Throughout the history of the automobile, some models and units have reached stratospheric values for different reasons. Generally, these are very limited series or even unique copies. But the truth is that there are some cases that are more curious than others, such as the vehicle that is the subject of this article.
It is a Lamborghini Countach from 1989, but as can be seen in the photographs, it is not just any unit. To begin with, the first thing that stands out is that it is noticeably destroyed, a fact that is more than surprising if we take into account that its market value at auction is close to two million euros.
A priori, it is difficult to imagine how it is possible to pay such a sum for a car in this state. The answer is found in the cinema, in Hollywood, in the director Martin Scorsese and the actor Leonardo DiCaprio. And the Lamborghini that you can see in the images appeared in the famous feature film “The Wolf of Wall Street”, whose release is about to turn a decade old.
Together with DiCaprio, the Italian sports car stars in a striking scene of about three minutes in the film (a moment that you can see in the video that accompanies this news), during which the erratic driving of the protagonist causes numerous and successive collisions that end up leaving the car in a terrible state.
Two different Countach units were used to shoot the film, but this is the one used to carry out the scene in which the aforementioned impacts occur. After filming, the vehicle was kept in exactly the same condition it was in at the time and was stored for all these years.
However, it has not been communicated where it has remained during all this time or who has been in charge of preserving it. What we do know is that it is the first time it has come to light since the feature film was filmed. This is a copy of the 1989 Countach of the 25th Anniversary variant, an alternative that came with the specific touch of the legendary coachbuilder Bertone.
At the performance level, the Italian sports car was capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.4 seconds and could reach a top speed of 295 km/h. It should be remembered that only 658 units of this version of the Lamborghini model were manufactured. The vehicle has become topical again because it has been announced that it will be put up for auction in the United Arab Emirates.
The sale of the car will be carried out by the prestigious auction house Bonhams, which has announced that it is expected to reach a maximum figure of around 1.86 million euros. The event will take place at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 25.
