The long version

Big production numbers for an exotic — over 7,000 built — mean this never carried Countach-level scarcity, and for years that kept it as the accessible half of the 1980s poster-car duo, the one people actually bought to drive rather than just display. That's shifting: values have tripled in a decade as the generation that grew up with the poster started buying the real thing, and low-mileage, single-owner cars now command real premiums over drivers. The flat-12 and the cable-operated steering are still there for anyone who wants to use it, which is more than most of its rivals from the era can say.