I grew up idolizing this car in the 1980’s. Such an awesome car. I’d argue this is still the definitive “supercar”. It’s performance, styling and desirability still ring true today.

@DEVILTAZ35

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing comes close to this beauty hey?

always had a soft spot for the countach since the days of 'cannonball run' definitely my earliest dream car, for sure!

@mholmes9262

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was just about everyone’s first dream car haha…now I couldn’t even imagine how miserable it would actually be to get into, but I bet once you’re in, it’s a wild and fun ride.

@darktetsuya

2 жыл бұрын

@@mholmes9262 I can't technically drive due to disability, but even if I could I doubt I'd ever be able to afford one... luckily in games like need for speed: hot pursuit remastered I can live out my cannonball run dreams that way, though I'd imagine the real thing a million times more amazing

@TzadikTheManic

2 жыл бұрын

Same here :) Was also in love with the corvette stingray, as my neighbor had a pristine example when I was a kid.

@shmac96

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the new documentary by VinWiki on that car? Most captivating 45 plus minutes of my life this year. lol!

@darktetsuya

2 жыл бұрын

@@shmac96 oh no I might have to look that up!

John Davis is the David Attenborough of the car world when it comes to voices.... LOL

@alexbenjaminlubbers

2 жыл бұрын

He's getting pretty up there in age, what a legend

For anyone who grew up watching cannonball run with Burt knew about this car and the Mitsubishi starion /conquest that Jackie drove 😍

@TzadikTheManic

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I was mesmerized by the Mitsubishi’s well I have to say!

I still have a Laser print of this car up on my wall with the Golden Gate bridge in the background at sunset. It will always be a timeless design.

I love the looks of the Countach. Every boy wanted a poster of one in their bedroom in the 80s and 90s. I had a poster of a silver 25th anniversary model on my wall back in the early 2000s. I just hate that US safety specs had to have those god awful 5 mph bumpers on the US models.

@Handlehandlebars

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I had a 6 foot poster of a red one on a checkered floor background for most my child hood

@JJPMustang

2 жыл бұрын

My white Countach poster got replaced by a red 1st gen Viper after it was accidentally torn

When I was a kid in the 80s and early 90s, I was a diehard fan of the exterior styling of the 80s Countach. It really had the perfect looks to go with the Lamborghini bull logo.

Still looks good in 2022!

The future was here with this one

@Mac10Daddy

2 жыл бұрын

@Self Made Auto that’s nearly every 70s or 80s car

@motorhead281

2 жыл бұрын

@Self Made Auto That is true, but at least if something breaks the problem is easily diagnosed. Sensor, and wiring issues are super frustrating with aging modern cars where EVERYTHING is computer controlled!

This was on every 80s kids wall growing up

I didn’t know Roger Mecca still worked for Motorweek. Glad to see him!

Still my dream car.

The number of walls adorned with the posters of the Countach is probably a few fold more than any other car model, in the history of automotive world. (Countach, F40, 959 - the classic legendary trio)

I like how the drivers dash is just a saggy box covering the gauges.

@roverwaters3875

2 жыл бұрын

to shade from glare

Roger is my brother. I am always impressed by his talent.

@TzadikTheManic

2 жыл бұрын

Tell your brother that in 2022 I’m wearing socks identical to his in this 1986 review lol. Thus, I’ve enjoyed this classic clip twice as much :)

I have always loved the Countach. I should have never sold the poster I had of it.

Includes an 80s cell phone too

The Countach is one of the few classic cars that wouldn't look silly, electrified!

I LOVE IT!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!

The early version was much nicer than the end of production.

@PKmode

2 жыл бұрын

Despite all the shortcomings, visually, every 80s kid loved the crazy body kit. Decades later, when we think of a Countach, the image in my mind has this kit on it.

@roverwaters3875

2 жыл бұрын

evidently

Has to be the most sexy and beautiful car ever built.

thank you for this video!!

This car is almost as old as I am and it's still my dream car. I will never forget when I bought the poster of this car.. it was red. It hung on my wall until I moved out of my parents house. Now I can't find it.

Every young kids bedroom poster. Timeless low wedge design wish i can invest in one LOL

Owned a 1988.5 for many years, very much enjoyed it. Now in my mid 50s I prefer my Maserati Grandturismo S and Cabrio S just as fast, but far more comfortable for this Old Guy :-)

Teenage dream's car 😍😍😍

What's a Mee-Or-Uh?

This one has Gotti rims and body kit I had never seen before

The first poster I put on my rooms wall when I was 14 back in 1985. Stayed there untill I mooved from my parents home ten years later...

I never had impure thoughts looking at the half naked woman standing next to the white Countach poster on my wall.

Holy crap. Detail that thing

Miora?

Some drive-bys where you could actually hear the exhaust would’ve been appreciated…

Even saying it’s name is exciting let alone taking one for a drive

This is my dream car

It looks absolutely perfect in black

Uau que sensacional carro esportivo

👌🥰👉❤️Every kids dream car growing up in the 80s! Who remembers Cannonball run?

Awesome

That was my dream car

Que sensacional 😀😍👍

@andersonfirmino8925

2 жыл бұрын

Sempre sensacional 😃👍

@andersonfirmino8925

2 жыл бұрын

Sempre sensacional 😃👍

"Mira"? WTF, dude

Someone should remind the owner of this car that he is but one of a long line of owners likely stretching hundreds of years into the future. Inso, he has a duty to remove the garbage painted, bolted and/or tacked onto its body or else sell it on to someone who will look after it properly.

