The Countach 25th Anniversary was the final evolution of Lamborghini's wedge-shaped icon. Introduced in 1988 to mark a quarter century of the company, it arrived during the Chrysler era and closed out a production run that had begun with Marcello Gandini's original design for Bertone. For this last series, the bodywork was reworked by Horacio Pagani, who reshaped the front fascia, engine cover, and sills and redrew the side intakes with longitudinal fins. Only 658 were built.
Beneath the updated aluminum and Kevlar body panels sits a tubular steel space frame. The revised intakes allowed the radiators to be revised for better cooling, and the five-speed manual gearbox sits ahead of the engine in the middle of the car, the layout that defined the Countach from the start.
Power comes from Lamborghini's quad-cam V12, the engine lineage that traces back to Giotto Bizzarrini's original design. In its final 5.2-liter, four-valve form, this European-specification car breathes through six Weber downdraft carburetors. Drive goes to the rear wheels through a limited-slip differential.
This example was delivered new through the Walter Wolf Lamborghini concessionaire in Berlin, Germany. It is finished in Rosso Siviglia over Panna leather with red piping and red carpets, and was specified from the factory with sport seats, the sports exhaust, and red wheel centers on its OZ Racing multi-piece wheels. The cabin includes a gated dogleg shifter with reverse lockout, Jaeger instrumentation, electronic climate control, power windows, and a VDO digital clock. The stereo is a Blaupunkt Bremen SQR 46 DAB, a modern reissue of Blaupunkt's period unit.
After leaving Germany the car was imported to the United States, and since then it has been maintained by Curated Restoration & Service in Miami, with more than $60,000 in mechanical work completed. The carburetors were rebuilt, and the valve cover gaskets, coolant hoses, accessory belts, spark plugs, and cooling ducts were replaced. The brakes were refreshed with repaired calipers, machined rotors, and new hoses. Later work included a starter repair, new engine and transmission mounts, a new clutch disc, a new air-conditioning compressor and lines, and a repaired voltage gauge. The odometer shows 19,356 km.
The car comes with its 25th Anniversary owner's manual, the tool kit in its roll with Lamborghini gloves and jack, a spare tire, two or more keys, hard-copy service records, and a CARFAX report showing no accidents or reported damage.