Lamborghini Countach Review - Driving the Icon - Exotic Driver 

Without a doubt, one of the greatest looking cars of all time.

They keep referencing this 1985 Countach design as being 30 years old but the fact is this design was first unveiled in 1971, so that makes this design over 45 years old! And still the most amazing looking car ever!

" it does not drive itself. You need to drive it" -- that should be a verse in the holy book of automobiles. Thank you guys for creating a masterpiece of a video. I wish owners of old supercars would come out of hiding and give you guys their cars to review. New kids on the block need to learn about old school supercars and how its all about mechanical feel and emotional driving. New cars just don't cut it !!

The Aventador is doing to kids what the Countach did to kids back then. It's what Lamborghini does, and what makes them so great.

STILL the finest design to ever come in any form. Driving be DAMNED, this is a car for the ages. I had the pleasure of being a passenger in the late 80's and i can tell you there is NO greater thrill than getting out at your destination and swinging that door open and stepping out while everyone gawks like fools.

Well, we are comparing a mid-80's car to 2016's standards. The new Mustang GT is now faster than this Super Car. But the aesthetic of this Lambo is still unequaled. Still so exotic.

the guy in the red shirt looks like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs

I love analog supercars. The recalcitrant shift linkage, the offset pedal box, noisy, uncomfortable, but yet, you don't really mind that much. You knocked it outta the park, guys! Well done!

I used to draw this car on lined paper torn out of spiral notebooks over and over. What a ridiculous car. I want one.

I don't give a fuck, I will own one of these one day.

I'm a Ferrari man, but the Lamborghini Countach is the undeniable king of exotica. I have it on good authority that it was designed and engineered by aliens. NOTHING will ever touch it ever again. Having said that, my "on the wall" car was a Straman Testarossa Spyder. But a black Countach was only milliseconds behind that.

Proper job, its fashionable for people to talk about how these older supercars suck now, but you did a proper review based on the merrits that I haven't seen before, take away the arrogance of pish poshing a countach and you get this, best review I've ever seen from you guys, keep it up!

Absolutely beautiful in a grotesque kinda way. My childhood dream car, and yes I too had the poster. The ultimate in styling longevity Lamborghini Countach

I fell in love with this car when I first saw it in a magazine. Then we all saw it in Cannonball Run movie. And now 4o years on it still looks like it came from Venus. It sure stood the test of time and no other car has nearly the same impact when it rolls past the eyes of unsuspecting motorists or people on the streets.

Fantastic review Todd! I've seen this 5000S a few times in Park City....it's a beautiful car. Nice meeting you today!

The comment in this video that is in nearly every video about the Countach that holds absolutely true is that it's the car that all of us that grew up in the 80's had on our wall. I had a Trapper Keeper with one on it that i carried in school. If I was at the toy store and mom or dad would let me grab a Hot Wheels or something like that it was ALWAYS the Countach that I went home with. I still have several Countach Micro Machines that i've had since those days and they're proudly displayed on a little shelf with a few other things from that time (Yes even the black one with the opening doors). It was the fastest thing we could think of. It was in all the movies. It will always be the first car I think of when I think of exotic supercars.

UGH! The jealousy is deep, and it is real! The supercar to end all supercars. Super/Hyper cars now are all about mechanical performance. This car was about the pure debauchery that something like it even exists. It caught everyone off guard when it was released and had everyone scrambling to develop and answer. They don't make 'em quite like this anymore.

Wtf he just bald outa nowhere

I smiled the whole way through. The best, most fun review of anything! Thanks so much. I am building a 1/24 model of this right now.

This exact version and colors is my favorite version of the Countach. I also had the poster, the hotwheels, the 1/24 model, etc. You can't be a car guy and watch the intro to Speed Zone / Cannonball Run 3 and not fall in love with it. Especially with the best engine noise of anything ever, especially at high rpm and shifting into the next gear.

I first saw it in CANON BALL 2 in the early 1980's when the girls were driving it , had the poster in 1985 , the RC Model in the 1990's .... that's my first EXOTIC DREAM CAR W I S H ...

I love the Countach, I have a couple of them, and when they've been upgraded to the new fuel, E-85 and better injectors it's amazing how much better they run. Also upgrades for the suspension and drivetrain makes all the difference.

Even being born in '93, I've had this car as my poster on my wall as well as my background on PC's and phones. This car is the perfect symbol of what a super car was supposed to be. Fast, Loud, and Rude.

I had the a Countach and the Vector W8 posters on my bedroom wall. The Counrach is simply the best looking sportscar ever!