Given the choice of any Countach, I'd take either one of the early 80s low-roofs or the last QV models; but offer me any of the pre-Audi RWD Diablos and the Diablo wins every time.

@roverwaters3875

2 жыл бұрын

low body, not low roof

This car is an assault to the senses

That thing looks like some 17 year old boy racer got ahold of it.

Que da hora 😁😁👍

I put the Car & Driver centerfold on my wall😄

I think every kid in the 1980s had a poster of this car on their bedroom wall.

Wtf that’s an 89 anniversary edition and the first one was the lp400 not 500

I am a long Motorweek and John Davis fan, but someone has got to talk to him about his tanning routine.

Nice Dickies..I'm wearing the same socks..does that mean I get a countach

I wish we lived in a world full of Porsche 959s lol.

@WalterDiamond

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they made 345 959s in total.

If Darth Vader drove a car it would be a Countach!

Always disliked when they started adding sideskirts and the anniversary model. Too much clutter.....

To my eyes, diablo look very similar to countach. Diablo look more rounded than angular countach.

Perfection is an illusion. Most ppl view these things as icons, they polish that in their mind moving to perfection. When faced with reality you get all the nuance which for better or worse completes the package. But those w/ perfection crafted prior to experiencing the real thing get lost w/ whats presented to them. I try and keep that in the back of my mind when I experience certain things.

@aurorajones8481

2 жыл бұрын

I think trying to "clear your palate" is best.

#1 poster car in the world period

Cannonball movie put on map .

Terrible pinstriping and sacrilegiously awful bodykit..... HOW could they do this to such a legendary icon?????

Beautiful car, but to add to the list of complaints, the Ford Sierra Cosworth RS 500 would wax it’s tail on a track.

What's with those rims and that weird front bumper?

Comparing the Diablo favourably to another car as a daily driver must be a serious feat

Wasn't the first Countach the LP400?

First Countach was a LP400🤔

The red pin striping looks atrocious! 🤮

Love those Gotti wheels!! 👍👍

@ScrubRadius

2 жыл бұрын

As opposed to the factory Campagnolos? Yikes.

@althunder4269

2 жыл бұрын

Those wheels make it look like a kit car.

Is that Jay Mohr driving the car?

Love the Countach. Brings back childhood memories of owning a radio controlled toy version in yellow. Someday, I hope to own one but for now my E46 M3 will have to suffice, although I do appreciate the fact that my m3 can do a faster 0-60 time 😄

Chose possibly the worst spec Countach I’ve ever seen to feature.

@Mac10Daddy

2 жыл бұрын

Those side skirts and pin strips are awful

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

Id buy it for the car phone

@ScrubRadius

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen many kit cars that try to look like Countachs. I have never seen a real Countach made to look like a kit car.

@ScrubRadius

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mac10Daddy oh the humanity. I just don’t even…

Beautiful car...but those rims are hideous. The stock rims just helped round out the look.

high body Lamborghini Countach

Every kid In the 80’s poster car

So is it a 40 valve motor? QV with a V10 would make me think so.

@doorgunnerangel4105

2 жыл бұрын

48!

@johnnykwon8173

2 жыл бұрын

How is that possible? 4 x 10 = 40. Where do you think the other 8 comes in?

@doorgunnerangel4105

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnykwon8173 THE ENGINE IS V12. LATER WHEN LAMBO WAS SOLD TO AUDI IT WAS A V10.

Oh man I have the same socks as the reviewer in this video, not sure why I’m amused by that, (edit - guess part of it is this was ‘86...I’m talking about socks wtf oh well) suppose I didn’t expect it (believe it or not I came for the Countach). Why can’t it be the *same* car instead??

Was the LP400 the same car Michael Jackson morphed into in the movie Moonwalker??

That car phone is pretty styling and profiling but if I want that I’ll just buy a Merc or BMW

What’s a Mayora? Does he mean Miura? WTF???

This car doesn't have many curves, it seems to have more angles than curves.

Lotus and pantera baby lamb

Couldn’t they find a nicer one?

Red piping stripes

The Aventador is the new Countach. Obviously.

Give me the Diablo over the Countach….

Che mezzo... Peccato per i cerchi...

It's got 80s written all over it

The Countach, vs a Ferrari 308 it would totally smoke that car. It would also outrun a flat 12 Ferrari Testarossa. Thing was a freaking rocket ship in terms of early/mid 1980's cars, faster than the Porsche 911 Turbo. Although the Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959 redefined speed in road legal cars by 1986-87, but before then the Countach was the king of speed.

I like it better without the wing LP400 ftw 🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️

"It's so much fun to drive!" Really? No thanks. I like the look, but all I've heard about the experience, is stay away!

60 in less than 5 and 185 top not too shabby but that interior is god awful

✌😋✌

This car is bad,full of problems,completely insane and illogical,but it is pure awesomeness.... Gotta have one !

Could of put a little makeup on the top of his head

Countach is count ach...ashphalt

That pinstripe is grotesque 🤮🤢

Looks like a badly made kit car

I remember these cars used to look so cool now it's just foggly

Not my dream car I’d take the Diablo or F40 Ferrari

This kid needs to learn how to read. MIURA not "mior" !

The pinstripes and aftermarket wheels on that car are horrible.