From 4th to 6th September 2026, the Concours of Elegance, presented by A. Lange & Söhne, returned to Hampton Court Palace. The event brought together some of the world’s rarest and most significant motor cars against a historic royal backdrop.
Among them was a 1980 Lamborghini Countach LP 400 S Series II, which was awarded first place in the 1980s class. Creaghton Collectibles sourced the car from Amsterdam in late 2025, sold it to its current owner and imported it into the United Kingdom on his behalf. Since then, its considered and sympathetic mechanical refresh, carried out in partnership with Simon Furlonger Specialist Cars, has taken place under the company’s stewardship. To see the car then recognised on a concours field of this calibre made the moment particularly special for both the owner and the company.
Built at Sant’Agata Bolognese in the spring of 1980 and finished in Argento Metallizzato over Nero, the car was the 234th Countach produced and is one of 105 LP 400 S Series II examples, the celebrated “Low Body” cars. It was delivered new on the 8th of June 1980 to its first owner in Luxembourg, who collected it from the factory and drove it home over the Alps. After time in France and Germany, it spent almost 30 years with a single owner in the Netherlands.
Best in Show went to the 1928 Mercedes-Benz SSK Roadster. The other class winners spanned almost a century of motoring. The earliest decades were represented by a 1914 Humber TT, a 1927 Bentley 3-Litre Le Mans Team Car and a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B. They were followed by a 1947 Delahaye 135 MS, a 1953 Siata 208 CS, a 1960 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato and a 1971 Monteverdi 375 L High Speed. At the other end of the timeline, the 2012 Aston Martin One-77 took the Future Classics class.
Creaghton Collectibles congratulates the owner and extends its thanks to Simon Furlonger and the Concours of Elegance team for an exceptional weekend.
