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... (There's a Countach on Youtube being run up on a dyno. WHAT a sound; the top end shrieks like a turboshaft engine.) And it all seems to trumpet exultantly out of those for-real quad exhausts!! My hairs, they raise. Visually, that first Countach was a sensation, from the future-fighterjet planes&angles to the "angry cartoon eyes" rear fender cutouts. I have heard (can't confirm; hold in your True Rumors file for now) that "Countach!" is asomewhat impolite Piemontese expression of admiration. You HAVE to love a car called the Holy ****!
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Aesthetically, my all-time favorite supercar has to be the GT40.
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I have read that but not as rude. As for the sound, when the car was launched in Monte Carlo Mr Lamborghini himself parked it outside the Grand Casino and went in for a few games. Every 30 minutes or so he came out, got into the car, revved the nuts off the engine and then went back inside again.
Both editions of the Testarossa IMHO were ugly. The GT40 is good looking but its form is born from its function and heritage. The 250's purpose is to look pretty...
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"some really cool GT styling, and perhaps RHD ?"
Now why would I want to put all the fun bits in front of the passenger seat?  |
So it will (may) sell in the civilised world
Maybe if GM owned or bought a badge with some image behind it and handed them the oily bits of a Vette to use (a little like Audi does with Lamborghini) maybe it would be considered world class.
Don't know if anyone has noticed but we have taken this thread of its back road economy route and turned onto the Autostrada and blasted between Brescia and Milan at 200+ kp/h...
Maybe we need a Supercar thread.