Attention all Lamborghini enthusiasts! Check out this rare 1988.5 Countach LP5000 QV. Only nine were made in this color, and one is up for grabs. luxurycars
’s Countach, “It’s quite possibly the coolest sports car of all time. That wedge shape is still the stuff of childhood dreams, 50 years after it first came out. This one is a late-production car—though not the controversial Anniversary model—with big power and in a truly sensational color. Part of me wants it for myself.”Andrew Miterko, courtesy of Cars & Bids.
Lamborghini’s Countach had a long life, built from 1974 through 1990, with 1,983 examples comprising the model’s sixteen-year production run. Developed to succeed the Miura, and from the pen of the same designer, Marcello Gandini, the Countach LP500 prototype was unveiled at the 1971 Geneva Auto show to an astonished crowd. By 1974, the LP400 was coming off the production line as a hand-built dream car for the marque’s best customers.
Only 157 of the rare “Periscopo” variant, so called because of its novel rearview mirror, were made before it became clear that improvements—mostly in the way of new, wider tires and some creature comforts—were in order. By 1985, the Countach had become a more drivable car and, like most of its owners, had added a few inches and pounds. The interior afforded greater comfort, such as was possible with a vehicle that featured scissor doors and two reclining, hip-hugging bucket seats.
Importantly, it was what dwelled behind the driver that was important; a V-12 engine bored and stroked to 5.2 liters and with an extra two valves per cylinder. Thus named the LP5000 QV , it makes about 414 hp, a healthy number of horses for the time. With 631 examples of the Countach LP5000 QV built, its production volume was only exceeded by its successor,
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