Superseding the LP400 S in 1982, the Countach LP 5000 S was powered by a 4,754-cc version of Lamborghini’s mighty V-12 engine.

Breathing through six Weber 45 DCOE carburettors, the displacement was 500 cc greater than that of the LP400 S.

The most noticeable change was not the power output, which remained at 375 horsepower, but how it was delivered, arriving 1,000 rpm earlier than its predecessor.

A distinctive feature of the 5000 S was the flared wheel arches, which housed the widest wheels ever fitted to a production car.

This Countach 5000 S was delivered on 27 July 1984 to a gentleman in Monaco.

It left the Sant’Agata Bolognese factory finished in the highly desirable combination of Bianco over Bianco.

In the 1990s, the Lamborghini left Europe and was exported to the United States.

By 1996 it was registered in California, and in 2004 an odometer discrepancy was noted—a CARFAX report can be found on file.

By 2015, the car had returned to Europe.

In 2013, prior to leaving th...