Thats why alot of them have reliability issues. If they are driven, and driven "with gusto" they actually run better. Jay Leno has a red one that he drove daily. He said he had zero issues with it.
@@collectingcars _Low Body_ without the silly wing is my ultimate Countach - mate had one in the 90's; he got hacked off with people telling him they "knew it was a kitcar 'cause the real ones have whale tails".
@@garyw4211I’m 52 and I reckon you’re onto something. We’ve been surrounded by some of the most fantastic machines ever made every decade of our lives and many of us and in a position to buy something old we were obsessed with back in the day! What a blessing.
I came here to say this. Chris is the perfect size for this car. Anyone over 5'11" is going to be wedged in this and if over 6'4" it is going to be unpleasant 😮
Yes. Without question. Clarkson, can on occasion be funny, but he’s not that good behind the wheel. Tiff. Well yes he can drive, but lack the chemistry that Chis brings. Thanks Chris. More and more please :)
It’s insane. Was insane in 70/80s. It’s still totally insane 2024. Totally insane in an amazing statement way. It’s just a car that makes you want to smile and smell petrol. Makes a Ferrari today look like a Fiesta. I’m no Lambo lover but when it comes to a white Countach!!!!
I could watch videos like this all day, Chris's encyclopedic car knowledge, wit, and authenticity make him by far the most entertaining automotive journalist in the game. More please!
As a teenager of the 80s I had dreams of driving one of these, picking up Princess Leia in her slave bikini outfit and driving off into the distance with the Cannonball Run theme tune on the stereo. Now as a grown up in his late 40s I still think about that
"Dog dick red leather" Chris! (to quote Mr Lovett!) Even all these years later, Countach is an 'event'. I don't like the anniversary bodywork - Harry's car is peak Countach IMO. With the Norfolk plate, for a moment I thought this was the car bought by Anglian Windows top salesman for his wife's birthday and given to her at a party I attended...but on reflection hers wasn't LHD.
I was lucky enough to have a UK RHD carb Anniversary in the late 90's before they shot up in value and it was absolutely as spectacular and theatrical as you'd dare hope. Even to this day, the high water mark of all my motoring experiences by a country mile. Never to be bettered in terms of drama.
@@Norton1531 Cannonball Run was to blame - saw it aged 10 and that was that, it became a bucket list obsession to own one. Glad I did when they were at least vaguely within reach. Great memories.
Lamborghinis really do age like a fine wine. I had a poster of this on my bedroom wall at the end of the 80s. Took it down around the time the McLaren F1 came out cos it made that generation of super cars look a bit naff. Now, I look at it and think it looks really fun, cool even and that engine is just fantastic! There’s a real passion to it. I’d say the Diablo is going to be next for the crazy price hikes.
They needed a camera inside showing it, but he did start it. The video editing of these aren't the best. Video editing on old videos were better with Neil.
Ooft, Pagani took Gandinis masterpiece and turned it into an 80s porn star. They gave it a mullet and dressed it in an 80s ski jacket with a burlesque themed black and red interior. Should have been called the Lamborghini Poontang. It's ridiculous, which is the point, and of it's time and you've got to love it for that.
LP400 will always be my favourite iteration of the Countach - such a pure and simple design. Anniversary by far the worst in terms of looks - and the tasteless and pointless rear wing makes it even worse.
The Lamborghini Countach, especially the 25th-anniversary edition from 1989, holds a special place in my heart. It's the year I was born, and I think it's the most stunning car of the 80s. Plus, being a Taurus born in May, I've got a natural affinity for Lamborghinis!
The story goes that after the engine size grew, no Countache left the factory with fewer than 455 horses, and that some of them were well north of 470. And from memory, Fast Lane magazine editor Peter Dron got an earlier 5000QV model all the way up to 196 mph. Maybe with a tailwind. :P I think the Koenig Countach was by far the prettiest of all of them. I narrowly missed the chance to buy a LP500S for under 100K many years ago - but today I am very glad I did. My 928S kept me poor enough, spending over 70K on it after purchase. The Countache would have broken me, and my marriage!
