{"id":14210,"date":"2022-01-30T09:02:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T14:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=14210"},"modified":"2022-01-30T09:02:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T14:02:29","slug":"1134859_watch-the-lamborghini-countach-lpi-800-4-hit-the-road-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=14210","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 hit the road for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five months after its unveiling during 2021 Monterey Car Week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1133223_lamborghini-countach-reborn-as-803-hp-hybrid-supercar\">Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4<\/a> is hitting the road for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The reborn Countach recently took to public roads with two of its ancestors: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1131642_it-s-been-50-years-since-the-lamborghini-countach-became-the-poster-child-for-wedge-shaped-supercars\">first Countach LP 400<\/a>, and the last Countach built, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1081128_lamborghini-aventador-and-countach-on-the-streets-of-santagata-video\">25th Anniversary model<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a refresher, the Countach LPI 800-4 is a special edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Countach&#8217;s debut. It&#8217;s based on the Aventador but uses a hybrid powertrain similar to the one in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1124874_the-lamborghini-sian-is-an-807-hp-hybrid-italian-hypercar\">Sian FKP 37<\/a> supercar of 2019. Peak output is 803 hp, compared to 807 hp for the Si\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/urg1U1BPmU4\" width=\"560\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In both cases, a small electric motor integrated with the transmission provides a boost to Lamborghini&#8217;s familiar 6.5-liter V-12, which in this application makes 770 hp on its own. The electric motor only aids the engine at speeds up to 81 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Lamborghini previously said the modern Countach would do 0-62 mph in 2.8 seconds, 0-124 mph in 8.6 seconds, and reach a top speed of 221 mph. The 0-62 mph time is identical to the non-hybrid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1117959_lamborghini-aventador-ultimae-price-specs-review-photos-info\">Aventador \u00a0LP 780-4 Ultimae<\/a> coupe, Lambo&#8217;s last non-electrified V-12 road car.<\/p>\n<p>Production is limited to 112 units, and the entire production run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1133295_lamborghini-countach-lpi-800-4-reportedly-sold-out\">has reportedly sold out<\/a>, despite a price tag estimated to be in the seven-figure range. Lamborghini plans to start deliveries sometime in the next few months, making the Countach one of the last models using the current Aventador platform and V-12. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1120568_test-mule-for-2023-lamborghini-aventador-successor-possibly-spied\">An Aventador successor<\/a> is expected to go on sale in 2023 with a plug-in hybrid powertrain centered on a new V-12. This will be just the third V-12 engine design in Lambo&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five months after its unveiling during 2021 Monterey Car Week, the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 is hitting the road for the first time. The reborn Countach recently took to public roads with two of its ancestors: the first Countach LP 400, and the last Countach built, a 25th Anniversary model. As a refresher, the Countach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}