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eBay Watch: 1989 Lamborghini Countach

Avanti!

By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG eBay

ESPOUSING the very essence of a supercar – hell, didn’t Lamborghini coin the term? – the Countach’s unchecked exuberance was and is like nothing else on the road.

The 70’s and 80’s Lambos were so edgy that you can almost see Marcello Gandini at the drafting table gazing down at his old Miura design and then in the corner of his eye finding sudden inspiration in a nearby protactor and pair of scissors.

Or, to stir some conspiracy theorists from an August’s slumber, could it have been that Sr. Gandini and the Bertone design team used some back channel NATO connection to get the low down on the US Air Force’s then-secret F-117 Night Hawk?

Considering both vessels’ low profiles, trapezoidal planed surfaces, and rectangular ducts, it’s an easy parallel to draw.

Whatever the case, like the now retired stealth fighter, the Lamborghini Countach seems at once dated and hyper advanced in its visual appeal. Like a some spaceship from Tron, this 25th Anniversary ship comes in villain black powered by the 5.2 liter V12 that put the Ferrari Testarossa on notice.

Having said that, with a buy-it-now price of $114,900, you could nearly buy two Testarossas for the price of this one Countach (or buy one have the rest for the fix-it fund).

But who said edgy futurist flamboyance comes cheap. Even 20 years on.

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