Did you say 1,000 Countaches were made in total? It’s actually 2,000 but the exact number is a bit fuzzy depending on who you ask. This car looks great with the rediculous US front bumper replaced by the Euro version
What ever you are driving tou dont make a bigger entrance than in ANY Countach. I have been an owner and driven one of these but been in all variants in the last 40 years. If you haven't been in one then I whole heartedly recommend you do while you can. I guarantee you will have a smile on your face and want one, whether that be this version or 500S as I had. Always the kind...a bit like Ronnie in snooker, a bit shocking but always fabulous. Did you know that at 100mph the cars sound changes from being agricultural to one of a jet fighter and it kind of feels that it goes, "Ok I'm settled now....we can start cracking on now...I'm ready". The sound it makes when you are giving it some is just one you realise all the expense is worth it. The only regret you have is not keeping it for ever. There are better cars in many ways out there I am sure, but none that gives you the Countach experience. Sell everything you have get one drive it a lot and watch your life change. Plus if mildly fed up, bit bored, depressed and have no excitement in life then this will instantly cheer you up. Go on GET ONE. Dave = Countach man.
I LOVE they way the anniversary looks, wouldn't have any other Countach tbh (Not that I can afford one anyway), it's excess taken to extremes, love it, love it, love it.
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I always have and always will love how the 25th looks, i don't care if it carries no aero function, it carries the biggest function of all, making me or someone smile every time you look at it.
When you get The chance to drive. Youre childhood.. classic..& realize...it's..better off parked in a Museum...& You Re 7:28 alize ya 1990 Starlet turbo..more fun..😢😢😢.
As a reviewer of arguably the greatest exotic car ever created - scratch that - THE greatest ever created, you probably should know the production run. The 25th is WOEFULLY overestimated in its production run. It was the fastest of them all, the best built of them all, and the most exotic-materials used of all Countach production models (not the one off or rare models never meant for the public). It was a mere 35 cars more produced than the famous 500QV/LP series. The first year of production of the Countach was 1974 and its last year was 1990-1991 (some squeaked out in 1991). TOTAL PRODUCED 1,973. Yes, some sub-versions make up the extra 10 models (largely subscribed to as 1,873 models produced) With all of that, Chris is wrong here, the 25th anniversary was only 35 cars more prevalent than the 5000QV/LP series and less than 2x more produced than the 500S series. Even if we go all the way back to when the car was more of a Camry sitting in an art museum as in the 400S and 400, it was merely 2.7215x-4.0823x more produced than these models. Why wouldn't you want the wildest, fastest, most outrageous of the lot? By and large, you will not see many Countachs, EVER, out in the wild. These will all be $1,500,000 cars in short order and then the sky is the limit. Frankly I think they should be worth $20,000,000 as most exotic cars would not exist were it not for the Lamborghini Countach, including the F40, F1 or whatever you want to throw at it. These cars were other manufacturers trying to find some way to come up with a wild, limited production, street legal, "race" car. Production numbers: 25th Anniversary Edition: 645 produced 5000QV/LP 610 produced Countach Turbos (not really produced, but included herein) - 2 officially produced, never released for public production LP 500S - 323 produced LP 400S - 237 produced LP 400 -158 produced
Funny how the v-max claim for this (5.2L) version,was 183mph / 295kmh. Back when the Countach was first released, Lambo (still independent) thought it could get away with claiming 190/306. 😄 I guess when you were an Italian exotic manufacturer, and still independent (just), you thought you could just throw exaggerated/mythological figures around, like blow-hards at the pub. 😏
The only one who suited the revamped Top Gear following the Legends leaving and before it was cancelled. If they do continue The Grand Tour, I'd love it if Chris Harris was part of the new team.
4000km and 40 years old. Going of what is known about Countachs, it’ll need a 60k rebuild soon. They need to be driven. But even then the suspension bushings will have to be replaced.
