Lamborghini Is Bringing Back the Countach

The iconic supercar that once adorned bedroom posters everywhere is officially making a comeback.

For the first time in Lamborghini’s 58-year-history, the bull-badged brand is reviving a classic nameplate in the all-new Countach. 

A contemporary edition of the flagship Lambo supercar that ruled the road (and teenaged bedroom walls) in the 1970s and 1980s is “coming,” according to a new teaser video featuring a montage of the car’s countless poster printings. 

After a prototype was shown at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, the first production Countach was specced with a 4.0-liter, longitudinally-mounted V12 delivering 375 horsepower. A final, 25th anniversary edition manufactured in 1988 and 1989 got an upgraded 5.2-liter V12 packing 455 horsepower before the succeeding Diablo took the reigns. 

Lamborghini hasn’t announced the new Countach’s powertrain. A leak spotted by CNET’s Road Show claims that it’ll be the hybrid combo of a 6.5-liter V12, electric motor that pushes 819 combined hp through a seven-speed gearbox in the limited-edition Sian, Lambo’s most powerful production car. 

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But Road and Track opines that this would be antithetical to the true spirit of the Countach. The automotive outlet writes that the car “is a truly absurd vehicle, one that is terrible in almost every respect and all the better for it.” 

In this sense, using Lambo’s newest, meticulously engineered hybrid engine in a historically untamable model just wouldn’t sit right with purists. 

All will be revealed when the reborn Lamborghini Countach debuts at Monterey Car Week later this week.