Best looking Countach is the LP400 Countaches are actually pretty reliable and you can put big miles on them no problem.

When I was growing up I had the Countach and the Testasrossa posters on my wall. Today whilst I think the latter looks dated, the Countach is still timeless. Best looking supercar, ever.

I felt like my ears were about to start bleeding at 2:46

[Shahzad] Love the Countach. Can't think of any car enthusiast of our generation not having had a pic of this on their wall. But yes, I've been lucky enough to drive it twice and it's really very hard work. Legendary.

I totally relate to every word you guys said. I was born in '76. This car defined my generation. And is the reason I love cars today.

Id take this over a Bugatti any day. Yes I know the price difference and don't care.

15 years old and it was the car that made me fall in love with cars. Beautiful!

This is unquestionably the best looking version. Any color. They all look amazing.

I owned a 1988.5 QV for more than a decade. Black on Black with gold wheels... total poster car... fuel injection, the type of car that could pass anything but a gas station. At 6'1" it was ok to drive. non-assisted steering, pedal and brake needed power from my legs. Boring to drive until you got to triple digits... then it became interesting, at 140 mph it woke up! I had the huge wing so top speed was limited to about 160 mph due to drag... but it was a solid car. Nothing ever broke, no problems what so ever... lovely car .... biggest problem was getting in back from my mechanic... eventually sold it to get it back!

Wow. Brings back my memories from the old need for speed 3 Hot Pursuit

We all (1970’s kiddies) had this on the wall. Now 35 years later, I ve finally managed a limited edition 1:43 scale model. Maybe sometime in the next few years I ‘ll get to rent one and drive it.

you guys portrayed the countach in the most fantastic way,love you guys

Hey now my car is nearly twenty years old and still turns heads but, for all the wrong reasons 😭

I still love the look of the countach all these years later. So what if it horrible to drive, it's an icon. Great video.

I've had a 500S. It is worth every penny and you will be very happy indeed. Long geared, nearly 70 in first, lots of noise from gears and road, the engine is inches away. 5'10 is a perfect hight. ..let it warm up and then it's boom a thrill. People used to ask me ..'how fast mister'....I used to say 'I'll join in at 150mph...then change up a gear..boom 😆. You go 100 and then all the noises change from machenical to aircraft...it was meant to go 100s miles across continents. Not fast in these days but......the noise and look WILL make you fall in love. Sell everything and get one.

It's great fun to listen to guys around my age reminisce about the Countach. We all had the poster (of course you remember the Alpine stereo ones). And we all thought a rocket ship had been grafted onto a race car. Todd nailed it when he said we all instantly thought to ourselves "That's the fastest car I've ever seen." But time and truth have dispelled the fantasy. The Countach is a brilliant piece of theater, a triumph of style. The body looks space-age, but isn't actually aerodynamic. In contrast to the body, the interior is plain, spare and dull. The engine is a nothing-to-sneeze-at 400 hp, but it's big power from a simpler era. And that 400 hp is propelling 3,000 lbs. Again, space-age looks, New Wave era materials. But you guys found some magic in the drive, and that's cool. Perhaps it was the long-awaited realization of a dream, like a Baby Boomer strumming Jimi Page's guitar. Or maybe there really is something to the quirkiness of bygone exotics. We humans have an affection for the little eccentricities. Maybe the fact that you have to look out the open driver's side door to see anything when backing the Countach up makes the experience a bit more special. Camrys and Accords are renowned for sweating the details and ironing out the quirks. And Camrys and Accords are boring. Nobody names their Camry...maybe until it's got 200,000 miles, is painted primer black and becomes your first ride in high school. I've gotten carried away. That's probably the right reaction when discussing the Countach. You guys nailed the review. I felt myself in that seat. Keep up the great work. I watch/read a lot of reviews. You guys do your own thing and stand with the best (yes, I'm looking at you Top Gear, Chris Harris, Jay Leno, et al). Thanks. P.S. Todd, I love how mentions of the fairer sex (Supermodels, etc.) always manage to slip into your reviews. I like your priorities.

Very, very cool! Where was I to take some rolling shots? !!!

Lamborghini Countach AND the Lancia Stratos both have to be among the most fantastic car designs ever and both dreamt up by the same man, wow amazing he is brilliant.

@6:42 : Imagine you're just driving around and all of a sudden you're overtaken by a Countach. "He guys, guess what just happened today". No one is going to believe you. But what a car. The mother of all super cars. And yes, I'm also a member of the "I had a Countach on my bedroom wall" club :-)

What a great, real world road test. Without wanting to appear rude, I've normally dismissed American tests as I don't think they really understand the 'con brio' of Italian cars. These guys are different though, they feel it and they're entertaining. Thanks, really enjoyed it!

