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Video of a Countach Rally recently. Which actually highlights issues on the Rally many cars had. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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For borderline $3M it better have the rear spoiler! NRA Life Member "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Teddy Roosevelt | |||
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A lot of these will probably go to China. I've seen more Lambo's being driven on city streets, parked outside hotels, and even parallel parked on the street in China than I can count. They are THE status symbol car in China and the rich engage in very conspicuous consumption. I often stay in a Hilton/Conrad complex in the city of Dalian, which was built and originally owned by the richest man in China (ca. 2012). His son lived in the Conrad and had several Lambo's in rotation, and a different one would be on display out front each morning as I went to work. If you haven't seen a mid-engine supercar used a grocery getter, I remember once in Beijing in San Litun seeing a tall, thin, very high-heeled woman walk out of a high end boutique, pop the frunk on her Ferrari, drop her shopping bag in, then get in, fire it up, and wind it out to redline as she drove away. My guess was she did not buy the car with her own money.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Lefty Sig, | |||
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Nice lines. I'm looking forward to not being able to own one. | |||
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RE: A manual option. Pagani offered a manual on the Zonda for the full production run. 450-790hp, though I don't recall which models did/didn't have the manual option. Koenigsegg also offered a manual on everything up to the Agera, IIRC, but those a FI V8s. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Not quite that old. More like Cindy Crawford. ---------------------------- Chuck Norris put the laughter in "manslaughter" Educating the youth of America, one declension at a time. | |||
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I love it!!! I’d take the original over this new version but I love that Lamborghini is honoring one of their most iconic (and my personal favorite) cars by brining it back. It looks way better than I expected when I read the thread title. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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The car in your poster probably has the rear spoiler, didn't it? That's the iconic Countach that exists in minds of many. It's not always about what is most efficient. If that was the case, nobody would want a manual anymore. The rear wing is like the exclamation point at the end of a sentence. Both the old and the new looks unfinished in the back without it. | |||
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If Lamborghini had that kind of budget, the Aventador wouldn't still be on sale, nor would the a rebadged Audi/Porsche/Bentley SUV be on sale. How many times has Ferrari replaced their V12 car while Lambo still putts around with the Aventador and a single clutch sequential manual?
Problem is that's 10 years ago. We're back to costing too much to revive production or redesign more than an excellent body kit. Whenever sales go down, Lambo has to make an upgrade to a current model, or put some new body panels on a current model to sell at a super high markup with limited numbers. They aren't Porsche or Ferrari where they have massive R&D for racing and road cars and make stuff for other car companies. They're a niche sub-brand like Bentley in the VW Group. | |||
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Agreed, just saying that it could be done, if they [VW AG] wanted it, but the take rate would probably be 1 or 2 of the 112 car run, so not with the $$/effort. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Well, I'm certainly no expert, but Ferrari produces a LOT larger number of models than Lamborghini. Just off the top of my head, Lambo produced the Countach from the mid 70s through the 80s, then had the Diablo for the 90s. They then diversified and had a pair of models (minus the one-off special edition cars, such as the Venino, Centenario, etc). They built the V-10 Gallardo and the V-12 Murcialago, and now the V-10 Huracan and V-12 Aventador. Meanwhile, Ferrari has more models than I can name, much less remember. . . Of course, I don't know of any Ferrari tractors, so Lambo DOES have an advantage there.  ** I do prefer Lambos, and would LOVE a Lambo tractor. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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That aside from top end, which you can do nowhere. The corvette z06 will literally smoke a Lamborghini on the street in any category except the turning heads category and is still comfortable to drive. You ever drive a lamborghini around town or been in one? They absolutely suck....not comfortable, don't drive well, don't feel well. Ferrari is a much more drivable car, but only if you're under 5'10. Cool factor, yes. | |||
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With all due respect, the gentleman I know who owns a new SVJ Aventador would be more than willing to run any Corvette owner for pink slips. An all wheel drive, 700hp supercar would absolutely embarrass the ZO8. It wouldn't even be close. And people don't buy Supercars because they're comfortable any more than they buy them for their fuel economy. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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as much as I'd like to 'like it', to me it is missing the important elements that made the original an iconic car they should have kept the original body styling and just improved the engine and the electronics | |||
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That is a pretty, pretty car. ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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Annnnnnd they are all gone.. 100% sold out... Link Official: the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 has sold out In today’s least surprising news, Lambo’s hyper-hybrid, €2m+ wonder has gone It’s ‘heritage’. That’s how Lamborghini itself describes the interior of the new Countach unveiled in California, and the one you see here. Both the external paintjob and red/black leather interior was designed to commemorate Boss Ferruccio’s own LP 400 S back in the day. We’re opening with the interior because this is the closest mere mortals will get to experiencing the new Countach. Just 112 are being built, each costing €2m (plus taxes), and Lamborghini has confirmed to TopGear.com that they’re all sold out. Not entirely unsurprising, but still… all gone. While we’re (digitally) sat inside the Countach’s cockpit, which closely resembles the Sián’s – including that fighter-jet inspired starter button – let us explain a new function on the 8.4in touchscreen. The ‘Stile’ button. Once pressed, says Lamborghini, this Stile button “explains the Countach design philosophy to its privileged audience”. Privileged indeed. The new Countach packs a 6.5-litre naturally-aspirated V12 pumping out 770bhp on its own, while a 48V electric motor sits between that engine and the seven-speed ‘ISR’ gearbox for an additional 34bhp. Allied to four-wheel-drive, the new Countach is capable of 0-62mph in 2.8s, 0-124mph in 8.6s, and a top speed of 221mph. The whole car weighs 1,595kg (dry), features a 43/57 front/rear weight distribution, and even an electronically-controlled rear spoiler with three positions. “The first Countach has been present in our Centro Stile as a model for some years now”, said Lamborghini’s design boss Mitja Borkert. “Whenever I look at it, it gives me goose bumps and it serves as the perfect reminder for me and the entire design team to design every future Lamborghini in a visionary and futuristic way.” | |||
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LP 500 Prototype Revived
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The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I wonder if you still have to drop the engine to change the clutch? I drove a S model years ago, fun car and fast, but would not want to pay the maintenance costs! ------------------------------------- Always the pall bearer, never the corpse. | |||
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when I was a young pup in the grocery biz, I had a semi regular customer, I say semi, cause he only shopped when his maid or assistant was too busy doing something else, or he wanted to get out, he always drove a Ferrari, he had several, they don't hold many bags, re corvettes, I managed to stuff 2 shopping carts worth of bags in a 79 Vette, enough room left for the driver, https://www.chesterfieldarmament.com/ | |||
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