Everything seemed a little easier, freer and more carefree. Back then, at the beginning of the 1970s, when crash and emission standards did not really play a role in development. They flew to the moon and thoughts were also free on Earth. And it was during this time that Marcello Gandini designed perhaps the most popular poster car of all time: the Lamborghini Countach LP 500.
The front and side lines of the Countach impressively show how one would draw a Lamborghini, as well as side ventilation and flank guidance, the car is full of self-quotes! And it also looks good from the back, which is the trickiest part of most sports cars (as it is for most people) – but not for the Countach. What did I want to say? That’s right: The models presented here look muscular and powerful. Specifically, a 1976 Countach LP400 Periscopio in Marrone Metallizzato, a red 1979 Countach LP400 S, a 1984 Countach 5000 S in Acapulco blue and a black 1990 Countach 25th Anniversary Edition. “Try to remember what Lamborghini was at that time – a very small company with a visionary founder and few but highly talented people, all striving to reinvent the car and create something that didn’t exist before,” says Marcello Gandini.
“In this context, the Lamborghini Countach was not only a great design for a car from that era, but with its silhouette and scissor doors, it was a pinnacle of 1970s design in general. There was no other object with similar shapes and proportions.”
But admiring is one thing, driving is another. And a Lamborghini is always a drug for sound fetishists. Sure, the roar of a Countach reaches its peak under load, but true sound gourmets don’t need full throttle, but fall in love with the orchestra when the throttle is lifted and then pushed. When coasting out with engine brakes, the wedge basses, booms and smells in such a way that you (willingly) remember old times. A brief interim thought: Who actually came up with the idea of building electric motors?
