Lamborghini Countach Euro Tour part 1. We visit Bugatti & then go find a derestricted Autobahn..
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024
- It's 50th years since the first Lamborghini Countach rolled off the production line in 1974 and to celebrate I'm taking my 1987 Countach QV on a Euro Tour special. In this video I visit Bugatti and then head to Switzerland via a derestricted Autobahn..
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In a world where people are scared to use a supercar at all, how cool is it that A) harry roadtrips his, B) takes us along and C) stretches its legs to 150mph on a public road, what a bloody legend he is!
Yes!
Just imagine the coolness of being passed at speed by a Countach somewhere in Germany
@@gerritkramer9502 In 1976 I was passed by a red Countach LP400 in the rain on the M4 motorway in England. It was like seeing a space ship pass.
Nearly 40 years ago Timbuk3 released "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" a year before Harry's Countach was delivered. Back then optimism ruled Western Culture... now we are frightened of words...
With a very honourable mention to Mrs M for the camera work!
Ian Tyrell has his prayer mat out hoping it all goes well.
😂😂😂
Praying that more Lamborghini reproduced parts don’t go wrong again 😂
LOL!
His not a Muslim
Busy deleting RUclips videos... "It was nowt to do with me, Guv!"😁
I love how gruff the Countach is on a cold start. Proper engine.
Imagine seeing a red Countach in your mirrors doing 150 mph on your evening commute!
I liked how the Merc driver was stubbornly not moving over for a long while... 😄
@@Minus-Xero I think he has his foot through floor trying to out r the Countach
I live just off the A5 where Harry filmed that last sequence - it's part of my daily commute. 15 years ago I got up over 200kph for longer stretches nearly every morning and evening. These days I'm happy if my average speed is up near 100kph on the same stretch of the A5. The slow lane is usually solid trucks. :-(
@@Minus-Xero It made me aggressive. I get stuck behind schmucks like that on the Autobahn regularly.
There's something special about unfolding a paper map, tracing routes with your finger, and getting a sense of the landscape. It feels nostalgic and grounding in a world dominated by electronics and screens. So analog!
I was lucky enough to go to Europe with my family on holiday,late 70s / early 80s,my Granda drove the whole way (from Scotland) and only had a road map like Harry's but we never got lost, will never forget it. amazing memories
I had the same sensation when he pulled out an old map. Can you still buy them? Although, in big metropolitan areas the map app rules.
More credit to Mrs. M for all the video content.
Your comments about driving in the UK Harry are so spot on. We've just done 2175mls around Europe, which was motoring perfection. Got back to the UK, the roads are worse than Caracas, solid traffice and road works every mile. In France you can drive thousands of miles with only metal signs for navigation. But here in the uK we have towers, lots of towers with average speed cameras. Then on top of that we have more cameras, lots of them. Alas the actual road surface (the stuff we actually drive on) was not a consideration. 🤯
A perfectly reasonable car for touring Harry
I'd like to have joined the fun driving the XJ Coupe.The Jaguar V12 comes alive on those roads.
I like the idea that this 70's supercar behemoth is a bit grumpy in the morning. It's personable. It lets you know that you can't take it for granted like any modern car. Teaches you mechanical sympathy towards it. This is part of motoring imho...
Being from the 70's I can confirm the "grumpy in the morning" part! 😄
@@sebastiaanvanderweerden3639from mid 60s myself. I do wish I could get up to the Countach's speed when warmed-up tho😊
well put!
I would've taken a V12 Jag any day for grace space and pace, but Harry has proven that grumpy Italian stallions can do it as well as long there's no salt on the road.
The Countach is a fifty year old design that still looks like something from the future!
And I fear we will not see( and hear) anything as modern and beautiful even in the future.
@@volkerkonig9376surprisingly ... despite all the horrors produced ... I would feel that the Lotus Theory One would have been acceptable in a 70s motor show, so ... remains to be seen the look of the road version, if some hope might be possible
But drives like an old bus, and is probably less refined than one
@@alexanderstefanov6474 Jay Leno once said that his Countach was so handy to drive that he often used it to bring his son to school.
