Numbers first, because with the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 they are the story: 6.5 L L539 V12, 574 kW. Lamborghini built from 2022, in the decade the industry is turning electric. Mitja Borkert drew it.
Where it came from
The Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 is a limited-production mid-engine hybrid-electric sports car produced by the Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini and designed by its head of design Mitja Borkert. Unveiled on 14 August 2021, the car is inspired by and named after the original Countach, which was first introduced 50 years prior.
Based on the hybridized powertrain of the Sián FKP 37, 112 units were produced, the number referring to the LP 112 model designation used during development of the original Countach. All 112 units had been sold less than a week after the model was unveiled. Customer deliveries commenced in early 2022.
Under the skin
Power comes from 6.5 L L539 V12; 574 kW is the published figure. It weighs 1595 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 360 horsepower — genuine supercar pace. It shifts through a 7-speed single clutch ISR automated manual. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 2700 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan Z, the McLaren Artura, the Lotus Eletre — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Lamborghini catalogue sit the Lamborghini Calà and the Lamborghini Marco Polo.
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