Lamborghini Countach preserved for history in the U.S.A

The 1979 Lamborghini Countach LP 400 S, chassis number 1121112, is now being included in the National Historic Vehicle Register of the United States Library of Congress.

The shortlist only contains 30 cars to date, all considered of national importance for the U.S.A.

This specific Lamborghini Countach is well known for being the star of the 1981 comedy film The Cannonball Run. Exactly 40 years after the film's release, it is being displayed for a week inside a glass case on the National Mall in Washington D.C., one of the capital’s most important historic sites, also home to the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.

From now on, all the information regarding the car, its history, a 3D scan of it and copies of all its documentation will be preserved in the Library of Congress: The oldest cultural institution in the U.S.A, an official body of the United States Congress and America's national library.