• One of only 237 built • Delivered new to a UK customer in Italy • Right-hand drive • Present ownership since 1999 • Regularly serviced and MoT'd The legendary Miura was always going to be a hard act to follow, so the extent to which its successor eclipsed the greatest of 1960s supercars came as something of a shock to all.

The sensation of the 1971 Geneva Salon, the Countach was styled, like its predecessor, by Carrozzeria Bertone's Marcello Gandini.

Looking aggressive from every angle, the Countach was nothing less than spectacular, suggesting it had been conceived on another planet.

As it happened, the production version would not be seen for another three years, with deliveries commencing in 1974.

"...for sheer outlandish eye appeal, and track-car capability that's translatable for the road, there is simply no better car," declared CAR magazine.

"It's hard, also, to imagine a better one coming along." But come along one did, in the shape of the much improved LP400S, which fea...