Test Driving an UNREAL Downdraft Countach 

If I ever win the Powerball, John and I are going to have a wonderful relationship, lol

I was obsessed with the Countach as a kid. I did a 6th grade class presentation on the car in 1988. I even had a subscription to Motor Trend magazine.

Serious props to the editor of this video the entry montage was on point.

We need a personal video on John and his personal garage and home tour

I'm not a huge Countach fan. I much much prefer the styling of the Diablos... But that color, that interior.... This is the best looking Countach I've ever seen.

I think that’s the most beautiful countach I’ve ever seen.

that was a cool intro on a youtube video i appreciated that experience

The Countach, in all its iterations is my favourite car, my local Building Contractor drove a white 5000QV in the 80s and would park it at his offices near my home. Because we are all so used to be-winged, brightly coloured Supercars nowadays, it’s difficult to portray how absolutely outrageous this car was when it was new, to see this driving through a housing estate amongst 1980s Fords, Hondas, BMWs etc was hilarious, even Ferrari’s looked tame next to these cars, they are incredible 😎

From our teen walls to our biggest actual dreams. Thanks for share this awesome example.

Blue works on this car! What a beautiful example....

oh my lord that color is stunning

I've never seen a Tahiti Blue Countach before. I grew up with a poster of a red Countach with gold wheels on my wall, so I've always lusted after that, but this color is amazing. It's not just one of the prettiest Countaches I've ever seen, but one of the prettiest cars period. Wow

Double-clutching on the way up! Perfect.

I was born in 81' and cannonball run made me fall in love with the countach ..... and the 2 that were driving it

the movie Speed Zone with John Candy, when the Countach skips across the water. that blew my mind as a kid. still one of my favorite movies at 40 lol

If I ever get to Miami, this is the first place I’m going. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

This is pure "car porn". I'm old enough to remember when these were new. The color is absolutely drop dead fabulous. Just stunning. I absolutely love the contrasting white wheels and white leather interior. I was gobsmacked and very excited seeing this in the suggested videos. The only slight drawback is the 25th anniversary style rocker panels. I hope the new owner shows this car and doesn't keep it locked up and hidden away. This car just goes to show how great the 80s really were. I was smiling the whole video. Thank you so very much.

Can't see it getting better than this one

the laugh you like was Burt Reynolds....god rest his soul...great car! thanks for the video!

Great color combo... Thank you for sharing.

That color....and a downdraft... Perfect.

Love your Videos!! Some of the highest quality on RU-vid!

That countach sounds so good! Keep up the great videos John!

Absolutely love the videos, the amount of knowledge and passion expressed in every video is amazing. If the borders ever open up, I would LOVE to check out the inventory!

That has got to be one of the most stunning and amazing specs, wow. Great video as always!

I adore your enthusiasm for cars and your knowledge is extremely impressive

Stunning colour combo!

Incredible color!! The way the shades change in different angles is stunning.

BEAUTIFUL!

THANKS FOR ALL VIDEOS. Un grand merci de la part d'un fan de Supercar pour toutes vos vidéos.

Very interesting! Thank you John! The color is something special!

This Countach is so wild thanks for sharing this one John.

Always learning new things with John!

This is exactly what I’ve been wanting from this channel. A 20min plus video. I love this channel, your wealth of information and attention to detail is amazing and very refreshing as most automotive RU-vid channels are guys with more money than brains or knowledge of the vehicles they own and “drive”. Please more videos in this length no matter what mark you are covering.

That was a blast from the past. I had forgotten about the Periscopio term for the rear view. Thanks for all your information and passion for these cars.

Stunning car, again so passionate with you’re detailed review, stunning, love the lambos

Super vidéo de cette magnifique COUNTACH forza Lamborghini et bravo John

Oh man this was one to keep forever!!! Holy smokes!!! Best spec ever!!! Oh god I hope you find another. 💙💙💙

Wow what a spec!! Jaw dropping!!

That spec is to die for 🤤

Wowwwww this is special Nevers saw one with this awesome blue exterior color and white interior & white wheels it's just so perfect man... Beautiful car ever

Again John stunning spec car, you are clearly plugged in with dealers around the world if you can get your hands on cars of this quality, just beautiful, Rj in Oz

Great video, great car 👍

You had me in the first 20 seconds. What a masterpiece.

Stunning!

Most definitely a Keeper for you John! I completely understand your regret. lol. Stay Safe and my Best to You and your Beautiful Family always! ❤🙏🙏🙏❤

Bellisimo!!! That sound!

What about the #movie #RainMain at the beginning when TomCruise is importing #Countachs into the port! Have u seen any of those from the movie?

Absolutely stunning! - I love that colour combo. I actually prefer QVs without the side skirts but there's no denying that everything about this one comes together just so nice.

John's job is picking the greatest of the great, restoring it to it's prime, & then testing it to see if it lives up to the legend It must be hard to "let go" one masterpiece & then work on the next.

