamborghini has pulled it off. There’s no denying this is not an all-new vehicle from the ground up and cynically you could say it’s simply a reskinned Aventador with electric tech from the Sian. That Aventador platform is quite old by today’s standards, but still, just look at the overall product – it’s striking.

Naturally, a Lamborghini will need to have a proper engine and a 6.5-litre naturally-aspirated V12 is assisted by a 48-Volt supercapacitor. Total outputs of the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 are 599 kW and 720 Nm, giving it insane performance figures. The 0-100 kph is dispatched in 2.8 seconds, 0-200 comes up in 8.6 seconds and it has a top speed of 355 kph.

Inside, the cabin resembles the Lamborghini Sian FKP 37, but there are some retro-style themes inside too. Scissor doors were a must-have obviously, but we do wish it had pop-up headlights to complete the homage styling.

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Lamborghini Countach Comes Back to Life

The Lamborghini Countach has been revived! One of the coolest supercars revealed in 2021 or a parts-bin special?
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Feast your eyes on the all-new Lamborghini Countach​


The originalLamborghini Countach was a groundbreaking supercar that also became the quintessential poster car of the ‘70s and ‘80s. And now, 50 years after the LP112 prototype broke cover, Lamborghini has created an all-new Countach for the modern era.

The Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4, to give you its full name, is a limited edition model, with the Italian supercar maker planning to build just 112 units. The car comes with a price tag of $2.6 million, which equated to around R38.4 million at the time of writing.

Beneath is retro-inspired, but still suitably modern skin the 2021 Lamborghini Countach is fairly similar to the Sian. That means the ‘lucky few’ can look forward to a mid-mounted 6.5-litre normally aspirated V12 petrol engine, paired with Lambo’s hybrid supercapacitor technology.

The petrol engine produces 574kW at 8500rpm and 720Nm from 6750 revs, and the gearbox-mounted electric motor contributes 25kW and 35Nm. With a combined output of 599kW, the Countach can scream from 0-100km/h in 2.8 seconds, according to factory claims, with 200km/h coming up in 8.6 seconds. The top speed is listed at 355km/h.

The chassis and body panels of the Lamborghini Countach are all made from carbon fibre, allowing for an impressive dry weight of 1595kg.

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Feast your eyes on the all-new Lamborghini Countach

50 years after the LP112 prototype broke cover, Lamborghini has created an all-new Countach for the modern era.
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