Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Lamborghini
- Production
- 1974–1990
- Assembly
- Italy: Sant'Agata Bolognese
- Designer
- Marcello Gandini at Bertone
- Class
- Sports car ( S )
- Body style
- 2-door coupe
- Layout
- Longitudinal mid-engine , rear-wheel-drive
- Doors
- Scissor
- Related
- Lamborghini LM002
- Engine
- Lamborghini V12 , LP400, LP400 S: 3.9 L (3,929 cc) LP500 S: 4.8 L (4,754 cc) 5000 QV, 25th Anniversary: 5.2 L (5,167 cc)
- Transmission
- 5-speed synchromesh manual
- Wheelbase
- 2,450 mm (96.46 in)
- Length
- 4,140 mm (162.99 in)
- Width
- LP 400: 1,887 mm (74.28 in) Rest : 2,000 mm (78.7 in)
- Height
- 1,070 mm (42.13 in)
- Kerb weight
- 1,300.5 kg (2,867 lb) (LP400) 1,351 kg (2,978 lb) (LP400S) 1,488 kg (3,280 lb) (LP5000QV)
- Predecessor
- Lamborghini Miura
- Successor
- Lamborghini Diablo (direct), Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 (nameplate)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- car model
- Subclass of
- supercar
- Followed by
- Lamborghini Diablo
- Follows
- Lamborghini Miura
- Mass
- 1450
- Manufacturer
- Lamborghini
- Designed by
- Marcello Gandini
- Official website
- www.lamborghini.com/en-en/brand/masterpieces/countach
- Image
- Lamborghini Countach LP400 IMG 2827b.jpg
- Height
- 1070
- Width
- 2000
- Length
- 4140
- Speed
- 290
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- Commons category
- Lamborghini Countach
- total produced
- 1999
- powered by
- gasoline engine
- wheelbase
- 2450
- different from
- Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4
- native label
- Lamborghini Countach
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Encyclopedic overview
The Lamborghini Countach (/ˈkuːntɑːʃ/ KOON-tahsh) is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini from 1974 until 1990. It is one of the many exotic designs developed by Italian design house Bertone, which pioneered and popularized the sharply angled "Italian Wedge" shape.
The wedge style was introduced to the public in 1970 with the Lancia Stratos Zero concept car. The first showing of the Countach prototype was at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, as the Lamborghini LP500 concept.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lamborghini Countach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.