A Lamborghini Countach that starred in 2013’s “The Wolf of Wall Road” will go beneath the hammer at an RM Sotheby’s public sale in New York Metropolis on Dec. 8.

The automotive is a separate automotive to the Wolf of Wall Road Countach that went beneath the hammer at a Bonhams public sale in Abu Dhabi final month and didn’t promote, regardless of a ultimate bid of $1.35 million.

Two examples of the Lamborghini Countach twenty fifth Anniversary Version have been used for filming of the film, which was directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Leonardo DiCaprio as unscrupulous stockbroker Jordan Belfort. One of many vehicles was broken for a sequence that noticed a drug-addled Belfort trying to drive residence. The broken automotive was the one which didn’t promote final month, introduced in the identical wrecked situation it was left in after filming wrapped up.

RM Sotheby’s has listed an estimate of between $1.5 million and $2 million for its automotive, which is similar estimate the wrecked automotive carried going into its sale. Even the decrease estimate is round double what used examples are listed for on well-liked categorized web sites, a lot of the automotive’s perceived worth rests on its Hollywood connection.

In response to the itemizing, the automotive is a 1989 Lamborghini Countach twenty fifth Anniversary Version that was one in all simply 12 examples initially delivered to the U.S. The white-on-white automotive is generally authentic, although like many Countachs, its outsized U.S.-specification entrance bumper was swapped at one level for the smaller design used on Countachs offered in the remainder of the world. The wrecked automotive had the U.S.-spec entrance bumper and this distinction may be seen within the ultimate movie.

The Countach was unveiled on the 1971 Geneva auto present and shortly turned the poster youngster for wedge-shaped supercars, introducing the scissor doorways that went on to turn out to be a signature factor of Lamborghini’s V-12 fashions. It additionally had a really lengthy manufacturing run that lasted till 1990. Near 2,000 examples have been constructed throughout that point, together with 658 twenty fifth Anniversary Editions.

The twenty fifth Anniversary Version is distinguished by distinctive spoilers and modified air vents designed by future Pagani founder Horacio Pagani when he was nonetheless working at Lamborghini. Energy comes from a 5.2-liter V-12 delivering 455 hp and permitting for a 183-mph prime velocity.