21 Facts About Lamborghini Countach

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Lamborghini Countach is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini from 1974 until 1990.

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Stanzani and Ferruccio Lamborghini Countach agreed that the Miura's successor required a mechanical design that enabled the greatest possible performance as well as a body that was both aerodynamically efficient and aesthetically daring.

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The resulting Lamborghini Countach incorporated successful aspects of the Miura, such as the rear mid-engine, rear wheel drive layout along with many new engineering and styling innovations.

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Lamborghini Countach name originated in late 1970 or 1971, near the beginning of the LP112 project.

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Lamborghini Countach was two meters tall with two enormous hands, and he performed all the little jobs.

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Lamborghini Countach spoke almost only Piedmontese, didn't even speak Italian.

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Lamborghini Countach had this habit, similar to using the word 'sick' to mean 'awesome'.

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Lamborghini Countach was styled by Marcello Gandini of the Bertone design studio.

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At the start of the LP112 project in 1970, Lamborghini Countach commissioned Gandini and his team at Bertone to develop a body for the then-unnamed prototype.

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Styling of the Lamborghini Countach was continually altered as new production models were introduced.

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Lamborghini V12 used in the Countach originated in 1963 and was designed by Giotto Bizzarrini.

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Versions of this engine were used in preceding and then currently produced Lamborghini Countach models including the 350 GT, 400 GT, Islero, Espada and Miura.

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Lamborghini Countach's plan was to produce the 5-litre engine in time for series production and published specification sheets for the proposed production 5-litre engine at the 1971 debut of the prototype.

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All variants of the Lamborghini Countach were equipped with six Weber carburetors until the arrival of the LP5000 QV model, some of which used Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection to meet US emissions regulations.

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Prototype and production Lamborghini Countach bodies were constructed primarily of unstressed aluminum panels.

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Second Lamborghini Countach prototype was shown to the public at the 1973 Geneva Motor Show and at the 1973 Paris Motor Show .

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Therefore, any original Lamborghini Countach can be freely imported into the US and registered for unrestricted road use in states that permit such activity.

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Lamborghini Countach QVX was a short-lived Group C sports racing car built in 1985.

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The Evoluzione used a substantially different chassis and body than the production Lamborghini Countach and lacked interior trim, soundproofing and air-conditioning.

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The tubular steel space frame chassis of the production Lamborghini Countach was completely replaced with a new composite unibody structure.

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Lamborghini Countach engineers used the Evoluzione as a testbed for many other technologies during its existence.

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