The Lamborghini Countach is arguably the most iconic car of the 1980s and the one that defined what “supercar” means today. From the 1971 LP500 prototype to the 1990 25th Anniversary, its angular silhouette permanently changed sports car design. We walk through its history, its versions, and why it remains one of the most coveted classics on the market.<\/p>\n
The Countach was unveiled as a prototype at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show under the internal name LP500. The design \u2014 by Marcello Gandini at Bertone \u2014 broke every convention of the time: wedges instead of curves, scissor doors, longitudinal mid-mounted V12, and a cabin built to make a visual statement rather than to be comfortable. The production version, the LP400, arrived in 1974 with a 4-litre engine and refined bodywork to meet homologation standards.<\/p>\n
The LP400S (1978-1982) introduced the flared wheel arches, the optional rear wing and the five-spoke Bravo wheels that defined the popular image of the Countach. The LP500S (1982-1985) grew to 4.8 litres while keeping Weber carburettors. The QV (Quattrovalvole, 1985-1988) went up to 5.2 litres with 4 valves per cylinder, putting out 455 bhp in European specification.<\/p>\n
The 25th Anniversary version (1988-1990), designed by Horacio Pagani \u2014 yes, the same Pagani as the Zonda and Huayra \u2014 was the most refined and the one that best showed the maturity of the model. 657 units built, the QV’s running gear unchanged but with aerodynamic and cabin improvements. It is the most collectible version alongside the early purist LP400s.<\/p>\n
The Countach combines three factors that hold a classic’s value: limited production (just 1,983 units in 16 years), an irreproducible design, and a cultural link to a specific era (it papered the bedroom walls of an entire generation in the 80s). LP400 valuations have gone from \u20ac200,000 to over \u20ac1 million in the last decade, and a good 25th Anniversary now exceeds \u20ac500,000.<\/p>\n
Restoring a Countach is serious work: tubular chassis, fibreglass on certain panels, carburetted V12 mechanics that are demanding to set up. Genuine parts are scarce and the emblems, trim and interior items have been copied at scale. If you own a Countach or are considering one, verify every sensitive component before closing the deal.<\/p>\n
See Lamborghini Countach catalogue<\/a> \u00b7 Enquire about a specific part<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Full history of the Lamborghini Countach from the 1971 LP500 prototype to the 25th Anniversary: versions, milestones and why it keeps appreciating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59,57,58,56],"class_list":["post-20167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria","tag-clasicos","tag-countach","tag-historia","tag-lamborghini"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmstores.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmstores.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmstores.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmstores.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmstores.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cmstores.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmstores.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmstores.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmstores.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}