1990 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary

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These are the hottest cars in the world right now. and this is for a very good reason. They are simply the most stunning. jaw droppingly amazing cars. even 40 years after their introduction. nothing comes close. Our car is a 1990 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Model. finished in Red with Champagne Leather piped in Red. It is an extremely rare Right Hand Drive version. ordered new by an Australian client in the UK. it is an injected car. although the car never left the UK. It has covered 39. 00 Km's (about 24k Miles) from new and has an amazing full History from new. It is HPI Clear and. even today. is about £70k cheaper than the next RHD model available. This is. without doubt. your last chance to buy a RHD Countach in this price bracket.

The legendary Miura was always going to be a hard act to follow. so the extent to which its successor eclipsed the greatest of 1960s supercars came as something of a shock to all. The sensation of the 1971 Geneva Salon. the Countach was styled. like its predecessor. by Bertone's Marcello Gandini. Lamborghini's four-cam V12 was retained. though this time installed longitudinally. To achieve optimum weight distribution. designer Paolo Stanzani placed the five-speed gearbox ahead of the engine between the seats. and the differential - driven by a shaft passing through the sump - at the rear. The result was a delightful gearchange and a better-balanced car than the Miura.

When production began in 1974. the Countach sported an improved chassis and the standard 4. 0-litre - instead of the prototype's 5. 0-litre - engine. Even with the smaller engine producing 'only' 375bhp. the aerodynamically efficient Countach could attain 170mph and. as one would expect. came with racetrack roadholding to match. The car's potentially largest market - the USA - remained closed to it until the arrival of the 'emissions friendly' LP500S in 1982. Although no more powerful than before. the newcomer's 4. 54cc engine brought with it a useful increase in torque. The final development saw the engine enlarged to 5. 67cc and new four-valves-per-cylinder 'heads adopted for the Countach Quattrovalvole in 1985. the latter's 300km/h (186mph) top speed making it at the time - the world's fastest car.

The Countach's ultimate development. considered by many to be the most desirable. and certainly the quickest. arrived in September 1988. Launched at the Italian Grand Prix. Monza. this was the Anniversario. introduced to celebrate Lamborghini's 25th anniversary as a motor manufacturer. Restyled and updated. the Anniversario incorporated hundreds of subtle changes and improvements over the Quattrovalvole. The body was reworked by designer Horacio Pagani. creator of the Pagani Zonda. gaining a new nose and front bumper/spoiler incorporating front brake air ducts. US-destined cars retained the ugly '5mph' impact-resistant bumper. while the new rear bumper was common to both US and European models.

The most striking difference in the Anniversario's appearance was in the treatment of the radiator air intakes directly behind the doors. which featured thicker vertical strakes. colour-matched to the body. Beneath the skin the chassis had been extensively updated for improved handling. its development assisted by none other than three-time World Rally Champion. Sandro Munari. Split-rim forged alloy OZ wheels were adopted for the Anniversario. shod with Pirelli's new 'P Zero' dual-compound asymmetrical-tread tyres. Available with carburettors in Europe or fuel injection elsewhere. the V12 engine was virtually unchanged from the Quattrovalvole. In total. 657 Countach Anniversario models were made between September 1988 and April 1990. and only about 70 of these were RHD. one of the many high-profile owners being ex-Formula 1 World Champion Mario Andretti.

Our car. Chassis KLA12894 was ordered new on the 25th January 1990 by an Australian businessman and was delivered from Italy to Portman in the UK for its first service and. by all accounts. never made it to Australia. even though it is Fuel Injected car with a Kms Clock. It was fitted with rare Racing seats and aerofoil at its first service. these racing seats actually allow a taller driver to get much more comfortable. There then follws a comprehensive service history. including an engine change for the correct Anniversary type at a cost of £17k in 2006. The car is showing 8 previous keepers and there are hundreds of service invoices included in the huge history folders. The car has been in storage for about 5 years so needs the usual recommissioning before being used in anger. the engine is tested and has been recently running although it is not at the moment. it is not MOT'd and does not have a recent service but is priced accordingly. Call me in the first instance as I do not expect it to stay long at this price.

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