Lamborghini Countach LP500, the return of the style icon

Presented at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, the countdown is to be represented “Best Car” by an Italian Manufacturer, Writing a new page in motor vehicle history from a design and technical perspective. Designed and engineered to replace the Miura, the LP 500 Countach was an immediate and huge success, becoming the star of the Geneva show. However, such big expectations did not match such success: after three years of growth, the concept was presented in Geneva It was “sacrificed” during the crash test And then disappears.

This is at least until the end of 2017. About four years ago, a well-known car collector and one of the best Lamborghini customers asked Sand’Agata Bolognese if that was possible. Create a new Lamborghini Countach LP 500 Only for him. A real challenge was greeted with great enthusiasm by Polo Storigo and the Centro Style team: the Countess, meanwhile, has become a symbol in terms of stylistic language, affecting the development of new Italian supercars decades later, as explained by Automobile Lamborghini President and CEO Stephen Winkelmann (Like the modern Countax, the light had not been seen for the last several months)

In the first months of 2018, the archives at Lamborghini headquarters were turned upside down: only old photographs of the Geneva Motor Show remain on the Countach LP 500, and it needs to be refurbished in a functional manner. Find original projects 50 years ago. It is not known whether this research led to the development of Lamborghini technicians Countach LPI 800-4 launched in August 2021, But the first weeks of work were not frantic: we started with the frame and then continued like a puzzle with the construction of all the other components. For mechanical parts, when possible, components of that period were reused or, when not available, rebuilt.

It is necessary to complete the reconstruction of the Countach LP 500 25 thousand hours of work, But was rewarded for the effort put in by Polo Storigo and Centro Style technicians and Lamborghini factory workers.