Race Retro Classic & Competition Car Sale 2020 21st - 23rd February 2020

Classic Cars - Saturday 22nd February 2020 Race Retro Classic & Competition Car Sale 2020 86 • Introduced to celebrate Lamborghini’s 25 years as a car maker • 5167cc V12, 449bhp, 0-60 mph in 4.7 seconds with a top speed of 183mph (295km/h) • A3 DUU is one of very few UK-supplied, right-hand drive Anniversary cars • With our vendor from new. Long-term storage from 1995 to 2017. 6,390km • Completely recommissioned in June 2017. Brake overhaul, carburettors and fuel lines (£17,600) • Widely regarded as the best driving of all Countach variants Designing a successor to the delicious Lamborghini Miura was something of a challenge for Marcello Gandini, however, with the arrival of the Countach in 1971, he demonstrated to the world that his ability to create automotive drama was alive and well. In fact, the word Countach is Piedmontese slang for something that visually shocks and has no direct translation but ‘wow’ is probably the most polite. The first Countach appeared at the Geneva Show in 1971. Big, bright and brash like the rest of the seventies, the Countach was to remain in production, through various iterations for 16 years. With hindsight, it’s clear that the car’s flying wedge design, with a sloping snout that appeared to descend directly from the windscreen and innovative scissor doors, became a template for every supercar that followed. The original, beautifully clean profile was gradually bedecked with ‘wings and things’ as fashions changed over the years and frequent small mechanical changes were often the result of customer input in their capacity as unwitting development engineers. However, by the time Lamborghini was 25 years old and the Countach Anniversary was introduced in 1988, the majority of these teething troubles were in the past. The Anniversary was effectively a new Countach, mechanically very similar to the 5000QV but sporting much- changed styling courtesy of Horatio Pagani. The rear air boxes were restyled and enlarged, while the vents behind them were changed so that they ran front-to-back instead of side-to-side. In addition, a new air dam and side skirting, both with air intakes, were fitted, and the taillights restyled to be narrower, with body-coloured panels replacing the upper and lower parts of the previous larger lights. These styling changes were striking on the 17-year-old design and had the added benefit of improving the engine’s cooling, a problem with which the powerful Countach had always struggled. The Countach also featured 345/35R15 tyres, the widest available on a production car at the time. The factory only anticipated a limited demand but the sheer talent of this mature development meant that it actually became the most prolific Countach ever with 67 being finished in right- hand drive. Offered here is an Anniversary Countach with a complete timeline and only one owner from new. The story begins with our vendor, a lifetime Lamborghini fan, ordering the Countach in UK right-hand drive specification from London dealer Portland, visiting the factory during the build in LOT 407 Registration: A3 DUU Chassis Number: ZA9C005A0KLA12958 Engine Number: 12958 Estimate: £250,000 - £285,000 1990 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary More Images Lot 407 Bid On Lot 407

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