Someone Seems To Have Curbed A 2022 Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4’s Wheel

The Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 made headlines during the past weekend as it was unveiled for the first time to the public on Pebble Beach during the 2021 Monterey Car Week. People rushed to take pictures and videos of the reborn icon but one of them noticed something unusual: the left rear wheel of the hypercar was curbed!

As we can see from the video shot by @comp.m2 and uploaded on Instagram by @supercar.fails, the forged aluminum wheel is slightly damaged on the edge. We don’t know how did this happen to a brand new hypercar prototype but we guess someone didn’t pay enough attention while transporting it to the concept lawn of Pebble Beach.

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The retro-inspired rims of the Countach are measuring 20-inches at the front and 21-inches at the rear and are shod in Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires. Their five-spoke telephone-style design is unique to the limited-production hypercar which means the cost of a single wheel will be quite substantial.

In the video below that was shot by Speedster404, we can see the Countach being carefully driven out off the presentation platform following its official launch. The guys with Lamborghini T-shirts did a great job protecting every piece of the hypercar during the process – including the carbon-fiber splitter – so we guess the damage to the wheel must have been sustained later on.

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This is not the first time we see a curbed wheel on a limited-production Lamborghini, as in 2016, someone damaged the front rim of a Reventon which is an even more exclusive piece of automotive history as only 20 units were produced. Back then, the damage was even more substantial and the carbon-fiber wheel was definitely more expensive to replace.

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Back to the Countach LPI 800-4, Lamborghini will produce 112 units, honoring the name of the original Countach development project (LP112). Prices start from $2.6 million which is on par with the Sián FKP 37. Both hypercars are sharing the same underpinnings but feature different designs for the bodywork and slightly different calibration for the V12.