Understood. A basic element of a relevant price-comparison is the pertinent data. In that regard, its worth pointing out that a 35k km Anniversario recently sold at auction for $295k, for example.
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Having spent my entire 30 year career enjoying low usage (miles / hours) vehicles. I personally believe this is ALWAYS the first criteria for establishing a value on any motor vehicle. If I had one picture and specific knowledge of the actual miles on any vehicle I can make an offer. Any additional details provide smaller adjustments to the value either up or down. In fact, I actually purchased a group of (68 pieces) ex-military trucks and some construction equipment 15 years ago with exactly that. One photo, a spec sheet, and the hours or miles used. We won the lot and beat out several Caterpillar dealers as well as the John Deere, Komatsu, and Case bidders. It was one of the best business transactions of my career. As always, IMHO.
Nero Downdraft Anniversario and descendants. Beautiful without side-markers. Image Unavailable, Please Login
This Bianco Perlato/Rosso Downdraft Annivesario illustrates the effect of the lack of side-markers and aesthetically it is always nice. Perhaps a day will come when most people elect to remove them. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
"123 FAB" in action the other weekend, this car's exploits show that the 25th is the best driving Countach, and I have been very consistent in saying this, even whilst owning other variants of Countach. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Emilio, you might know this one, Italy-registered in action recently, showing they can be driven in the rain. Who remembers the video of the Japanese car at 180 mph in the rain?! Image Unavailable, Please Login
UK-registered Anniversario recently refurbished Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The only thing that bugs me a bit about the 25th is the cars with the smaller wing. Speaking of wings, I'm still a bit unsure how things worked back in the day with ordering cars with wings. If you ordered the car to be delivered with the wing, did Lamborghini outsource the manufacturing and then bolt the third party supplied wing on late in production?
The wing was delivered with the car, but was mounted by the dealer since the wing was never homologated.
Then you may want to check this one out: https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/lamborghini/countach/1988/309759 Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
My understanding is that in the early days they were made at the Sant Agata works, and later on they were made locally and delivered to the factory. Some cars were actually delivered with wings affixed, and some weren't, I don't know if there was any rhyme or reason to this, or whether it was based on dealer request. I'm not sure there was any fixed system in place. One thing is for sure, not only was the wing not Homologated as Raymond says, but it was also a useless appendage, because it only served to reduce the car's top speed. This was proven when Barry Robinson conducted a magazine test in his early QV DD (B 888 MLN then BR 33) in Belgium and he saw more speed without the wing. That said, some including myself have seen added stability at speeds above 120 mph, although I wonder if that was purely a mental thing.
Actually, the DD 25ths were usually supplied with the big wing (see below), and the FI 25ths came with the smaller wing you speak of. But there is nothing stopping anyone affixing a larger wing to any 25th that doesn't have none. On the subject of wings - many many more Countachs have wings today than were ever supplied with them when new! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
