Lamborghini is celebrating the 50
th anniversary of the Countach’s debut, which sent shockwaves to the automotive world when a bright yellow prototype made its first appearance at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show.
The Lamborghini Countach LP500 prototype was revealed at ten o’clock in the morning in the exhibition booth of Carrozzeria Bertone. Over at Lamborghini’s stand, another legendary model was revealed at the same time: the Miura SV. It’s fair to say that 1971 was a great year for Lamborghini.
The reveal of the first Countach prototype was so successful that Lamborghini had to accelerate its development from prototype to production in order to satisfy customer demand.