Countach, the ultimate supercar

here's a shot of my 1984 beside a 2007 Z06
quite a difference!

Jeff
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Jeff....great comparison shot. The Corvette wheels/tires are nearly as tall at the Countach front fenders!

Brian

 

Wow, that is one big difference in size.

 

+1

 

For comparison, I'd love to see a C3 or C4 Vette in that pic as well

 

Makes the Vette look like a mini-van!

 

Thanks.
The blue S1 you had sure would have looked amazing next to it...next time
I remember that evening ride like it was yesterday....the "open" exhaust was pure music.

Brian

 

Brian, exactly right, when the Countach is by itself in the garage, it looks like a big car. Very wide and is quite long. The width of the top of the front fenders side to side is/looks very wide.
But, damn it, park any other car next to it.........car goes limp.

 

ok, now there's a Countach that look big next to another car!

Beautiful, beautiful car and angle.

 

Have a look at the first link I created some months back in the Canada thread!

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=304034


Gary
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Did any Euro DD cars ever come from the factory wearing the rear US bumper? I have a Countach book that shows a DD car with a rear US bumper....the picture looks like it was taken at the factory. It is my understanding though that none of the true Euro DD's had US rear bumpers. The first picture is of a European plate DD with a US rear bumper. The first and last pic appear to have been taken in Europe. The first and last pictures also show the single rear Euro fog light...
Can anyone shed some light on this for me....

Brian
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Arabian cars had also the US rear bumper.

 

Brian
the first pic is mine, took it at Padova show 3 or so years ago, to show the US rear on an italian carbed QV

i had seen some DDs in Italy with the rear US lights surround...
as Raymond said it was also common to arabian cars and, as many know, while ordering a countach then you can ask more or less anything you wanted
so, regular euro cars had not this rear, but i am pretty much sure few euro cars came like that from factory or dealers

 

Several new DD QV's were delivered new to Australia with USA bumpers front and rear but in RHD form!

These were imported by Paul Halstead when he ran the "Toy Shop" in Sydney in the late 1980's/early 1990's and was the Lambo importer for Oz.......red was the most popular colour and the cars received widespread motoring media attention........I still have the centrefold poster from Australian "Motor" in pristine condition......L.O.L!


P

 

Thanks for the info.
Not quite sure why a euro customer would want this bumper....must have been "cool" to simply have a different look at the time.

Brian

 

"Yes, I want the wing... and the sport exhaust... ooooo, I've GOT to have that sexy new rear end!"

Yeah, just doesn't seem right.

 

does anyone know what the dimensions of a FI qv engine are? height, width and length? thought it might be interesting to know....

 

Exactly, my 2 cents aswell. I remember that here in Sweden it was very cool to have US lights on your Volvo back in the late 70th. So if you want to have a different CT, why dont make it uglyer ;-)

 

The 89 became the ultimate expression of the time. I remember when everyone wanted things tarted up. Boxed rockers on everything, gold wheels (remember all of those BBS rims?), etc. Now as time has passed, we all want them as close to the purest form there was. Other casualties, shag carpet, green appliances. On the extreme of pure, look at the Corvette guys, horrible. Wrong belt, hose clamp, wrong filter, wrong shade of chassis black. How about some parachute pants!

 

Brian, fabulous pic of the CT next to the RS6. I'm an Audi guy, and I love those cars! Are those NON US market RS6 Plus rims I see?