That is the prettiest Countach I've ever seen.

John.. What a beautiful Italian automobile.. Bellissimo 👏👏

I was drooling so much i ran out of tissues. I hate and love Gandini for designing something so desirable yet unattainable.

"It's not what you do, it's how you do it. Be anything you want to be." - words to live by

Beyond beautiful blue!!Almost Guardsman Blue Ford color.

It is nice to see a person of your caliber that actually knows & understands these cars. I grew up when the Countache's competition was the 512BB that I actually preferred. However I really came to appreciate the Countache when I saw my first one without the wing. It is simply amazing how the car is transformed by shedding the wing & how beautiful the car actually is in design. As they say, "it's only original once" so the picnic table should stay intact.

9:25 the Countach never had a wing until Walter Wolf stuck one on his...the producers of Cannonball Run saw it and the rest is history

Fun car to blast around town in!

This may be my new favourite countach!!!

I see exactly this Car on Essen Motorshow in real. That was 22 Years ago. It is realy Insane. I stand one hour and looked on it. I know it, like it was yesterday!

Beautiful

Love it!

Fantastic!

I have several photographs of a Countach in this combination that I took at the now defunct La Bella Machinna d'Italia Italian Car show that was at Sky Top Lodge in Pocono Pennsylvania. Took the pictures back in 2004 when I went up. It was and still is one of my favorite Lamborghini colors ever (my #1 is and always will be Verde Artemis aka Jade Green). This is such a beautiful car! If this car was always overseas it obviously wasn't it but the car I saw was definitely Tahiti Blue.

Love it!!

Tahiti blue on white wheels. And you're saying that's original ! I'm in love 💙

I saw a dark blue Wolf Racing Countach LP400 (poorly) parked on the streets of Sapporo, Japan yesterday. It changed my life, it was so beautiful. Gold wheels, black wheel arches, grey pinstriping which sounds weird, but is perfect.

My dream spec. TAHITI BLU over white interior 😍

John! That icon laugh is by no other then Burt Reynolds himself.along with the harm.

Wow what a great example. I'm 6 foot 2 so my dreams of driving one of these cars has been shattered a bit lately seeing tall people crunch to fit inside them. That jacket/watch combo was looking RIGHT at home in the countach though. cheers

Proud of you for wearing your seatbelt. And that car is amazing. I would issue a first right of refusal too. Stradman is a lucky man

We need a full video on curated and office and garage tour

Nice John......I could only afford side-drafts....back in the day. I've settled with CIS😎

I m not even a real Countach guy but your videos are super interesting.

God dam that sounds good all these new supercars with hybrid tech are cool but will NEVER sound as cool! Cudos to Lamborghini for still making NA V12s and V10s its one of the main parts of the draw for car lovers all over the world you gotta have the noise! I can appreciate the tech & speed of a tesla etc but you need that full experience & the sound is a BIG percentage of that experience! Thanks for another awesome video John 👍

John you mentioned the Cannonball Run Countach. Is it true that Hal Needham had production put wings on it to make it look cooler having seen Walter Wolfs car. People then saw the film and then everybody wanted wings on their Countachs. True or Hollywood story.

Carbureted cars just sound so nice

That Tahiti Blue Miura is unbelievably awesome. Damn! Wish I had a few million bucks burning a hole in my pocket.

The Countach definitely looks Great in blue🤘🤘. I saw a really cool sky blue Kevlar bonneted and engine covered 1988 5000 Quattrovalve on Tw🐦tter a few weeks ago👍👍

For me, the best sounding Lambo is the one in the intro from Cannonball Run (the black lambo). Whether it was an actual lambo sound, for me, that sound brings me back to my younger years.....

What a car!

😉👍thanks John 👍

Stradman - well done

That was a keeper...

The audio quality is a bit scratchy in the 18:00 mark :/ love the vids tho John you are truly an inspiration !!

I fairly certain that I've seen this one at a car show here in Germany. Wow, just wow.

Love downdrafts

Superfan Chris from MN saying hey and another awesome video! Two questions: it often comes up that the Countach is a bad car to drive; do you think part of that comes from people that are too big to drive them? You seem to fit in them very well. And is there a reason that Lamborghini didn't do an SV version of the Countach? Was that basically the 25th Anniversary? Thanks!

Damn that interior! Just by looking at it it will get dirty.

It’s funny me that horn sound will always remind me of that chase scene in Goldeneye between the DB5 and the 355

Maaaan I want this car so bad in this spec

That's my dream Countach

Who made the song ? It's great

Is the steering wheel is running true when you turn, it looks warped. Or the steering column is bent.

Isnt there a #sidedraft carb version as well. Along with the #downdraft?

Is the steering wheel bent?

That steering wheel moving like it’s bent would bother me to no end lmao

Is the 'wobble off axis' in the steering wheel expected?

Every video could also be titled, "The next car John's gonna' regret selling" :)

That countach is almost as cool as that jacket.