That car is the most impractical thing. I’ve always wanted one but it’s useless except for sitting in it. Can’t see behind, can’t steer well..omg. So good looking! Sounds unreal! Smells unreal! Can’t be used though. Too much of a contradiction. Buy the Testerossa if you can afford the upkeep. You can’t drive the Contach anywhere…
If I had the money, I'd want a 500S, from the mid 80's. I like the wheel arches but I don't like the skirts. The 500S was prolly the best looking one. Or maybe I'd get an 82,with the protruding phone dial rims
Mine was just like it. Black interior tho. What a piece of 💩! I owned a 89 25th anniversary. Also carbureted. Carbs would load up as I drove and wouldn’t restart after it was shut off. Have to wait for gas to evaporate before it would start back up…piece of 💩. Was beautiful tho, and sounded lovely too
That is totally HIDEOUS🤣 least good-looking, or whatever, is the understatement of the year. Not a Countach connoisseur by any stretch, but the clean, wingless variant is the only one that’s even remotely good-looking.
The F1 is the ultimate supercar but the Countach will always be the definitive supercar. The Countach and the tennis girl scratching her bare arse, must have made Athena millions.
Hahahaha, the italian trim: the outside mirrors are not even aligned :D The driver's one is "crying" :D What a car. And what about the seating position? Feeling comfy in here, Chris? Drivers say that that everything is awkward in that car, you feel your legs / feet are twited. The sound, the line. Amazing.
Came here cause I can't message you guys anywhere else. I registered to attend your coffee run on 4th Feb at Rose Hill gardens Sydney and now I'm receiving bulk spam email saying they have sold all your emails to Russia and other emails saying you shouldn't have made all your emails publicly available plus a heap more emails. I'm very disappointed in you guys for not securing your data base. Very unprofessional.
Another all-time great Marcello Gandini design. R.I.P to the car design legend who defined 70's and 80's car design and ushered in the unmistakenly wedge shape.
Chris, your a bloody legand, Loved Paddy and Freddie but you were the best. Met you at the Top Gear track when it was you Matt and Rorry, and you and Matt were so approachable and happy t talk...... miss Top Gear and hope it returns someday, in the meantime I'lll be watching you on tyhis channel mate!
Chris has smashed it again. My dream car all through my childhood alongside the Aston Martin. Made really famous by the sexy girls driving it in the film "The Cannonball Run". Remember sitting in a black one when there was a time trial drag race back in the 80s on the Island. Absolute gorgeous.
This is basically Top Gear without the attention seeking presenters. Chris was always a class above Paddy and Freddie. Top stuff Chris!!!!
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Speaking of Top Gear. They should take that car to forensic Mr. Manlove. Because you *know* whoever bought that car was "an interesting chap". Lol
Top Gear is surely dead now as soon as the three original guys left!
100% 👍
it was dead way before that the the british middle ages man just could not let it go, like a bad divorce they could not move on from.@@pofrani
The most upsetting thing about this video is that the car has driven only 4166 km. Absolutely tragic, cars were/are made to be driven 😢😢😢
Thats why alot of them have reliability issues. If they are driven, and driven "with gusto" they actually run better. Jay Leno has a red one that he drove daily. He said he had zero issues with it.
Driven not hidden!
@@Jay-fx4txIndeed, Italian cars are specially temperamental when left alone.
@@collectingcars _Low Body_ without the silly wing is my ultimate Countach - mate had one in the 90's; he got hacked off with people telling him they "knew it was a kitcar 'cause the real ones have whale tails".
Simple price speculation
Couldn’t think of a better way to start my Sunday morning than abit of Chris Harris talking about an 80s Lamborghini
Chris Harris is the GOAT when it comes to automotive journalism
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I'm 51 years old and firmly believe that my lifetime has been the best in human history. Thanks to machines like this.
You an me both Bruv.
They don't put a mirror for doing a line of coke off in cars like the used to!
I'm 52, we all wanted one when we were boys didn't we?
@@garyw4211 _Cannonball Run_ - opening sequence; say no more!
@@garyw4211I’m 52 and I reckon you’re onto something. We’ve been surrounded by some of the most fantastic machines ever made every decade of our lives and many of us and in a position to buy something old we were obsessed with back in the day! What a blessing.
Chris has never looked bigger than he does in a Countach!
It looks like his head is going to fall off.
Lol so true
I came here to say this. Chris is the perfect size for this car. Anyone over 5'11" is going to be wedged in this and if over 6'4" it is going to be unpleasant 😮
I think that detachable mirror is to be used with something that looks like washing powder....and a credit card!!!😂
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Oh I know it is.
Goes perfectly with the WoW theme.
