Countach, the ultimate supercar

Interesting... i thought he was long gone from the company by the time the CT had evolved from fantasy to production car?

 

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LOL.

Allow me to be clear on this.

I like Jeremy Clarkson. I watch everything he does, from Top Gear to his own tv shows and DVDs, to his appearances on various UK chat and quiz shows. I even try and read his Sunday Times column and magazine articles. I'm a big fan. After 8 years of fandom, including going back into the prehistory of Top Gear, I've come to know one thing about Jeremy Clarkson.

He's out there to make me laugh, to make me smile and to entertain me. At no point does he expect me to believe a word he is saying just because he is saying it.

He has regurgitated the same crap about the Countach that all automotive journalists do, and I'll tell you something about automotive journalists; They drive a car for an hour, or a day, or a week and then write a hyperbole filled article, exaggerating everything because they think the people reading their work are retarded.

I've heard and read what Clarkson has said about the Countach, and the F50 (another car he hates), and the Mclaren F1, and the Jag XK220, as well as what other automotive journalists say about those and other cars.

Then I've read what the owners say. These are people that drive these cars, work on these cars, live with these cars and they all say, almost to a man, that Clarkson is exaggerating some things he says about the Countach, and fabricating others.

Who are you going to believe, the guy who makes his money by being a hilarious, willful jackass, or the owners?

I choose to believe the owners.

 

If you're looking for an honest look at the Countach from the media, I don't think you could do much better than Morley Safer's segment of a twenty-five year old episode of 60 Minutes...

Part 1

Part 2

 

DinoSR8LM,
are you only watching TV reportage & article or did you also commit yourself in the ownership of a Countach to be able to judge and/or to agree with what Clarkson entertained us ?

 

You can bet the farm that after their mid 80's takedown of Audi ("unintended acceleration") that the 60 Min crew is getting nowhere near that factory again. PS, was Morley Safer even wearing his seatbelt?

 

Joe Sackey, "This time posting is completely meaningless without knowing the spec and the state of condition of both cars.

Tuned or standard? Well-fettled & fully-maintained?"

I never implied the Countach was 327 cars behind the Testarossa, as another member already stated the times are only .2 seconds apart.

Feel free to pm me to delete a post that you want deleted or need help understanding.

 

FYI to all those looking for a project-the Canadian section has a thread on 12090 that's up for auction

 

The starting bid was lowered to 58K. Plenty of pictures & a decent description on that website.

 

Well, this thread has moved on from wing stanchions to turbos to Top Gear, but I have a newfound appreciation for this rare wing/stanchions. I guess it looked a little bizarre at first since I'm so used to the other kind. I must admit though, I find the trapezoids a little easier to swallow in contrasting black like on the Dallara WW car.

 

This car may very well send Porsche and Ferrari back to the drawing board, the Sesto Elemento (6th Element).
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All though I do love all Countache versions, after driving both varients I also tend to agree that the LP400 is the least powerful and doesn't handle as well as the later wider tired cars. Here are a few quotes from the article.


"The LP400's performance isn't quite impressive as years of expections would have you believe"

"The first thing you notice over the LP400 is the difference in power and torque."

"The QV is the one that has the most charisma, I would say. Pure Countache: the right engine in the right car"

 

Back on magazines,

Automobile Magazine was at my shop yesterday to do a story on a Countach.

They said it will be in the February issue that comes out in January...
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Yeah the Sesto Elemento is nice, and it will be interesting to see what people think of it if they actually make that super limited run Wilklemann teased.

One thing though, this is the Countach thread and we do like to stay on topic. If you'd like to discuss the Sesto, by all means, post in one of the threads about it, or start a new one.

 

1973 ? you meant 1974...

 

I missed this little nugget. Ferruccio's bearing was that he ordered the cars for himself and there is only one left. Here are some great photos for the critics. Notice the Countach Turbo S logo in the engine bay and no tuner in their right mind would find turbocharging a carbureted V12 profitable, it's a tuning nightmare. Why else would Lamborgini allow it to be photographed with the exclusive Reventon? As another member stated he also left in 1974.

More great photos with the license plate: http://www.exoticcars.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?p=204776&sid=9043983ba9fffa2ec0120d10268407e8

 

Boy, stop this BS talking, you have no clue.
The Reventon is owned by Lamborghini St.Gallen Dealership, the Turbo S by Didi G., of course I know also the owner of the Reventon.
The story in Sport Auto has as much affiliation with the factory as the LP500s Turbo S #ELA12712 has: NONE!

Even the licence plate is a fake, Max Bobnar still owns his dealership in Haegendorf and SO-303 is still in his possesion. The Sticker in the engine bay was done by Didi as all his cars wear a lot of stickers.

Here is the story of this Turbo (one of about 10 worldwide) printed in the swiss magazine "Schweizer Illustrierte": http://www.countach.ch/History/Turbos/

I have also 3 test reports about the LP400s Albert built for Max, in one the car has a austrian number written with crayon on a black plate.
I can scan them, as I have the LP500S Turbo online.

 

Sorry Joe, I don't follow you on this... it didn't happen like you wrote !

I've the real version from my personnal interviews with Tonino Lamborghini, then with the only one man present at these meeting between Ferruccio and Rossetti : Paolo Stanzani.

Only one witness, remember Joe, only one witness.

Paolo was the Director of Lamborghini SpA at that time, due to his position he made the translation to Rossetti for Ferruccio that was only speaking italian.

I don't remember one of these people telling me that they've met you... as I've asked about. Each of my interviews are recorded.

The detailed explanation will be released only in my book... the real and only truth about how it happened chronologically, everything else is pure fantasy or speculation !!!