The Lamborghini brand itself was built on a disagreement between its founder Ferruccio and some man named Enzo. Lamborghini’s 2022 Countach LPI-800 revival is the source of debate among gearheads, with camp “it’s not radical enough” ferociously battling camp “a N/A V12 powering an iconic name means you don’t get to complain”. And now the virtual world takes the agitation one step further by proposing reborn Countach with a V10. Sacrilegious, but is there a method to the madness?
The 2022 Countach, which is built on the supercapacitor-employing hybrid Sian, itself a derivative of the Aventador V12, obviously resembles the last two. And that’s not just true about the looks, but also involves the driving experience.
However, the Aventador’s feel—that of a large, intimidating machine with a gearbox that has a mind of its own rather than simply staying sharp—means the 2022 revival is, in many ways, reminiscent of the 1970s original. You see, the OG Countach, which cemented Lamborghini’s image as a supercar builder following the iconic Miura, asked everything from its driver.
Thanks to the mechanical demands and the machine gun nest-like visibility, even a quick drive in the classic Countach would result in adrenaline and sweat-soaked clothes.
Good, so what does all that have to do with this V10 proposal?
For all its ups and downs, the modern Countach can only be enjoyed by 112 mortals (providing nobody grabs more than one) and for a not-that-neglectable price of $2.6 million.
Now, that’s about ten times the starting price of a Huracan, Lamborghini’s reigning V10 model. And since, as you can easily imagine, the number of enthusiasts who would love to enjoy a modern-day Countach is much greater than 112, using the Huracan as a base, as seen in these renderings, would give such aficionados a shot at living their dream.
The digital artist known as magnus.concepts stuck to the recipe used by the LPI-800, meaning that you can still figure out the base car. Sure, an even more radical makeover, with fully flat surfaces like the original used to pack may have been even more desirable, but the idea is to have something that can be produced without sending the budget through the roof and defeating the financial point made above.
Back in April, Lamborghini announced it had sold its 20,000 Huracan since the name entered production in 2014. And no less than 60% of these V10 heroes have been customized using the carmaker’s Ad Personam program. So, the desire to have one that stands out is clearly there.
Of course, a Countach with two fewer cylinders would have more than a few enthusiasts screaming foul. So, even though Lamborghini has shown the opposite of Ferrari’s uptight attitude towards custom projects, Sant’Agata Bolognese would never be able to agree to such a custom effort.
However, since people build all sorts of wacky high-dollar machines these days (have you seen the Rolls-Royce Phantom 6×6 or Alex Choi’s exoskeleton Huracan?), it wouldn’t surprise us to see this rendering coming to life one day, especially once Huracan production stops, which should happen in 2024.