It's nothing short of spectacular
I have to say that Harry is the most honest and interesting petrol head I've ever watched. His years of journalism are very evident, much in the same way as Clarkson, only with a little more class.
We are fortunate that mature pro's like Harry make the effort to keep us all thoroughly entertained.
I love the way that even when it starts up, it sounds like a heavy smoking, heavy drinking elderly Italian guy. Coughing and spluttering, in need of the first cigarette and glass of something strong. It practically has stubble and a scruffy old vest on. And then, gradually, it warms up and becomes a muscled, bronzed guy from 1986, sharp designer suit and dark glasses.
It must be so much more satisfying having to wrestle that operatic prehistoric monster around, than it ever is with modern supercars that just teleport you wherever you want to go, with no sense of awe, no sense of drama. I can only imagine how it sounded and looked driving through the forest, the definitive red exotic, headlights on, drizzle saturating the colours, V12 howling. Bedroom wall poster stuff.
Harry on a roadtrip in the Countach - or the Testarossa - is the ultimate youtube motoring. 🙏🙏
💯💯
What a man you are Harry. Using all your cars as they were meant to be used. That Countach is bloody gorgeous and sounds amazing at speed. Look forward to the next episode. 👍🏻
It’s refreshing to see such lane discipline, well done German drivers, put the idiots in this country to shame.
California has the most incompetent and dangerous drivers of all time
On French + Spanish roads the drivers have far better lane discipline than most UK drivers. Nothing more frustrating than mid lane hoggers.
Also the UK road network is riddled with pot holes.
they’re far worse in my country 🇦🇺
German lane discipline definitely better, but they’re just as bad as UK drivers for not indicating and even worse for tailgating ime
@@NA-dg3jx I don’t think the guy in the Mercedes who wouldn’t get out of the way deserves much praise.
Seeing a car like this at full chat in its natural habitat gives me the same tingle I get when a Spitfire flies overhead.
I live in Kent yesterday and around dusk a Spitfire from Biggin Hill that does trips through the Kent countryside flew over. That engine turns heads and you know what it is, even if you can't see it.
In the lower rpm, the Countach does sound very similar to a Merlin.
Well said, spot on…
Such a good looking spec on that countach. I love the red on bronze wheels and a delete on that silly rear spoiler. Well done Harry!
I like the rear spoiler but each to their own. 👍
@@JLo1960 Remember he has one. Just takes it off as he also prefers it without.
However I love the spoiler on the Plymouth Superbird... So take that as you will 🤔
Some cars really do well with the spoiler, and I think the countach is one actually. Also the red paint and bronze wheels always looked great on this car. Harry, time for a new windshield wiper though!
It was always a dog to start, my old man owned this car from 1988 to late 1989. Fond memories of this car. Supercars were very rare back then.
It was a rare car indeed. The guy who bought our old house had one back then. He rolled it in Spain!
Wow your dad must have loved having this beauty back in the day!
If you have any pictures of it back then, I’m sure Harry would be delighted to see them! 🤔😃
Going up a hill. On countach tyres. In light rain. You’d need Harry’s skills to keep the car on the road. How fabulous to see the car being used. I think if you were passed by the countach you’d utter a Piedmontese swear word……countach.
@@HQBProductions I sent him several a few years ago as my father took it on the 1988 Beaujolais Run so it was covered in sponsors stickers. The car was originally shown at the 1987 motor show and bought by one of the individuals involved in the Barlow Clowes affair. I believe the car was impounded and subsequently bought by Frank Sytner Group which is who my father purchased it from.
A gentleman driver, with respect for an Italian automotive icon.
I love it when Harry Metcalfe pulls out a large paper map.
Harry calling Novotel "budget" when its a treat for me to stay there
I feel lucky when I get upgraded to an Ibis Styles. 😂
Thank you for bringing it on the road again. 240km/h is not bad for an old lady. And she wasn't shaking much ;-)
My Seat Leon 1.2 can do that god darn it
@@Rogge73 No it can't.
