1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000S QV for sale

Overview of this 1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000S QV used for sale

The Lamborghini Countach LP5000 Quattrovalvole was equipped with a 5.2-litre-V12-engine, producing 335 kW (455HP) with the help of 6 Weber carburettors, making it the fastest bull on the streets. Not even the final series of the Countach, built to celebrate the Company’s 25th Anniversary, received a more powerful engine. It took the 1450kg light Countach less than 5 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 kph. Once the driver worked through the 5-speed-manual-gearbox, the car even scratched the 300 kph barrier. A German automotive Magazine even stated that during one of their test drives, a top speed of 304 kph was achieved. Thanks to a tyre width of 225mm in the front and 345mm in the back, the raw power of the rear-wheel-drive sports car could be put onto the tarmac.

LP stood for longitudinale posterior (“longitudinally rear”) which was the term to describe the position of the motor in the car. Also, as the name suggests, the LP5000 Quattrovalvole received an engine upgrade increasing the amount of valves per cylinder to four, while moving the carburettors, previously located on the sides of the motor, to the top of the motor for more efficient cooling. This led to cosmetic consequences, with a new bonnet having to be installed to give the carburettors more space. The engineering of the car was car of its time. Which made it more than appropriate, that the design of the Countach, drawn by Marcello Gandini of the Bertone studios, was able to keep up with the furious character of the car. Both the clearly visible lines and wedge-shaped body of the first Countach, as well as the redesigned, wider, more vent heavy design with the famous wing, of the LP5000 QV or the 25th anniversary edition, made every spectator gasp.

The Lamborghini Countach LP5000 Quattrovalvole with carburettors was built only 610 times from 1985 to 1988. Due to the Interims-version being built only in the year the LP5000 QV got cancelled, the amount of interims-cars can be estimated to be very low, making it a real rarity.

The Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole offered here was delivered to the Lamborghini agency "JB Automobile" in Paris in the color combination red with white leather on January 15, 1988 in France. The first registration took place only two weeks later on February 2, 1988. In February 2015, the purchase and approval finally took place by the Monaco-based dealer "DPM Motors".