√Crashed Lamborghini Countach from ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ sells for $2 million

The limited-edition Lamborghini Countach which was crashed – on purpose – while filming The Wolf of Wall Street has set a new auction record for the model, but it may soon be beaten by its undamaged sibling.

UPDATE, 2 December 2023: The Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition which was purposely damaged during filming of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ has sold at an Abu Dhabi auction for $US1.35 million ($AU2 million) – a record for the limited-run Italian supercar.

As previously reported, the auction record for a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition was set in January 2023 when a black example sold for $US775,000 ($AU1.17 million) in the US.

While this film-used Countach holds the record for now, it could be beaten this month by an uncrashed example which was used in the same movie, going to auction on 8 December in New York.

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1 November 2023: Within the space of a fortnight, both Lamborghini Countachs which featured in Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ will go to auction – but this particular example boasts an even stranger backstory than its immaculate sibling.

Listed by auction house Bonhams, this 1989 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary is one of 658 built by the Italian marque and – more famously – was one of two versions of the supercar used to film one of the movie’s most iconic scenes.

In the film, Jordan Belfort – aka ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio – consumes a vast array of drugs and gets into a pristine Countach after a struggle, driving away only to crash on the way to his destination.

However, while the 1969 cult classic film ‘The Italian Job’ destroyed a mock-up of a Lamborghini Miura in its iconic opening sequence, Scorsese damaged a real Countach with another car and a flat-bed truck.

Since filming wrapped up, the rare supercar has remained in its crashed condition, though subtle differences between the two Countachs which starred in The Wolf of Wall Street make it easier to differentiate which car was used for what scene.

According to the listing for the crashed Countach, it was fitted with ‘energy absorbing’ bumpers required by the US Department of Transport at the time of filming, whereas its immaculate sibling had the smaller European bumpers – though it has since been re-equipped with the larger units.

Certain examples of the Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition were powered by a 5.2-litre V12 with up to 335kW/700Nm output, depending on the market they were sold in.

While this crashed example is due to be auctioned on November 24 in Abu Dhabi, its cosmetically straighter sibling will be auctioned on December 8 in New York.

Unlike the uncrashed version – which RM Sotheby’s expects to sell between $US1.5 million to $2 million ($AU2.37m to $3.16m) – Bonhams has not provided an estimated sale price for the Lamborghini Countach which was damaged for the film.

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