Iconic car. The age old saying of 'never meet your idols' springs to mind. I think seeing one and driving one once would be a lot preferable to living with one.

I don't think there's a car enthusiast out there older than 30, that didn't have one of these on their walls as a kid. I still remember the poster... a white Countach with a cheesy stormy sky with lightning in the background! So cool of you guys to review this...

Great review, nice meeting you guys up the canyon. I was so surprised to see a Countach of all things carving the mountainside.

This was the car on my wall too, I even had various die-cast models of this car as a kid. I'm probably 15-20 years younger than you, it's timeless. And I'd love to own one, such an icon.

In my opinion this is the best lambo ever made alongside the diablo. It's just beautiful and everything connected with this car brings sweet nostalgia.

Cannonball Run, loved that opening scene as a kid.

I had a poster of a white Countach on my bedroom wall when I was a kid. To me, Countach will always be _the_ supercar. It may not be the fastest or the best to drive or the most reliable, but it definitely is the most _super_.

The "old wooden rollercoaster" analogy is right on. They're noisy, harsh, and they feel unpredictable , but they are the most thrilling and the most fun!

"It's funner to look at than to drive". Reminds me of my 1969 427 Corvette that I used to own.

I'm 48 years old and still have my poster ! Still my favorite dream car !!

I got to drive my friends Countach...he complained about the lack of interior room...not me, Im 5'7" so I fit perfect..LOL. And I drove the hell out of it and I'm telling you it is the most fun I have ever had driving anything! I didn't want to stop driving it. The torque and acceleration is endless and in any gear, but it's a real man's car. It's like driving a go-cart that is powered by a nuclear reactor!!!

The first time I saw a Lamborghini was on Fort Lauderdale beach in 1985. It was a red 5000s. It was the most outrageous thing I have ever seen. Everyone within sight of it froze. Really crazy.

The first time i saw this car, it was an RC model that my grandmother gave me, i fucking loved it and i still have it 19 years later

I was one of those kids with this exact car as a poster on my wall, color and everything. Great memories.

Absolutley perfect review! Spot on descripton of what its like to drive one!

I too had a framed poster of a fire-engine red Lambo Countach hanging on my wall as a kid. To me, this car was the ultimate representation of speed, power and style. I understood this car gets piss-poor gas mileage, but hey, if you can drop a quarter million for this car (which is what I recall it went for at the time), then affording gas is the least of your problems! I even have a few of those robot Transformer toys from the 80's that transform into this very same car. Everyone else I knew at the time was drooling over the Ferrari Testarossa, but for me, the Lambo was the gold standard of sports cars.

I didn't have one of these on my wall...buuut I did have a robot that transformed INTO this car. Same shade of red. These cars were THE coolest thing back then. Even to this day they just have the classic lines and style. I love them, no matter how many issues they have XD

So many boys in the 70's and 80's had a poster of this car on their bedroom wall. My son has one too. Lol I guess it's because it might be the coolest looking sports car ever.

Wow, I remember the car growing up in movies like Gumball Rally etc. Now there are 2.0 liter cars that would leave this car in the dust at least in the 1/4 mile, amazing!

its like classic music it never gets old

Well done review. It was nice to hear some different viewpoints about the Countach. Appreciating it for what it is and not unfairly comparing it's performance statistics to modern cars.

When cars still had its unique styles :/

What a beautiful, heartfelt homage. I so appreciate your enthusiasm and work!.

Awesome review and video. I have a 1999 Diablo, which I love, but I still want a Countach!

for whatever reason, classic supercars feel and look so much more sexier and powerful than the supercars of today. they look like actualy SUPERCARS

I would not stop driving that thing, it looks that gorgeous

Omg, i had hot wheels and matchbox and a wall paper too, this is my original first dream car. Its like a unicorn to me.

I had a countach poster when I was a kid as well! Even today the design still amazes me!

Well done! I really enjoyed that! Very well spoken hosts, excellent camera footage, and quite informative. Keep up the great work!

It never gets old! And it will still be beyond all else 30 years from now.

This is the most accurate review of a Countach that I have seen. Great work!