You naughty you, so true 🤣
Coin-op laundry shops where they have upgraded to credit card readers?
By far the best automotive presenter Chris Harris.
Clarkson
Tiff needell
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Yes. Without question. Clarkson, can on occasion be funny, but he’s not that good behind the wheel. Tiff. Well yes he can drive, but lack the chemistry that Chis brings. Thanks Chris. More and more please :)
Yes Chris Harris is brilliant but I also watch Harry’s Garage and Tyrrell’s Classic Work channels. They are superb too.
Rear wing is not a static object : adds free drag & gives you 200 % plus rate in Instagram. So it's a fame bonus
With that free drag does that make owners drag queens?
It’s insane. Was insane in 70/80s. It’s still totally insane 2024. Totally insane in an amazing statement way. It’s just a car that makes you want to smile and smell petrol. Makes a Ferrari today look like a Fiesta. I’m no Lambo lover but when it comes to a white Countach!!!!
Belgravia Vice!!!
What is this man's Insta handle?
We tend to agree 😉
Would you describe it as, insane?
It’s ugly, way overpriced, hilarious, and a disaster to drive. This car should remain on posters and in our memories only.
I could watch videos like this all day, Chris's encyclopedic car knowledge, wit, and authenticity make him by far the most entertaining automotive journalist in the game. More please!
Lots more to come!
I have a pretty good idea about how I would use that detachable mirror in the 80s..
Would it involve a credit card and a $1000 note?
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Good old sniffing the white stuff.
😂👍
God knows what it’s like to drive, but it’s ultimate poster car for me 😍
Just love his reviews
It reminds me of top gear. It’s very entertaining.
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It’s THE supercar, if you ask anyone to think of or draw a supercar it will be a countach
Greatest V12 sound ever 🥹 - I love the 5000 QV the most. Standing still in my living room in black 1/18 for almost 40 years 🤷♂️
Sorry, its nice in every way, but Murcielago is the best sounding by far.
Carb'd Qv sounds amazing as you get intake howl as well as exhaust.
This however is a USA example so fuel injected :(
BBurago?
Controversially, I don't think this car sounds that good, especially for a V12! I wouldn't say no though obviously :)
That & a poster of Linda Lusardi was my bedroom wallpaper, AH the good old days!
A dope car and a nice piece of ass on the wall, can't go wrong.
I had Sam Fox. If only I’d known back then………….
That was a shock to many.
@@daveworthing2294 A shock, and also a tragic waste.
Linda Lusardi had those painted on leathers. Skin tight
As a teenager of the 80s I had dreams of driving one of these, picking up Princess Leia in her slave bikini outfit and driving off into the distance with the Cannonball Run theme tune on the stereo. Now as a grown up in his late 40s I still think about that
What would you do with that mirror? Yes, well ~ It was the Eighties.
He's selling a car and still critically honest. Well done.
Why can't the BBC accept that the old top gear is irreplaceable. Now we just want Chris Harris!
Chris Harris is such a treasure.
I don’t care what anyone says the Countach is one of the best looking cars of all time.
"Dog dick red leather" Chris! (to quote Mr Lovett!)
Even all these years later, Countach is an 'event'.
I don't like the anniversary bodywork - Harry's car is peak Countach IMO.
With the Norfolk plate, for a moment I thought this was the car bought by Anglian Windows top salesman for his wife's birthday and given to her at a party I attended...but on reflection hers wasn't LHD.
Horacio Pagani must have been on cocaine when he designed the ugly 25th anniversary.
I'm so glad to have Chris back to something approaching his old youtube channel. Just a joy to watch.
I used to hate the looks of the 25th Anniversary but these days I like it the best.
2:06 The Blaupunkt seriously made me instantly younger right then. They were so good.
I was lucky enough to have a UK RHD carb Anniversary in the late 90's before they shot up in value and it was absolutely as spectacular and theatrical as you'd dare hope. Even to this day, the high water mark of all my motoring experiences by a country mile. Never to be bettered in terms of drama.
What did you end up doing with it?
@@Norton1531 Enjoyed it for 18 months then sold it to fund a house deposit.
