Valentino Balboni drives the Long Lost 1 of 2 Lamborghini Countach Turbo

1980 Lamborghini Countach Low-Body Twin Turbo

The legendary Lamborghini test driver Valentino Balboni was reunited with the 1980 Lamborghini Countach LP400S Turbo during a specially arranged media event at the Miami Design District Concours. Valentino Balboni is the former chief test driver for Lamborghini, but he retired in October 2008 after 40 years of work in Lamborghini. The company showed honor and paid tribute to Valentino Balboni’s work by labelling a 2009 addition to the Gallardo line-up as the LP550-2 Valentino Balboni.

1980 Lamborghini Countach LP400S Turbo is one of two Twin Turbo Countach examples produced by the Lamborghini Swiss Distributor Max Bobnar. In the early 1980s, Bobnar built two prototype Twin Turbo Countach examples: a very famous red metallic and a sinister black model, both cars were developed by engineer Franz Albert. The Black car currently resides in a Lamborghini collection in Germany while the Red car somehow disappeared from public, rumoured to have gone to Las Vegas. Once famously pictured in magazines, featured at events, and once was even the inspiration for a toy model, the metallic red LP400S Turbo from Max Bobnar disappeared for over 30 years and was discovered late last year by John Temerian of Curated.

The car completely shocked the world and arguably is the most iconic car of our time. The Countach stood as the ultimate symbol of success and excess and embodies everything about the 1980s, which is considered an incredible period for automobile originality—bold design, wheels, body kits, and more emerged from Tuning companies.

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