The autobahn pulls were exhilarating and visceral, hearing that engine sing. Thank you for a great video.
As a young guy, a student, maybe 1973, I picked up a car mag with a pic of a green Countach on the cover, and a test drive report inside...I have craved that car above all others ever since.
othing since then has surpassed the excitement...ok, all are faster, safer, fancier... but the Contach still reigns supreme. Thank you for this video, Harry!
Wow.. what a car.. Thanks for taking us along.
Harry is living his best life!! Thanks for letting us live vicariously through your videos Harry. Peace from Down Under
Yes! Thank you so much for this! And Mrs. M., thank you for filming all the twisty, turny roads.
Camera work on this video is top notch. Car perfectly framed.
Was in Iceland last week and saw a more than capable offroader from Switzerland with lots of stickers from its adventures. The most important sticker was however on the dash. "Reminder to driver - Don't forget this vehicle has got to get you home"!
Just brilliant to see the Countach on a cross continent road trip!!
Man the Countach is something else isn't it, so good to see and hear the V12 stretching it's legs.
💪💪 Some man Harry, my heart was thumping just watching that Merc get out your way and the open road open up - absolute music to the ears to ole girl in her natural environment 🙌🏻🙌🏻🍾👌 Keep doing what you do Harry 👌🙌🏻
Ahhhh…, Harry, his car and a map.
To say I live my life vicariously through this chap would be an understatement.
Thank you Harry for another amazing adventure!
00:20 That’s a fancy leaf blower you have there Harry!
Harry, a million thanks for the way you share and use your fabulous fleet . . . I love the joy you still exude for each of them, and the ones you force yourself to test drive for (Y) our pleasure . . . Just a joy to watch and partake in vicariously through you !! Wonderful, Wonderful Stuff !!
It’s quite bemusing to me that Harry uses a Countach of all cars as his long range GT on these trips. And the car manages it too! Without self-destructing and despite constant 88 decibel cabin noise! 😆
I love hearing this Countach start. When my daughter was about two years old, I would play for her a video from Harry’s Garage. As he attempted to start the Countach, she used to giggle so much as it burst into life after the third or so try! It started a love of classic cars for her that lasts to this day and makes me smile every time Harry takes this out on a road trip. We are fortunate that there are people who actually use these beautiful cars, rather than just keep them under wraps to take out once a year for a concours. Well done Harry!
Wonderful to still have access to derestricted roads. And a perfect example that speeding can be safe as well as fun (and gets you to your destination sooner too!)
Fantastic video! What an excitement doing 240 an hour. I was sitting here waiting until that VW went right so the lane freed up. Very nice. ...such a speed must have created a vortex in the tank 👻
Got me rewatching Cannonball Run again! Takes some balls to push 150 and it seemed effortless.
There's people in the UK whose heads are exploding wondering how you managed to do 150mph without turning into a fireball. The ones who'll tell you 70mph is far too dangerous and we should all be doing 20mph. Beautiful seeing the Countach doing what it's meant to do.
Who are these people? A petrolhead myth.
@@commonasmuck1234 Oh there are plenty of those people around, remember "20 is plenty".
@@commonasmuck1234 I think you can find some of them in the Welsh parliament.
@johnsim3722 sadly I live in Wales & there's plenty of them 😢even the famous top gear black mountain pass is a no go now, 5 speed camers,
Same ones going 10mph under any speed limit.
Love this road trip and the fact Harry is doing it in a Countach! So good to see such a fabulous car being used as opposed to sitting in a collectors garage taken out once in a while maybe…
Countach, Diablo … When I was young I just coudnt amaging how it was possible to develop such kind of cars. If to compare their shapes and forms with the regular cars they look like from deep deep space from another galaxy ;) Still sooooo cool and unique vehicles for me
What a pleasure seeing you on our local Autobahn - enjoying a Countach!
Thank you for adding that driving footage even though it was misty. Can't imagine how special it must have been for civilians to suddenly see a red Countach coming around the bend.
Just delicious, what an experience opening the taps on that v12 must be!
