Countach, the ultimate supercar

Man, that silver LP400S S2 (Greg's car) is stunning! The red S1 is 1121052, lives not far from me.

At least the side-markers were there by Government mandate before most of the current crop of owners got their cars. Its a matter of removing them if & when the opportunity arises. Its the voluntary modification, especially with replica parts, that is unfortunate..

 

Reviewing Before & After status of various Countachs seems popular on this thread, so, I think this is 1121400 (shown a couple posts ago), and how it used to be.

According to the ILR:

"This is a carbed LP400S sold in February 2001 by Prestige Imports in Miami Beach, FL, USA. They were asking $69,950 for it at that time and had it listed as a 5000. It is a white exterior with a blue & white interior, rear wing and around 10,000 miles at the time."

I remember looking at this car, and I have a library of images of its former condition. It had side-markers and an aftermarket aerial in the roof. The seats were dark blue with a blue mouse-hair dash and blue aftermarket carpets, yet the bolsters and center console etc were white. I think Tony also looked at it also and at the time it was falsely advertised by the sellers as a 5-litre car (Ill give them the benefit of the doubt - perhaps they were simply not sure). It is in fact an LP400S S3..

Emilio, can you advise the original colors, including that of the interior?? I only possess S1 factory records unfortunately. I am very curious if the dark blue seats with the rest of the leather in white, is original. Thanks in advance.
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Those were my thoughts, but we will see what your records say.

Ciao Emilio.

 

No interference, thanks a lot in fact. So the interior was a solid blue, no mention of white, correct?

 

Grazie Olivier. Another piece of Countach history established.

 

Of course I would love to.

But its a lot of work, and I'm just in the process of finishing a book on the 288 GTO for publication in 2011, so we are looking at 2013/14 at the earliest.

 

40 years ago this article heralded the end of an era. How wrong they were..
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Thanks. I will post images here.

 

Good points..

 

I will have my son scan it later and forward it to you..

Actually, speaking of Supercars, the Miura and the Countach will always be the original standard bearers for Lamborghini, cars created under the influence of Ferruccio Lamborghini..
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Definitely.

 

Great points. Allow me some comments if I may:

- Rarity is of course a big desirability factor and the classics are just much more rare. But rarity alone is not the factor which creates value. An iconic status, amazing looks and staggering performance for the time have to combine. If this were not so, Silhouettes would be half-a-million dollars, but they never will be.
- Some post-Enzo Ferraris are valuable, and they are the Supercars (288 GTO/F40/F50/Enzo). Same is true with Lamborghini. Some post-Ferruccio cars are valuable, such as the SE30. My feeling is that these cars are the limited-production no-compromise cars that symbolize state-of-the-art for the era and thus they gain a sort of cult-following and iconic status, and it is this which increases their value.
- Current-era production cars are made in sufficient numbers such that they will always depreciate, indeed for many years to come. Id suggest for 10 to 15 years at least, unless they are part of a defined limited production Series. Once the novelty 'Halo' has worn off, enthusiasts in search on the 'latest & greatest' will set them aside in pursuit of the current new thing.
- Then there are super-rare, one-offs. Such as Armin Johl's LP400S S1 (below) for example. The factory made just one exactly like it. Is it valuable? Quite..
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Truth be told many of the classic Lamborghinis are one-offs..
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