@@Otto-AutoPilot At least you can say you owned one. Lucky you! 👍🏻
@@Norton1531 Cannonball Run was to blame - saw it aged 10 and that was that, it became a bucket list obsession to own one. Glad I did when they were at least vaguely within reach. Great memories.
@@Otto-AutoPilot I’m not jealous one bit! What colour did you have? I hope you’ve still got a gallery of photos of the beast!
Brilliant video. Your review style is a breath of fresh air. Keep up the excellent work 👍
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Lamborghinis really do age like a fine wine. I had a poster of this on my bedroom wall at the end of the 80s. Took it down around the time the McLaren F1 came out cos it made that generation of super cars look a bit naff.
Now, I look at it and think it looks really fun, cool even and that engine is just fantastic! There’s a real passion to it.
I’d say the Diablo is going to be next for the crazy price hikes.
Just not as pretty as the eatlier cars. As a child of the 1980s i prefer the QV models.
“It’s starts up instantly” which is why I’m not going to show me starting it up bc……
Lol he shows it starting right up when he gets in it an drive away. Just after 3:20
They needed a camera inside showing it, but he did start it. The video editing of these aren't the best. Video editing on old videos were better with Neil.
I loved the pure simplicity of the L400 shape.
I know they weren’t the ‘best’ version but I loved the shape.
Pure. Clean.
Ooft, Pagani took Gandinis masterpiece and turned it into an 80s porn star. They gave it a mullet and dressed it in an 80s ski jacket with a burlesque themed black and red interior. Should have been called the Lamborghini Poontang. It's ridiculous, which is the point, and of it's time and you've got to love it for that.
It reeks of the 80s. Absolutely love it the way it is.
Always a pleasure to listen to Chris Harris. Makes us feel the car with him.
That is stunning. I'd have this over any of the modern day supercars anyday.
LP400 will always be my favourite iteration of the Countach - such a pure and simple design. Anniversary by far the worst in terms of looks - and the tasteless and pointless rear wing makes it even worse.
"do a paddie" bruh💀
Awesome 😂
What's up with the microphone quality?
I actually like the design of this 25th Anniversary more than the Countach models before.
But I am a '90s kid so the F50 is my❤️
Its not the best looking Countach, but its still stunning😍
The Lamborghini Countach, especially the 25th-anniversary edition from 1989, holds a special place in my heart. It's the year I was born, and I think it's the most stunning car of the 80s. Plus, being a Taurus born in May, I've got a natural affinity for Lamborghinis!
25th is stunning
The story goes that after the engine size grew, no Countache left the factory with fewer than 455 horses, and that some of them were well north of 470.
And from memory, Fast Lane magazine editor Peter Dron got an earlier 5000QV model all the way up to 196 mph. Maybe with a tailwind. :P
I think the Koenig Countach was by far the prettiest of all of them.
I narrowly missed the chance to buy a LP500S for under 100K many years ago - but today I am very glad I did. My 928S kept me poor enough, spending over 70K on it after purchase. The Countache would have broken me, and my marriage!
70k after purchase… yeh that is a sobering fact.
I had heard Valentino Balboni got one without a wing to 200
"This car we're selling is definitely brilliant."
Yea if he was selling a van sure, but no one in the market for a countach needs more convincing.
Both things can be true
Chris keeps shitting on the design though, it doesn't sound like a sales pitch
How can Chris properly evaluate a street car without drifting it sideways around a closed race course? This review is a sham.
The Countach used to look awesome until Chrysler got their poor quality hands on it and came out with that ugly 25th anni.
FFS Harris, get a shave!!!!
VERY DIABLO STYLE IN THE FRONT.... DONT YOU THINK GUYS 😂😊?
Loving the smash and grab reviews, keep them coming
Lots more to come!
Always liked the Anniversary version the best.
02:07 the USB charger doesn´t come from the Factory =)
Did you say 1,000 Countaches were made in total? It’s actually 2,000 but the exact number is a bit fuzzy depending on who you ask. This car looks great with the rediculous US front bumper replaced by the Euro version
Paul Raymond’s bathroom - quote of the year so far for me😂😂😂
My mates Dad’s garage door still has the tell tale 25th Anniversary Countach dent in it from the textbook door up Lambo reverse 😂
It really does need a Titanium exhaust.
Horrible, but also amazing!
