The word Countach (articulated Koon-tash) is an outcry of bewilderment in the neighborhood Piedmontese vernacular - for the most part utilized by men on observing an incredibly wonderful lady. There is no immediate interpretation into English. The name stuck when Nuccio Bertone, first observed "Undertaking 112" in his studio. The model was acquainted with the world at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show. Every past Lamborghini names were related with bullfighting (Ferruccio Lamborghini being a fan of the game). In 2004, Sports Car International named this vehicle number three on the rundown of Top Sports Cars of the 1970s, and it was recorded as number ten on their rundown of Top Sports Cars of the 1980s.
Styling
The styling was by Marcello Gandini of the Bertone structure studio. Gandini was then a youthful, unpracticed fashioner not experienced in the handy, ergonomic parts of vehicle plan, and yet unhindered by them. He delivered a very striking plan. The Countach shape was wide and low (42.1 inches), yet not extremely long. Its rakish and wedge-formed body was made primarily of level, trapezoidal boards. There were bends, quite the easily coke-bottle wing line, yet the general appearance was sharp.
The entryways, a Countach trademark, were of a 'scissors' style pivoted at the front with level pivots, so the entryways lifted up and inclined advances. This was incompletely for style, however the same amount of on the grounds that the width of the vehicle made traditional entryways difficult to use in an even somewhat restricted space. Care should have been taken, however, in opening the entryways with a low rooftop overhead.Aerodynamics, be that as it may, were very poor for such a smooth looking vehicle yet looking quick was increasingly critical to Lamborghini.
The Countach's styling and visual impression made it become a symbol of extraordinary structure, for nearly everybody with the exception of car engineers. The prevalent exhibition qualities of later Lamborghini models, (for example, The Diablo, or The Murciélago) spoke to execution vehicle drivers and designers, yet they never had the "wow factor" that gave The Countach its qualification. The various impressions left by the different Lamborghini models have created various discussions and differences over what comprises 'exemplary' or 'extraordinary' car plan (exquisite looks and style, versus specialized and building prevalence).
Motor
The back wheels were driven by the conventional Lamborghini V12 motor mounted longitudinally in a form of mid-engined arrangement. For better weight conveyance, the motor is really 'in reverse'; the yield shaft is at the front, and the gearbox is before the motor, the driveshaft running back through the motor's sump to a differential at the back. Albeit initially arranged as a 5 liter powerplant, the principal creation vehicles utilized the Lamborghini Miura's 4 liter motor. Later advances expanded the removal to 5 liters and afterward (in the "Quattrovalvole" model) 5.2 L with four valves for each chamber. All Lamborghini Countach's were outfitted with six Weber carburetors until the appearance of the 5000QV model, at which time the vehicle opened up in America, and utilized Bosch K-Jetronic fuel infusion. The European models, notwithstanding, kept on utilizing the carburetors until the appearance of the Lamborghini Diablo, which supplanted the amazing Countach.
Development
The Countach used a skin of airplane grade aluminum over a rounded space outline, as in a hustling vehicle. This is costly to construct however is colossally solid and exceptionally light (despite its size, the vehicle weighs roughly 1500kg (3,300 lb)). The underbody plate was fiberglass.
Countach models
Model LP500
A solitary model was manufactured, the LP500 (the 500 representing the 5 L dislodging of the motor which was planned to be utilized). Painted brilliant sunflower yellow, the vehicle was a shocker at the Geneva Motor Show in 1971. Brandishing Gandini's unique plan ideas, the vehicle's structure required broad alteration for creation. Specifically, the little air consumption conduits on the vehicle's back shoulders demonstrated deficient to cool the motor, and huge 'air box' scoops were included that position. Enormous NACA pipes were included the sides to give extra air. The test vehicle was likewise built of aluminum honeycomb sheeting in addition to other things, which was dropped for creation.
The vehicle does not endure anymore; it was yielded in an accident test to increase European sort endorsement, despite the fact that its development technique was completely not normal for creation vehicles.