I had 2 cars an my wall in 1988, being 18 y/o: a black Countach Anniversary (photographed almost in birds eye view) and a black Porsche 930 Turbo based Gemballa Avalanche. These cars were my dream cars these days! :D

In College in about 1976, a good friend had a Miura. It was a total 'chick magnet' except when there is two guys in a two seater there is no way to "seat 3". All the Corvette guys know what I'm talking about. There were fewer than 950 Lamborghini Miuras built TOTAL in the entire production run so it really is pretty special.

Great review guys! I fell in love with Lamborghini when I was about 5 or 6 years old after watching that black Countach play its games with the highway patrol in the first Cannonball Run film. - Been a huge fan of Lambos ever since.

Oh wow, this is the perfect dream car! This is the car that was on my walls, and I even would draw them. One time I drew one with it's doors open on the back of my jean jacket. The car in this video is exactly what I want. The only thing I would change is the engine and put a 5 liter or higher. But still the V-12, the wheels are the right color, the car as well as the interior. If I ever won the lottery, this would be the first thing I would buy. This Countach is for the ultimate enthusiast. Real mean can handle this car, not wimps. This is the ultimate driving machine, and I would do almost anything just to drive one once. And you are looking at a sports, muscle car guy.

By far the *best* review ever made on the Countach ..

Well done guys! VERY fun review. I too lusted after this beast. Had the same poster, a 5000s, Countach, black, gold phone-dial wheels... ahhh! Thank you, book marked this vid.

What a FANTASTIC review of THE supercar, the one by which all others, before or since, are measured. You guys did an outstanding job of telling us what it's like to actually drive a dream. It's almost surreal just watching. And being somebody for whom the visceral experience of the senses is as important as how well the car moves down the road, I can appreciate what it must be like to drive. I could almost feel what that car was doing. I could overhear it as it spoke to you and the honest assessment of the car and it's abilities without the natural tendency to embellish such things on a car like that must have been tough. The fact that both of you still love the car, even though it's abilities fell far short of expectations, says as much about the both of you as it does about the car, and it emphasizes what the car was really about. It presents an image that is far different from the reality and you captured that aspect brilliantly. Way to go!

I had that same poster and this is the picture I think of, when I think of a countach. I can't think supercar without the countach, F40 and XJ220

Speaking of posters of this car on walls. What a great picture of it at 3:00. Red car with a grey background with the doors up.

This is just one of my dream cars, a glossy rosso Countach LP5000S with the optional sexy rear wing, just makes me want to go to Miami and drive one of these

You know your cars -- it was and is the best work of art Lamborghini or any super car builder has ever released.

The 86 countach down draft is the best of the bunch! That’s the version that had almost 500 hp and a 4.5 second 0-60 time.

I STILL love this car. Al the reviews, all the glitches, all the negativity!!!! I STILL LOVE this car. Most beautiful car man has ever created :)

This is the absolute best review of this car I've ever seen !!!

I have always promised myself that if I were to ever win the lottery of sufficient amount to be able to afford whatever car I wanted that a red countach would be the first buy to hit my garage. It always has been and always will be. While these days a second hand Gallardo isn't totally out of the realm of financial possibility I just don't make enough to bankroll a countach. *sigh* Oh as an aside I also have the hot wheels, all of the micro machines, a poster and at least 1 countach model kit from my youth. So yeah. Just like Paul and Todd I was that kid in the 80's. So this episode really resonates with me. I have to admit I'm envious of them being able to drive this icon.

I don't care what anybody say - this Lambo is just pure BEAUTY and totally unmatched even today!

interesting fact. the front wing option on the Countach cost the same amount as a Yugo. Given the choice I'd rather have the wing hanging on my wall than the Yugo in my garage.

I am a 80's kid, and yes I had a poster of one of these on my wall. I'm not sure if its the styling of super cars today, or if its just someone else's vision for this car, but I've always thought it was ugly and not at all sleek looking. Yes up close it has tons of curvature, but from 20ft away it looks like a box on domed wheels

I'll never forget seeing a white one cruising through Charlotte, NC. I think it was one with carburetors, sounded like it at least.

Drove one many years ago at Summit Point. I liked it. Had a track X1/9. It was like a big powerful X. Bit of a brute.

Your videos are amazing!!! Just wish they were more frequent

I was a little child here in Italy when it came out. Love since first sight....

THE KING OF SUPER CARS OF ALL TIME UNTIL THIS MODERN DAY!

Also had this very car's poster on my wall, except in white. It truly is an icon. I do wish that you guys did a quick pull all the way through first and then a change to second, just to hear its growl. Didn't have to be abusive, but would be nice to have heard it.

So in love with this car. I've lost the poster long ago but owning one still haunts me.