What ever you are driving tou dont make a bigger entrance than in ANY Countach. I have been an owner and driven one of these but been in all variants in the last 40 years.
If you haven't been in one then I whole heartedly recommend you do while you can. I guarantee you will have a smile on your face and want one, whether that be this version or 500S as I had.
Always the kind...a bit like Ronnie in snooker, a bit shocking but always fabulous.
Did you know that at 100mph the cars sound changes from being agricultural to one of a jet fighter and it kind of feels that it goes, "Ok I'm settled now....we can start cracking on now...I'm ready". The sound it makes when you are giving it some is just one you realise all the expense is worth it.
The only regret you have is not keeping it for ever. There are better cars in many ways out there I am sure, but none that gives you the Countach experience. Sell everything you have get one drive it a lot and watch your life change. Plus if mildly fed up, bit bored, depressed and have no excitement in life then this will instantly cheer you up.
Go on GET ONE.
Dave = Countach man.
Interior looks like Paul Raymonds bathroom, lol
I LOVE they way the anniversary looks, wouldn't have any other Countach tbh (Not that I can afford one anyway), it's excess taken to extremes, love it, love it, love it.
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Chris was about to say it... THHIIISSS is a Lamborghini Countach. Perhaps he can co-present with Doug?
Coolest supercar ever!!!
I always have and always will love how the 25th looks, i don't care if it carries no aero function, it carries the biggest function of all, making me or someone smile every time you look at it.
Horacio Paganis professional beginning
So polestar is really the only successful EV -they really have achieved “net zero”😂
Perfect tool for Bond. James Bond.
When you get The chance to drive. Youre childhood.. classic..& realize...it's..better off parked in a Museum...& You Re 7:28 alize ya 1990 Starlet turbo..more fun..😢😢😢.
If you want to drive shite, 80s, cars...(and respect 🙏)....Next time, have a go,at,a delorian....that would be entertaining....equally assured....
Chris it’s the only one to have best looking car of all time behind the cannonball one
As a reviewer of arguably the greatest exotic car ever created - scratch that - THE greatest ever created, you probably should know the production run. The 25th is WOEFULLY overestimated in its production run. It was the fastest of them all, the best built of them all, and the most exotic-materials used of all Countach production models (not the one off or rare models never meant for the public). It was a mere 35 cars more produced than the famous 500QV/LP series.
The first year of production of the Countach was 1974 and its last year was 1990-1991 (some squeaked out in 1991). TOTAL PRODUCED 1,973. Yes, some sub-versions make up the extra 10 models (largely subscribed to as 1,873 models produced)
With all of that, Chris is wrong here, the 25th anniversary was only 35 cars more prevalent than the 5000QV/LP series and less than 2x more produced than the 500S series. Even if we go all the way back to when the car was more of a Camry sitting in an art museum as in the 400S and 400, it was merely 2.7215x-4.0823x more produced than these models. Why wouldn't you want the wildest, fastest, most outrageous of the lot?
By and large, you will not see many Countachs, EVER, out in the wild. These will all be $1,500,000 cars in short order and then the sky is the limit. Frankly I think they should be worth $20,000,000 as most exotic cars would not exist were it not for the Lamborghini Countach, including the F40, F1 or whatever you want to throw at it. These cars were other manufacturers trying to find some way to come up with a wild, limited production, street legal, "race" car.
Production numbers:
25th Anniversary Edition: 645 produced
5000QV/LP 610 produced
Countach Turbos (not really produced, but included herein) - 2 officially produced, never released for public production
LP 500S - 323 produced
LP 400S - 237 produced
LP 400 -158 produced
Timeless design and a great perfomance, the Countach always be a masterpiece
Funny how the v-max claim for this (5.2L) version,was 183mph / 295kmh. Back when the Countach was first released, Lambo (still independent) thought it could get away with claiming 190/306. 😄
I guess when you were an Italian exotic manufacturer, and still independent (just), you thought you could just throw exaggerated/mythological figures around, like blow-hards at the pub. 😏
The only one who suited the revamped Top Gear following the Legends leaving and before it was cancelled.
If they do continue The Grand Tour, I'd love it if Chris Harris was part of the new team.
