![]() ![]() Shown to the world as the LP500 Concept at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, the Countach, like the Miura, was designed by Marcello Gandini. The Lamborghini Countach was the difficult follow-up to the legendary Miura, and my word did Lamborghini do a good job. The ultimate Lamborghini poster car? Quite possibly. The Espada lasted from 1968 to 1978, and in that decade more than 1,200 cars were built, more than 500 more than the Miura.Īlthough there were rumours of a modern-day Espada in the late noughties, and Lamborghini created the Estoque concept back in 2008, the Espada was the last front-engined Lamborghini until the Urus joined the party. Ergonomics were obviously something of an afterthought back in Lamborghini’s early days… There was a better braking system on the Series II, for example, as well as better rear-seat ventilation, and the Series III saw a redesigned interior, with many of the controls now moved slightly closer to the driver for ease of use. ![]() The first Espada, the Series I, had 330PS (325bhp), and the Series II and Series III had 355PS (350bhp), but improvements were made throughout the whole car with each update. Revealed to the world just three years after the Miura and five years after the 350 GT, the Espada was a full four-seat Lambo with rear-wheel-drive, either an automatic or a manual gearbox in the middle and a 4.0-litre, quad-cam V12 up front. The Espada is a real gem of Lamborghini’s model history. ![]()
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