Raging bull

The Lamborghini Countach Turbo is surely one of the most iconic sports cars ever built. Lamborghini-Countach-Turbo-LP400-S-Low-Body-1- ...

You never met a turbocharged raging bull because Lamborghini never installed a turbo on any of its cars until the Urus. Lamborghini already toyed with the idea of Turbo when it sat the bright silver-colored Countach LP400S side by side with a tubular chassis displaying a turbocharged engine at the 1979 Frankfurt Motor Show. However, an LP400S with chassis 1121160 was first to get the turbo treatment because the Swiss-based Lamborghini distributor Max Bobnar thought it would be swell to put all the madness of that era into one car. The metallic red Lamborghini Countach you see in these pictures was found in excellent condition stashed in a storage facility in Reno, Nevada. You see, Lamborghini had produced 1,983 units of the Countach by the time production ended in 1990. But you couldn't do any of that to a Countach, especially the Countach S, since it came with factory-fitted wheel arch extensions rolling on 345 mm wide tires at the rear and could be ordered with a rear wing as an option. Among those, the LP500S, produced from 1982 to 1985, and featuring a larger 4,754 cc (5.0-liter) 375-hp V12 engine, reached a production of 323 units, which included a copy (built in April 1984, specifically) with chassis number ELA12712 that would ultimately become a one-off, custom-built Countach Turbo S. In fact, the 1974 Gandini-designed Countach was the first production car ever to have scissors doors at a time gullwing was en-vogue. Consider that this was a period the LP500S Countach was regarded as the world’s fastest production car, although that’s not exactly true. [the 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept pioneered the wedge-shape design](https://www.hotcars.com/how-the-1968-alfa-romeo-carabo-shaped-the-future-of-supercars/), Countach was the first production car to sport and therefore popularize the design. But a turbocharged [Lamborghini Countach?](https://www.hotcars.com/cost-facts-and-figures-lamborghini-countach/) As in the 1974 to 1990 ultimate raging bull; we aren’t surprised you’ve never heard of such a thing, even though you consider yourself a proper gearhead. Also, we arguably have Porsche to thank for how the word "Turbo" has evolved into a code word for faster, more powerful, sounder, and more effective versions of everything from automobiles, to graphic cards, and even doggone food blenders.