LAMBORGHINI has celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its legendary Countach supercar by relaunching it as a limited-edition particular, packed filled with the model’s newest and biggest know-how.
Ford has additionally jumped on the classics bandwagon with its GT ’64 Prototype Heritage Version, a automobile – because the identify suggests – designed to commemorate the beginning of its authentic GT40 Le Mans prototype.
Mixing basic design cues with trendy tech, the brand new Countach options an uprated model of the Sian’s 6.5-litre V12 gentle hybrid powertrain, which now produces mixed a 599kW and although no mixed torque determine is quoted, the V12 is sweet for 720Nm whereas the transmission-mounted 48V electrical motor churns out 35Nm.
Regardless of the basic seems to be, this makes it one of many quickest Lambo manufacturing vehicles to this point, stopping the clock from 0-100km/h in 2.8 seconds, 0-200 km/h in 8.6 seconds and pushing on to a high pace of 355km/h.
That kidney-scarring 0-100km/h time is feasible because of the now signature all-wheel-drive system, with gear modifications fired off by a seven-speed dual-clutch computerized.
Against this, the Ford GT ’64 Prototype Heritage Version is devoid of mechanical updates, persevering with with the usual GT’s 482kW/746Nm twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre V6 and will share the identical 3.2-second 0-100km/h time and 348km/h high pace.
The newest in a protracted line of particular version GTs launched lately, the ’64 Prototype Heritage Version is adorned in era-specific ‘Wimbledon White’ paint with ‘Antimatter Blue’ graphics as per the unique prototype racer.
Antimatter Blue-painted carbon fibre wheels complement the Ford’s roof and bonnet decals with the color scheme persevering with by means of the inside with ‘Lightspeed Blue’ Alcantara-wrapped carbon-fibre seats and instrument panel.
Appliques in Antimatter Blue additionally characteristic on the GT’s instrument panel, door register bezels and seat cross-brace.
There may be nothing retro concerning the reborn Countach’s physique and monocoque, that are made fully from carbon-fibre. Beneath are staggered alloy wheels (20-inch entrance, 21-inch rear) wrapped in Pirelli P Zero Corsa rubber.
Behind the classically styled wheels resides a carbon ceramic braking system able to hauling the 1595kg (dry) supercar up from 100-0km/h in 30 metres.
Contained in the cabin is an 8.4-inch infotainment touchscreen that includes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity in addition to a singular button that, when pressed, explains the Countach design philosophy.
Simply 112 examples of the new-age Countach will probably be produced, with first deliveries slated to start in within the first quarter of subsequent 12 months.
Lamborghini president and CEO Stephan Winkelmann mentioned the brand new mannequin was as visionary as we speak as the unique was again within the Seventies.
“One of the crucial vital automotive icons, the Countach not solely embodies the design and engineering tenet of Lamborghini however represents our philosophy of reinventing boundaries, reaching the sudden and extraordinary and, most significantly, being the ‘stuff of goals’,” he mentioned.
“The Countach LPI 800-4 pays homage to this Lamborghini legacy however it’s not retrospective: it imagines how the long-lasting Countach of the 70s and 80s may need advanced into an elite tremendous sports activities mannequin of this decade.
“It’s a Lamborghini that innately expresses the marque’s enduring and emotive energy: at all times inspirational and thrilling to see, hear and most of all drive.”
Saying the Ford GT ’64 Prototype Heritage Version, program supervisor Mike Severson mentioned it is going to be the primary commemorative mannequin to “transcend celebrating race wins”.
“This one goes deep, and honours the earliest of Ford supercar heritage,” he mentioned, describing it as “a contemporary interpretation of the unique, with no mistaking what this automobile is paying tribute to”.
