50 Years of Lamborghini Countach: The Very First Unit Returns Home
During the years it was marketed, the Countach was the model that, as well as ending up on the walls of an entire generation and being used in dozens of films, enabled Lamborghini to be competitive by the mid-1970s until 1990 and to definitively become a legend.
Mass production of the Countach started at the Lamborghini factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese in March of 1974. Earlier this month, as a celebration of the 50th anniversary, Lamborghini brought back the very first of the original 152 Countach LP 400 units to the production line on which it was created, and where today the Revuelto is made, for a past and present photoshoot.
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You can see it all in the photo gallery above along with some exclusive images of the Countach line available from the company’s archives. Enjoy!
Today the factory is quite different, but the area where the Countach was assembled, known as the No.1 Countach Assembly Line, remains the same, and is now where the Revuelto, the new Lamborghini 12-cylinder plug-in hybrid supercar, is produced.
During the Countach years, the assembly line was simple and small scale, with all the operations carried out manually.
In the 16 years of production of the Countach, 1,999 units were produced.
The Countach was the first to involve the Lamborghini Upholstery Department, which eventually became completely autonomous, including in terms of leather upholstery and stitching, and an essential part of the personalization still offered today by Lamborghini to its customers through the Ad Personam program.
The Countach's glorious V12
The very first Countach returns home 50 years after birth.
Lamborghini Countach
The “Scissor” doors were first seen on the Countach before becoming a distinctive feature of Lamborghini's V12 cars.
The original Countach alongside the new Revuelto.
Lamborghini Revuelto
Lamborghini Revuelto
