Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition Visits Jay

The Lamborghini Countach is a car Jay Leno knows this all too well. He owns a 1987 car that he’s owned since new, and in nearly four decades, he’s put more than 70,000 miles on it. For someone with a car collection as large as Leno’s, that’s pretty impressive.

Leno has now revealed a Countach 25th Anniversary Edition in the latest episode of its web series Jay Leno’s Garage. The car is a 1989 model and is painted red, similar to Leno’s Countach, with a black interior.

The Countach 25th Anniversary Edition was launched in 1988 to commemorate Lamborghini’s 25th anniversary, and a total of 658 units were produced.

It was distinguished from the earlier Countach Quattrovalvole (QV) owned by Leno by unique front and side spoilers and revised vents, some of which were designed by Pagani CEO and founder Horacio Pagani, who was working at Lamborghini at the time.

Power came from a 5.2-liter V-12 engine that produced 455 horsepower and had a top speed of 183 mph. The tires fitted were the widest on any production car at the time, measuring 225/50 in the front and 345/35 in the rear.

The Countach 25th Anniversary Edition was launched at the end of the Countach series. Its successor, the Diablo, went into production in 1990. Incredibly, the Countach was in production for almost twenty years. The first prototype, designed by Marcello Gandini, was unveiled at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show. The car was a huge success and production began in 1974.

In recent years, Lamborghini has taken the iconic design of the Countach and modernized it based on the Aventador platform. The car debuted in 2021 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Countach prototype, and only 112 were produced, a number that refers to the LP 112 model name used when the original Countach was developed.

This article was originally published by ClassicCars.com’s editorial partner Motor Authority