4000km and 40 years old. Going of what is known about Countachs, it’ll need a 60k rebuild soon. They need to be driven. But even then the suspension bushings will have to be replaced.
Both Matt Farah and Harry Metcalf have recently done the big service on their Countach’s 😆
Like all old cars.
That car is the most impractical thing. I’ve always wanted one but it’s useless except for sitting in it. Can’t see behind, can’t steer well..omg. So good looking! Sounds unreal! Smells unreal! Can’t be used though. Too much of a contradiction. Buy the Testerossa if you can afford the upkeep. You can’t drive the Contach anywhere…
Head so far up.........making excuses super car, hideous, drives and does every poorly.....insufferable
The mirror was the best part
If I had the money, I'd want a 500S, from the mid 80's. I like the wheel arches but I don't like the skirts. The 500S was prolly the best looking one. Or maybe I'd get an 82,with the protruding phone dial rims
Mine was just like it. Black interior tho. What a piece of 💩! I owned a 89 25th anniversary. Also carbureted. Carbs would load up as I drove and wouldn’t restart after it was shut off. Have to wait for gas to evaporate before it would start back up…piece of 💩. Was beautiful tho, and sounded lovely too
That is totally HIDEOUS🤣 least good-looking, or whatever, is the understatement of the year. Not a Countach connoisseur by any stretch, but the clean, wingless variant is the only one that’s even remotely good-looking.
For anyone who’s about 28 that played GTA Vice city. Indulge yourself!
The F1 is the ultimate supercar but the Countach will always be the definitive supercar.
The Countach and the tennis girl scratching her bare arse, must have made Athena millions.
Unlike Jimmy Savile & his "Mars Marathon" Countach! 🤮
Idc how much effort it takes and how uncomfortable it may be to drive. Just look at it! LOOK AT IT!!! 😍
Does nothing for me. It looks so uncomfortable to drive. Especially since im 6'3 tall. I'd sell it for a Ferrari F-40 immediately.
Hahahaha, the italian trim: the outside mirrors are not even aligned :D The driver's one is "crying" :D What a car. And what about the seating position? Feeling comfy in here, Chris? Drivers say that that everything is awkward in that car, you feel your legs / feet are twited. The sound, the line. Amazing.
Came here cause I can't message you guys anywhere else. I registered to attend your coffee run on 4th Feb at Rose Hill gardens Sydney and now I'm receiving bulk spam email saying they have sold all your emails to Russia and other emails saying you shouldn't have made all your emails publicly available plus a heap more emails. I'm very disappointed in you guys for not securing your data base. Very unprofessional.
At the age of 45 I have just learned that “Oz wheels” is actually pronounced “O.Z. Wheels” …who knew!
Another all-time great Marcello Gandini design. R.I.P to the car design legend who defined 70's and 80's car design and ushered in the unmistakenly wedge shape.
Chris, your a bloody legand, Loved Paddy and Freddie but you were the best. Met you at the Top Gear track when it was you Matt and Rorry, and you and Matt were so approachable and happy t talk...... miss Top Gear and hope it returns someday, in the meantime I'lll be watching you on tyhis channel mate!
Hahaha Paul Raymond's bathroom, classic comment which will have the youngsters googling it.
Strange looking car, way less good looking than the earlier ones! If Austin Rover had made that, it would be the TR7 supercar. Wedge and a bit w@nk
You've defo got the right idea Chris about taking the full bodykit off it and making it look like a 5000QV..👍👍👍
Chris has smashed it again. My dream car all through my childhood alongside the Aston Martin. Made really famous by the sexy girls driving it in the film "The Cannonball Run". Remember sitting in a black one when there was a time trial drag race back in the 80s on the Island. Absolute gorgeous.
One of those cars that I'm glad exists, but equally glad I don't own one.
I'm not a Lambo guy since the Miura, what's wrong with me?
Windscreen wiper only 60% on the job? Near-side wing mirror had a stroke? No matter. Let’s have a lick of that …
It's so weird reviewing a "new" car from the 80s in 2024. Must be even weirder buying and driving one
I remember a race driver saying once, "The Countach looks like the school bully, waiting in the yard to pick up a fight"
The mirror is obviously to call for help. Reflect tthe sunlight, draw someone's attention. It's from before cellphones.