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Lamborghini Countach LP5000S Black AUTOart 1:18

Lamborghini Countach LP5000S Black AUTOart 1:18
Current price: £310.00

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Specifications
Car Brand
Lamborghini
Model Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
74533
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About the Lamborghini Countach LP5000S Black AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Lamborghini Countach LP5000S in black reproduces the 1982 wedge supercar with opening doors and bonnet, exposing cabin and V12 engine detail. A genuine poster-car icon captured with the mechanical access serious collectors look for.

The Countach's scissor doors and razor-edged wedge shape made it the definitive bedroom-wall poster car of its era, and that outrageous silhouette still commands attention decades later.

AUTOart's Diecast Craft on the Countach

Cast in zinc alloy, this Countach carries real weight, denser in the hand than a resin equivalent, appropriate for a car built almost entirely from flat, angular panels. Black paintwork is unforgiving on those flat surfaces, showing any inconsistency readily, and here AUTOart's coverage holds an even, deep gloss across the wedge-shaped flanks and NACA duct detailing. Opening doors and bonnet reveal the Countach's distinctive scissor-door mechanism and a cabin fitted with period upholstery, plus an engine bay laid out for the mid-mounted V12 that made the whole shape necessary in the first place. Diecast tolerances leave shut lines a touch wider than a sealed resin body would allow, a fair trade given how much the scissor doors add to the model's appeal.

Displaying an Icon of 1980s Excess

At 1:18 the Countach's low, wide wedge shape takes genuine shelf width, and the scissor doors deserve to be shown open rather than hidden closed, since that mechanism is as much a part of the car's identity as its silhouette. Displayed alongside later Lamborghinis like the Diablo, this Countach makes the case for where the marque's wedge-shaped ambitions began, and black paintwork ensures it loses none of its drama under a display lamp.

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