This is the 1990 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition. Chassis number KLA12958 is finished in the vibrant and unique ‘Arancio Miura’, standing alone as the only example painted in this color. Delivered new to the United Kingdom, it is also one of just 67 right-hand-drive units ever produced for the UK, underscoring its rarity and exclusive appeal. Lamborghini was founded 59 years ago in 1963 by Italian automobile designer, engineer, inventor, mechanic, industrialist, winemaker, and businessman, Ferruccio Lamborghini. After running into financial difficulties, 51% of the entire Lamborghini company was sold off to wealthy Swiss businessman, Georges-Henri Rossetti in 1972. The situation worsened even further when the Lamborghini company went bankrupt in 1978. In 1980, Swiss brothers Jean-Claude and Patrick Mimran were both appointed administer the company during it’s receivership. The green light to create a wide variety of new models was given, which included the Countach LP500 S (321 units), and the LP5000 Quattrovalvole (610 units), which arrived during the 1985 Geneva Motor Show. Around this same time, chief engineer at Lamborghini, Giulio Alfieri, was asked to create a prototype vehicle based on the Countach platform that would bridge the company to the next new model. With work beginning in 1984, the team set out to create a car that would improve the Countach’s flaws, and the prototype/concept was internally known as the L150, an abandoned name for what we know now as the Countach 25th Anniversary. When Chrysler took control of Lamborghini in the 1980s, hoping the new Diablo would be ready for the anniversary, focus shifted to the Countach, which evolved from Marcello Gandini’s LP400 into the Countach 25th Anniversary, featuring updates by Horacio Pagani and suspension tuned by 1977 World Rally Champion Sandro Munari.
How many made? Approximately 657 made
Engine: 5.0 L naturally aspirated V12 that produces 455bhp at 7,000rpm.
Debut: Paris Motor Show in September 1988
Top Speed: approximately 183mph
0-60mph: around 4.7 seconds
Photo Credit: photographed by @cartoni.media, owned by @mario.escudero3
Research: @rarecarsonly
1990 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition
31.07.2025
Lamborghini