Lamborghini Countach

When I was a kid, the Countach was the sexiest car. Every kid dreamed of having one, despite its ridiculous price tag and impracticality. That’s part of what made it so special. Now, Lamborghini is bringing back the Countach name, though it’s for a limited run of just 112 cars this time, versus the 1983 originals that were produced during its original run from 1974 to 1990.

Lamborghini has made some extremely wild cars over the years, and for most children of the 80s, the Countach sits at the top of the list. It wasn’t the fastest car Lamborghini ever made, but it is arguably one of the most beautiful.

When it comes to iconic cars of the 1980s, none are more iconic than the Lamborghini Countach. That car adorned posters hanging on the walls in the room of just about every teenage boy in America and was made iconic in movies like the original Cannonball Run.

The Lamborghini Countach is one of the most iconic and infamous supercars of all time. Produced in various configurations from 1974 to 1990, designer Marcello Gandini’s second Lambo masterpiece (he also designed the Miura) was notoriously uncomfortable, hard to drive, yet still awesome and spectacular.

I’m not sure at all how you actually are supposed to say “Countach.” I read somewhere once that the word is a statement of disbelief in Italy along the lines of saying “gosh” here in the states.

Back in the ’80s, you could walk into any kid’s room in the country and the car most likely to be on a poster hanging on the wall was the Lamborghini Countach. That was the exotic car of the decade, and is still the car I think of first when you say the Lambo name.