1979 Lamborghini Countach LP400 S Series I by Bertone скачать в хорошем качестве

1979 Lamborghini Countach LP400 S Series I by Bertone

Whereas recent Lamborghinis have been named after bulls or bullfighting, the word Countach has its origins as a phrase used by Piedmontese men to describe the moment of laying eyes on a beautiful woman. No wonder, then, that Lamborghini chose it for its groundbreaking supercar when it launched the Lamborghini Countach LP400 in 1974. Few cars have caused such a stir in the automotive world, and the man responsible for the outrageous design was a then relatively inexperienced Marcello Gandini of Bertone. Unconstrained by trivial matters like user-friendliness or ergonomics, Gandini let his imagination run wild for the Countach, and the result was one of the most striking cars of the 20th century. Impossibly low, wide, and angular, it was poles apart from anything that had come before, and it changed the design ethos for nearly every supercar that followed, especially those from Lamborghini. The mid-mounted V-12 engine, forward-located cabins, and scissor door arrangement of the Diablo, Murciélago, and Aventador can all trace their origins to Gandini’s Countach. This 1979 Countach is a Series I LP400S, and it is noteworthy for its optional V-shaped rear wing and its engine upgrades. Lamborghini had experienced reliability issues with early Countach prototypes, and the original intention to launch the car with a 5.0-liter version of the V-12 was scrapped in favor of using the same 3.9-liter V-12 as used in the Miura. However, due to the packaging requirements of the engine bay, the downdraught Webers were changed for side-draft Weber 45 DCOE carburetors, and peak power output was slightly lower than that of a Miura SV as a result. This obviously mattered to Heinz Steber, a former owner of this particular car in the 1980s who also owned a Miura, as he chose to have the engine fettled by a specialist in Luxembourg to have the same downdraught 40 IDL Webers as used in the Miura. The car retains this unique configuration today. #lamborghini #countach #lp400s #autowrap photo: Ahmed Qadri ©2019 Courtesy of RM Auctions