Model auta pro sběratele Lamborghini Countach LP400 1974 v červeném laku vytvořený podle předlohy originálu designerským týmem v měřítku 1:18 při věrném zachování detailu a kvality zpracování.

SNÍMEK 5 - Model auta pro sběratele Lamborghini Countach LP400 1974 v bílé metalíze v měřítku 1:18.

Po seznámení veřejnosti se sportovním modelem LP500 v březnu 1971 se začala vyvíjet jeho silniční verze pod vedením inženýra Stanzani. Výsledný model s označením LP400 byl uvedený do výroby v roce 1973 s motorem V12 o objemu 3929 cm3 a výkonem 375 koní a vyráběl se až do roku 1978. První generace Lamborghini Countach Speciale byla ztělesněním Supercar. Mezi jinými Supercars byl červený model Walter Wolf No.1 Countach dovezený do Japonska v roce 1977 firmou Seaside Motor, který se ve stejnou dobu objevil na výstavách Supercar a vzal svět útokem, což mělo obzvláště úspěch u mladých lidí. Exteriér, označovaný v té době jako „Black Countach“, se vyznačoval bílou vlnovou linií, která se táhla odpředu dozadu po karoserii v černém nátěru. S designem ve tvaru V převzatým od LP400 byl model LP500R ještě vybaven předním spoilerem, zadními rozšířenými blatníky, plochým zadním křídlem s koncovými deskami a 15-palcovými paprskovými koly BBS s dovezenými pneumatikami Pirelli P7. Model LP500R se však výrazně lišil od základního LP400 s bíle ladděným interiérem. Přes svoje označení „500“ měl však stejný typ motoru 4ℓ V12 DOHC jako LP400. S číslem karosérie 1120144 však zůstává pozadí toho, kdy, kde a proč byl model z roku 1975 vyroben, předmětem spekulací a fanoušky označovaný jako Countach GT a SS tak stále vytváří téma o historri jednoho supercaru.

The Lamborghini Countach (/ˈkuːntɑːʃ/) is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini from 1974 to 1990. It is one of the many exotic designs developed by Italian design house Bertone, which pioneered and popularized the sharply angled "Italian Wedge" shape.

The style was introduced to the public in 1970 as the Lancia Stratos Zero concept car. The first showing of the Countach prototype was at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, as the Lamborghini LP500 concept.

The Countach name originated in late 1970 or 1971, near the beginning of the LP112 project. Most previous and subsequent Lamborghini car names are associated with famous bulls and bullfighting, but the Countach broke with this tradition. The name originated from the word contacc (pronounced [kʊŋˈtɑtʃ]), an exclamation of astonishment in the Piedmontese language. It originated in a car profiler´s speech made almost only in Piedmontese, much different from Italian and sounds like French. One of his most frequent exclamations was countach, which literally means plague, contagion, and is actually used more to express amazement or even admiration, like goodness.

Lamborghini used a system of alphanumeric designations in order to further delineate Countach models. This designation begins with "LP", an abbreviation of the Italian "longitudinale posteriore," meaning "longitudinal rear." This refers to the engine orientation and placement shared by all Countach models. For the prototype and early production models, "LP" was followed by a three digit number designating nominal engine displacement, "400" for 3.9-litre engines and "500" for 4.8 and 5-litre engines. The LP- designation was dropped entirely for the 1988 25th Anniversary Edition, also called the Anniversary.

The Countach was designed around the existing Lamborghini V12 engine in a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. In contrast to the Miura s transversely-mounted engine, the engine in the Countach was longitudinally-mounted. This layout was a first for a road-going V12, previously used only in the Ferrari P-series racing cars. However, chief engineer Paolo Stanzani wanted to improve the weight distribution of the car even further and devised a new type of longitudinal layout that would avoid placing the mass of the transmission at the rear of the car. The resulting configuration had the output shaft at the front of the engine, immediately connecting through the clutch assembly to the transmission. The transmission itself was a 5-speed manual with Porsche-type synchromesh and was mounted in the middle of the car between the two seats. The driveshaft ran from the transmission through the engine s oil sump to a differential at the rear.

