We all know that the legendary Lamborghini Countach is an amazing car, absolutely futuristic in the days when this V12 flagship was introduced in the late 1970s, and various evolutions remained in production at Sant’Agata until 1990, while the original narrowbody of the 1970s Although the Periscope version of the LP400 has recently been a car that can be purchased for seven figures, later developments such as the LP400 S, the LP500 S and especially the Quattrovalvole and the 25th Anniversary Edition remained well below the million dollar mark . Things have changed significantly now with the auction of a white on white 1989 Countach 25th Anniversary.
But this one, the chassis ZA9CA05A0KLA12722, is something special, while the Countach Quattrovalvole and the subsequent 25th Anniversary Edition are among the highest produced versions of the Lamborghini Countach with well over 600 examples, this particular 25th Anniversary is a movie star. Yes, you read that correctly, this is one of two white Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary used in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street. This happens to be one of only 12 units that came in US-spec with a Bianco finish Polo over a Bianco leather interior. Note that this is not a pearl metallic white, but a very nice solid white.
I guess you’ve already seen the “other” Countach recently auctioned in Dubai, namely the accident damaged one, still in the original wreckage from the film, with a low estimate of $1,500,000, the final bid The car cost a whopping $1,350,000… but that resulted in a “no sale” so this immaculate device, used in the film for some moving shots and close-ups, was sold at the prestigious RM Sotheby’s with an estimate of between 1,500. 000 and $2,000,000 listed at her New York auction on December 8th, we were all very excited to see what this auction would bring and whether it would ultimately sell.
If you look at these photos of the KLA12722 chassis, you’ll notice that it looks almost identical to the KLA12692 chassis before the latter was destroyed for the film. However, that wasn’t quite the case in 2013 when The Wolf of Wall Street was recorded, and more importantly The steering wheel is different, this car, chassis KLA12722, had a custom-made two-tone white and black steering wheel cover from the previous owner, a Detail seen in a scene where Leonardo di Caprio gets out of the car after arriving at his house. The crashed car had the original, all-black steering wheel.
Something else was different between the two used cars with screen, because both cars were originally delivered to the United States of America with the special front bumper and large rear wing, both had been removed by the previous owner, instead this car was equipped with the smaller front bumper in Euro style and no rear wing, even the mounting holes on the luggage cover were filled on the car at the time of filming, and although no attention was paid to the front bumper (the difference can be seen in some scenes) some shots were taken on this car Although the trunk lid with spoiler was attached, this was removed before the car was returned to the owner after filming was completed.
However, the KLA12722 chassis has since been restored to its original 1989 factory specifications, so the large US version front bumper was reinstalled and an original rear wing was fitted to make it a near exact replica of the vehicle damaged in the accident Countach from the movie, and I personally think it would be an amazing sight to have both cars side by side in the garage, this perfect looking version next to the one that was completely ruined for the movie if you compare both cars side by side would be one good job.
But as it turns out that would be a $3,000,000 expense, the crashed car didn’t sell for $1,350,000 and this undamaged example sold for a whopping $1,655,000, an all-time record for represents a 1989 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary, especially when you consider that there were approximately 675 examples made in the late ’80s and the average price earlier this year was just under $500,000, this movie star Countach is more than three times that number worth so much. I guess the fact that Leonardo di Caprio actually drove this car in the film makes all the difference.
