If the Lamborghini Countachs that recently sold on Bring a Trailer and Gooding & Company passed you buy, don’t fret: This one looks even cooler, and it’s hitting RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction block in August.
Admittedly, the lively streets of London’s SoHo and motion blurred style featured in the promotional photos are doing this 1984 Countach LP5000S some a service rarely seen in auction house cars. But the white-out Bianco on Bianco factory finish on the iconic wedge-shaped supe is sure to stun wherever it roams.
In terms of Countach engine lineage, its longitudinally mounted 4.8-liter, Weber-carbureted V12 sits between the 3.9-liter that debuted with the model in 1974 and the fuel-injected 5.2-liter that would take the Countach to the end of its production cycle in 1990.
This Countach generation’s 368 horsepower and sight-sacrificing design inspired quite the review in Car and Driver after a 1983 test drive:
“You shouldn’t have this car. Nobody should have this car. It’s too much: too low, too flat, too many slots and scoops, too much power in the engine, and too much rubber on the road. Wretched excess is what it is, and God would never commit such an affront—which leaves only one other guy, the big bad boy himself.”
Nearly four decades later, and this Countach should have retained all much of that dangerous allure—even if the output is considered paltry by today’s hypercar standards. There are just 3,414 miles (5,495 kilometers) on the odometer, and the retro Raging Bull is fresh off of a refurbishment.
RM Sotheby’s has more details here:
Throughout 2022, the car has been subject to recommissioning work by performance car specialist, DK Engineering, based near London, England. Workshop bills exceeded £26,000 and included the strip-cleaning of all six Weber carburetors; the replacement of the master brake cylinder; removal and rebuild of rear driveshafts and boots; adjustment of the timing chain; installation of the correct coolant pipes; and a wheel refurb—further to additional jobs carried out to ensure the smooth running of the Raging Bull’s potent V12.
The Countach was supplied to its first owner via Codeco S.A., a dealer based in Lausanne, Switzerland. We are informed that the Lamborghini was retained by its original Swiss owner until 2002 before being sold, and later acquired by its third and most recent owner in 2006. The car was brought over to the UK by its long-term keeper, then road registered in February 2009, after which point we are told the car was kept in a collection for around a decade and rarely driven.
No pre-auction price-estimate was provided, but Hagerty shows that the values of Countachs in all conditions are on the rise this year, ranging from $330,000-$568,000. Visit its landing page on RM Sotheby’s to learn more here.
