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COUNTACH

“REALLY, THE COUNTACH WAS MORE OF A LOW FLYING SPACESHIP THAN AN UNTAMED BEAST”

Sure, it’s age dependent, but this is surely the poster car of all time. The Miura may have claimed first dibs on the word ‘supercar’, but the Countach is the one that sent jaws accelerating south at high speed. Almost 50 years since it appeared in prototype form at the 1971 Geneva show, it still does.

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