Just fantastic to see this car being used. Driving on the autobahn was brilliant to see . Thank you so much for sharing this
Currently in Italy on my honeymoon so looking forward to seeing the rest of the videos 🙂
Visited both Ferrari museums and wandered around Maranello a bit. Also took in the Lamborghini museum the day before and the day after, visited Pagani and had the factory tour, the latter was an amazing insight into how the cars are produced and how great a workplace it is.
Of course, someone had to ask about LH's old car and needless to say the chap giving the tour didn't divulge any information. Did see a Zonda with a UK plate though...
Loved seeing your Countach at full chat on the de-restricted sections, sounded amazing!
Harry a Proper Countach owner.
Unlike most of them that let them collect dust and have them transported on trucks to a destination so they can pose next to the car.
Just subscribed to your channel- got a random video link - ABSOLUTE GOLD - Lamborghini fan for life - Thank you for taking the time to make all of these amazing Lamborghini videos! They are priceless!
It’s a great leaf blower on start ups. Lol
Harry Metcalf double bill, we're being treated tonight.
The few remaining derestricted Autobahn routes are one of the very few pleasures we still have in Germany..
I recall a tv item showing the last hours of the last deristricted autobahn around Berlin.... also on that topic the last moments of no speed limit in Montana USA a couple of years after Bill Clinton was made to drop the Federal speed limit ( Three states returned briefly to their no speed limit status) brought in for the fuel shortage in the 70's at 55 but raised to 65 by Reagan. How many politicians ever rsise a speed limit. The UK had a blanket 20 speed limit until around 1930 when a truly heroic minister ordered all roads deristricted except in town which was 30 .... Happy days lasted until autmn 1965 with a 70 blanket limit .... everything points to a gradual return to 20 and a graph would predict Zero in due course!
Every time somebody passes you, I'm thinking they must be psyched to see an actual Countcach out in the wild. Love these videos, thanks Harry.
Ι like the fact that Harry uses his super cars for journeys like we use our normal cars. Very few people do that I suppose.
Ha ha ha I was hanging on at my desk when you floored it .......... g'day from Oz
Exactly the same experience here too!
Living the dream and taking us along for the ride. Cheers to you.
High speed touring across Europe in a Countach...
Thanks Harry!
Amazing that you really use the car!!!
The engine sound must be astonishing in person !!! Congratulations and thanks for sharing !!!
This Lamborghini was made for this type of trip. Pure escapism. Lovely
As always Harry, thank you for sharing your trip. Love the sound of the Countach on high revs pure music to my ears. Cheers.
The start up of a Lambo V12 makes for the best introduction to any video !
Also a great way to get rid of autumn leaves from the yard !
I love how you take your classic cars outof the shed and use them... properly use them for a road trip! 👍🏻
The original poster supercar----was it clarkson that said turning up in one of these to a 70s dinner party was roughly akin to landing on the lawn in a harrier jump jet-----😊.
I cross this bridge across the rhine every morning to go to work in Strasbourg. Brilliant seeing a Countach taken on a road trip. Love the slightly grumpy sound of the engine in the morning.
Harry you're an effing legend, this was amazing, you made me emotional.. I don't know why, maybe because nobody uses their "million dollar cars" this way unless they're in a millionaires rally, yes this is being documented but.. this is not to fit in with certain crowd.. you're living the life with your wife.... What a legend sir, greetings from Italy.
well played, Harry. Great to see you using this iconic car in this way. too many wouldn't 👏👏👏👏👏
What a glorious way to travel about the continent. Thanks for taking us along on another trip.
Harold my Son, you are pure class. Taking that Beast on a roadtrip to let those of us who do not have the means, see what real world ownership looks like man
So much to love. Thanks Harry.
Bless you Harry, for always filming those startups!
When i was at primary school the book sellers came around once a year. My mum generally would only allow us to buy reading books but one year she relented and let me buy a picture book on supercars. This, the f40 and the testarossa were the ones i couldnt stop looking at. No interest in modern super cars but i love to see these older ones. Big engine, gearbox, steering wheel and the driver. Wonderful to see and hear, for taking us along with you.
