The connoisseurs choice....

Born from a desire to satisfy the insatiable appetite of the American market, the Jarama was essentially a redesigned Islero built to comply with strict new USA safety rules.

Ferruccio Lamborghini named the Jarama after a district in Spain renowned for breeding fighting bulls and first showed his new prize bull at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show.

Sources vary for accuracy, but our research suggests that just 327 Jaramas were manufactured.

Of these 177 were the ‘standard' Jarama produced from 1970 to 1972 and 150 were the Jarama 'S' produced from 1972 to 1975.

Of these, only 23 were built in right-hand drive, and of these, just 18 were the Jarama ‘S' model as offered here today.

A rare beastie indeed....

This particular right-hand drive example, being chassis number #10608, was completed at the factory on the 24th May 1974 and sold new to the UK.

Its factory build number was 305, suggesting it was one of the last cars manufactured.

The previous owner acqu...