Creation LP400
The initial 4 liter creation Countach was conveyed to a client in 1974. Remotely, little had modified from the last type of the model with the exception of at the back, where regular lights supplanted the cutting edge light bunches of the model. The styling had gotten preferably increasingly forceful over Gandini's unique origination, with the necessary enormous air scoops and vents to shield the vehicle from overheating, however the general shape was still smooth. The first LP400 rode on the very restricted feels burnt out on the time, yet their thinness and the smooth styling implied that this adaptation had the most minimal drag coefficient of any Countach model and conceivably the most noteworthy top speed. Numerous individuals like the vibes of this perfect, new unique model the above all else the Countach variations, and without a doubt it is basic, with smooth lines and not many designs. Indeed, even the seals at the back just read "lamborghini" and "Countach", with no motor removal or valve game plan mess as is found on increasingly present day cars.LP400S
In 1978 another LP400S model was presented. Despite the fact that the motor was marginally overhauled from the LP400 model, the most extreme changes were in the outside, where the tires were supplanted with a lot more extensive Pirelli P7 units, and glass-fiber wheel curve expansions were included, giving the vehicle the key look it kept until the finish of its creation run. A discretionary V-molded spoiler was accessible over the back deck, which improved rapid dependability at the expense of at any rate 10 mph of top speed. Most proprietors requested the wing. Powerfully, the LP400S was a superior vehicle, the more extensive tires making it increasingly stable in cornering. Stylishly, some incline toward the smooth lines of the first while some lean toward the more forceful lines of the later vehicles, starting with the LP400S. The standard images ("lamborghini" and "Countach") were kept at the back, however a rakish "S" insignia was included after the "Countach" on the correct side.
LP500S
1982 saw another improvement, this time giving a greater, all the more remarkable 5 liter motor, which improved execution to be more in accordance with Lamborghini's to some degree overstated cases. The bodywork was unaltered. This adaptation of the vehicle is in some cases called the LP5000S, which may create turmoil with the later 5000QV (next area).
5000QV
In 1985 the motor was improved once more, exhausted and stroked to 5.2 liters and given four valves for each chamber (quattrovalvole in Italian). The carburetors were moved from the sides to the highest point of the motor for better breathing - lamentably this made a protuberance on the motor deck, lessening the effectively poor back perceivability to practically nothing. Some body boards were additionally supplanted by Kevlar. In later forms of the motor, the carburetors were supplanted with fuel-infusion.
Just because, a US particular model was created by the manufacturing plant, with styling changes to permit guards to fulfill US government guidelines (enormous, massive guards were utilized that, to numerous individuals, demolished the smooth lines of the vehicle). Despite the fact that this change was the most eminent on the outside, the most conspicuous change in the engine was the utilization of Bosch K-Jetronic fuel infusion, instead of the six Weber carburetors utilized in the Euro-spec model.
25th Anniversary Countach
Named to respect the organization's multi year commemoration in 1988, the 25th Anniversary Countach was precisely fundamentally the same as the 5000QV however wore a lot of changed styling. The back 'air boxes' were restyled and augmented, while the vents behind them were changed with the goal that they ran front to back rather than side to side. What's more, another air dam and side avoiding, both with air admissions, were fitted, and the taillights were restyled to be smaller, with body-hued boards supplanting the upper and lower portions of the past huge taillights. The styling changes were disagreeable with many, yet improved the motor's cooling, an issue the Countach had consistently battled with. The Anniversary was created through 1990 when it offered path to the Lamborghini Diablo.
Walter Wolf Countach
The most celebrated variant of the Countach was the Wolf Countach, of which just three were created. In 1975, Walter Wolf, a well off Canadian businessperson and proprietor of the celebrated Wolf F1 Racing group during the 1970s, bought a LP400; in any case, he was not happy with the LP400's motor and solicited Dallara, the main architect of Lamborghini around then and the originator of the Italian F1 hustling group Scuderia Italia in the mid 1990s, to make a unique high-power rendition of Countach. It was the "code NO 1120148" Walter Wolf extraordinary with the first "5" motor from the Countach model which created 447 hp/7900 rpm and arrived at an alleged most extreme speed of 315 km/h. This model likewise highlighted the redesigned wheels, Pirelli P7 tires, huge bumper flares, and front and back spoilers of the LP400S model. It was painted in red, with dark bumper flares, and was assigned "LP500S" like the standard Countach model from the 1980s, however it had nothing to do with this later creation model. This first Walter Wolf vehicle is at present situated in Japan. Two other Wolf Countach's were delivered, one painted blue, NO 1120202 (as of now in Germany) and one naval force blue, NO 1121210. (This machine was claimed by Mr. Wolf for quite a while, however was inevitably sold.)
Creation Figures
An aggregate of 2,042 vehicles were worked during the Countach's multi year lifetime:
1 model
157 LP400
237 LP400S
321 LP500S
676 LP5000QV
650 25th Anniversary
Considerably the greater part were worked in the last five years of creation, as Lamborghini's new corporate proprietors expanded creation