Made me smile just like you Harry, thanks for taking us along for the ride
I love these kind of roadtrips, you take so many different and unusual cars on it. Epic!
So cool seeing the Countach getting a run out like this, thanks for sharing
My fave. version of the Countach - between late '85 to early '88. No side skirts and silly wing. The Countach today will still command most of the attention if it was parked next to the modern hyper cars. Great video. The thumbnail picture is awesome.
Love seeing the leaves kick up from the exhaust during Harry's backing out of the home garage
I think I could put up with 85 decibels when they sound like that. Glorious!
Thanks for taking us onboard the Countach, I am 56 years old and the Countach was....and is, such an icon.
Harry. So glad you informed us of the 5th gear behavior of the Countach@14:47. Earlier, it sounded like you downshifted, but both hands were still on the wheel, awesome.😂👍🏽
1:21 Totally agree. I used to have a motorhome and toured throughout Europe but always dreaded the drive from the Midlands to Dover port. The roads in Europe are an absolute joy to drive by comparison.
So good to see this car being driven for what it was designed to do. Harry is single handedly reclaiming the old motoring journalism that we used to love in a new form. Epic road trips in machinery designed for the job. Too many great GT’s and supercars get a bad reputation for reliability and practicality because they are simply not driven and used as intended. If you use them and keep using them they keep rewarding you. What I would like to see next from harry is a slimming down of the collection and spending more time and mileage with his core vehicles.
Every time I see Harry's sublime Countach I smile to myself. In homage to the great car (and chap) I painted the wheels of my Rosso Corsa Husqvarna Ride on mower pale gold to match. The ride's not quite as good but, the fun factor's there.
Please continue to enjoy such magic moment. Thank you for your sharing video
That thumbnail shot is sensational. God this car is so dramatic from every angle. Yes it's very 80s. But since that is the greatest decade in history and this later model is seen as a highlight from that era only proves further how special it is.
Ciao Signor Gandini.
I imagine at 150mph, on a busy autobahn, in a car of that age that you are just thankful that Mr Tyrell and his merry men have given it all the tlc that such a car requires ? And kudos to your passenger (Mrs M ?) for filming at that speed ! Thoroughly enjoyable, keep ‘em coming.
Well done the silver Merc (I think) driver for pulling in and letting Harry pass. Well you would if you saw a red Countach in your rear view mirror. Wonderful video, thanks Harry and Mrs M.
My dream car. I was about 14.
So wonderful to hear and see the car accelerate. Felt like I was driving it.
I'm going to listen to it again.
I did watch (and listen) again.
Really liked when you let go of the steering wheel. Rock steady.
My favorite of Harry's videos are his Euro road trips. I binged them all when I was in hospital for a week a year ago. It's wonderful to see a new one where he is driving his Countach. My boyhood wall poster.🤣👍
Fabulous I can't stop falling more and more in love with the Countach
240 km/h in this car. That's amazing. Thanks for your content. Very refreshing.
Love it. Furthest I drove my Countach was from Kansas to South Florida when I bought it. Think it was about 1600 miles. Amazing trip , amazing car.
Brilliant to bring the Countach to Bugatti,
just to put them in their place😊
No matter how fast or advanced they make those cars, they will NEVER be as exciting and thrilling to look at, as the one and only Countach😍
God that car is so striking. I mean, 50 years on IMO it still looks better than anything being produced now and likely has more character than anything current too.
That was a spectacular view from inside of a classic 80's hero car at speed 👏 👌
Awesome video! You made a lot of people in France and Germany happy that day :) I'm always wondering abt the reactions of people on those departemental French roads when they see a Countach. And also on the Autoroute/Autobahn. They are such special cars. Still.
Eurotrip in a freaking COUNTACH. You're the man.
so great to hear and see the Countach at speed........thanks for drive along HM and company :)
I do love that stretch of the Autobahn. Glad you got to try it out.
Very cool to see a Countach at speed. Pretty amazing machine for the 70's and 80's