This arrangement effectively sandwiched the length of the engine between the mid-mounted transmission and the rear-mounted differential. This configuration had numerous advantages over the Miuras transverse engine, including an increase in stability from placing more mass near the car s center, a shorter overall wheelbase, a more direct gear-shift linkage for easier and faster shifting, better cooling and easier maintenance access to engine components.The Countach was designed around the existing Lamborghini V12 engine in a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. In contrast to the Miura s transversely-mounted engine, the engine in the Countach was longitudinally-mounted. This layout was a first for a road-going V12, previously used only in the Ferrari P-series racing cars.However, chief engineer Paolo Stanzani wanted to improve the weight distribution of the car even further and devised a new type of longitudinal layout that would avoid placing the mass of the transmission at the rear of the car.

The resulting configuration had the output shaft at the front of the engine, immediately connecting through the clutch assembly to the transmission. The transmission itself was a 5-speed manual with Porsche-type synchromesh and was mounted in the middle of the car between the two seats. The driveshaft ran from the transmission through the engine s oil sump to a differential at the rear. This arrangement effectively sandwiched the length of the engine between the mid-mounted transmission and the rear-mounted differential. This configuration had numerous advantages over the Miura s transverse engine, including an increase in stability from placing more mass near the car s center, a shorter overall wheelbase, a more direct gear-shift linkage for easier and faster shifting, better cooling and easier maintenance access to engine components.

The Lamborghini V12 used in the Countach originated in 1963 and was designed by Giotto Bizzarrini. Versions of this engine were used in preceding and then currently produced Lamborghini models including the 350 GT, 400 GT, Islero, Espada and Miura. As used in the Miura, this engine had a 3,929 cc (3.9 L) displacement, a 60º cylinder bank angle, double overhead camshafts per bank, two valves per cylinder, lubrication and distributor ignition.[9] Paolo Stanzani s engineering team wished to increase the Countach engine s power over the maximum of 279 kW (379 PS; 374 hp) as seen on the Miura SV. The 3.9-litre version had been tuned to be rated approximately between 307–324 kW (417–441 PS; 412–434 hp) in the experimental P400 Jota, but an engine of this specification was expensive to manufacture and was difficult to handle in normal city driving due to lack of low-RPM power. Therefore, the engineers decided to increase the engine s displacement to 5-litre, in order to extract more power while avoiding the usability problems of a race-tuned engine. This increase in displacement would require a major redesign of the existing V12. Lamborghini s plan was to produce the 5-litre engine in time for series production and published specification sheets for the proposed production 5-litre engine at the 1971 debut of the prototype. Lamborghini reported this engine would be rated at 328 kW (446 PS; 440 hp) at 7,400 rpm. One experimental engine was constructed by boring out a conventional 3.9-litre engine block and was fitted to the Countach LP500 prototype for testing purposes. It incorporated many lightweight castings made from Elektron, an expensive magnesium alloy. This engine self-destructed during a 1971 road test by Bob Wallace. This made it clear that further revisions to the basic engine design were required to improve durability. The LP500 prototype was subsequently fitted with a 3.9-litre engine for the remainder of pre-production testing.

The first production cars used a 3.9-litre engine as durability issues with the new 5-litre engine could not be resolved in time. As equipped to the 1974 Countach LP400, the engine was rated at 276 kW (375 PS; 370 hp) at 8,000 rpm. The stated power output was less than that of the Miura SV, which was blamed on the use of side-draft Weber 45 DCOE carburetors instead of the down-draft carburetors used on the Miura.[10] Later engine development eventually increased the engine displacement to 4,754 cc (4.8 L) in the 1982 LP500S, and then to 5,167 cc (5.2 L) with four valves per cylinder in the 1985 LP5000 Quattrovalvole. All variants of the Countach were equipped with six Weber carburetors until the arrival of the LP5000 QV model, some of which used Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection to meet US emissions regulations. European-specification cars continued to use carburetors until the arrival of the succeeding Diablo.

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