I've driven a Countach and it was a mostly miserable experience in almost every way that you'd usually judge a car. You know what? Didn't care, and I still want one as much as when I was a little kid back in the 80's.

Owned a 1988.5 QV for 13+ years. Lovely car, bullet proof and fast. Couldn't drive it anywhere without an hour long conversation :-) Small price to pay for such an amazing car. Thanks for the review JM.

Stunning. How can a design from the 70s STILL look futuristic.

Have owned my current Countach for over 10 years..... Still my favorite of all my cars, fantastic and virtually trouble free after 10 years.

Brings back memories of my 20s when i was on my thunderace 1000cc (2nd fastest bike in the world at the time) and came up on a black countach - traffic was light road was open - i went past 3 motorway exits past where i wanted to get off just to keep with it, i can assure you that the countach is definitely capable of going 180mph as i was bouncing off the limiter at just over 170mph and he was leaving me behind till traffic slowed it down and we'd go for it again - an experience I'll never forget!

Politicians should be forced to watch this video. Perhaps then they'll dump their electric car nonsense. What a SOUND!!!

This, the Testarossa and the 959 were my wall cars. Utterly bonkers, but infinitely desirable. I'm so glad you got to drive one, you lucky bugger.

Love the 80’s music on the video. Fantastic work James as always.

The gentleman who owns this car (I'm not going to do him the disservice of butchering his name from spelling) is a true, stand-up petrolhead. Believe it or not, I live down the road from this very car (GLA12942). Short backstory; my friend lives in the same area as the owner, I live one town away. Me and my friend went on a drive and we spotted not one, but TWO Lancia Delta Integrale Evos in the same day on the same dual carriageway (one going there, one going back). Both were the same colour weirdly as well (a very similar colour to this Countach). We got home, and decided it would be cool to go on a walk. The weather was really nice that day. 3 minutes on our walk, we stumble across one of the Evos we just saw sat on the with its bonnet open. I was honestly in awe. Me and my friend just had to say something, it's not every day you get close up with a rally legend. Immediately I went up to say hello, and we spoke with the awesome owner. I wasn't too familiar with Integrales at the time so I was asking very basic questions but he was more than happy to answer them. I knew he was busy wrenching on it, so I cut it short with respect to him and we carried on our walk. Turns out it's a Japan Import Evo with only 20k miles, no surprises there, thing was mint. Since that day, every time I drive past I strike a quick glance to see what else might one day be lurking on the drive. A couple of months ago, I struck gold. This very Countach was sat on the drive; I was driving back with my friend (same friend), saw it and immediately got very excited. So much so when we got back, I told my friend I had to go check it out and ran up the road to go see it. He was busy elsewhere so sadly I didn't get to speak with him, but I stared at it for a good 5 minutes and took a couple pictures (again, with respect). That day I began to fall in love with the Countach. I immediately began to research as much as I could about this car, as where we are you rarely get to see cars of this calibre ever. I'm 20 and although I didn't grow up with one on my poster wall, it is now my favourite automobile. Originally this car was delivered in '87 with a wing, and actually has a sister car (KLA12903, a 25th Anniversary) bought by the same original owner as this DD. Whomever removed its wing did the right thing in my opinion, QVs and 5000Ss look so good without a wing. Really draws your eyes to the rear body lines instead. Ever since then I've been debating knocking on his door and asking about this beautiful machine. I'm just not sure if it's a rude thing to do? He also owns a Quattroporte (in the same colour!), I can only imagine how good the Countach, Integrale Evo & Quattroporte would look parked up next to one another. All in the same colour, wow. Nonetheless, if you're reading this. Thank you so much for being so great and inspiring me. - Mark

Context is everything. The Countach still looks amazing now, but you have to consider what else was around in 1971, when we first saw photos of it, and 1974 or so, when that first test in Road & Track was published. It's easy to understand how it got its name. The car was visually rude in a way that no one had never seen before. Stunning. Off all charts. Totally alien. I'd even have a broken one. That's how disruptive it was.

Have to say, the Miura was achingly beautiful compared to this but credit where it's due - the Countach captured people's imagination in a far greater way.

Bah... Countach... not a patch on my 1967 Hillman Imp Mk2 🙂 But seriously, the Countach poster positioned just beside the Farrah Fawcett poster was a mainstay of every teenage boy's bedroom back in the 1970s.

No hideous boy racer wing, beautiful. And the single most accurate, concise overview of the Countach to date.

I remember walking into Pullicino Classics in South London back in 1998. They had a white QV that had been in a museum and never used. It had the infamous body stress cracks and needing a £25k recommissioning. The asking price was £50k and I had just blown the best part of that on a Japanese import STI. Boy do I feel stupid now…

When supercars had an abundance of character, soul and wow factor. Absolutely stunning.

Oh yes! The supercar. It may not be the fastest, comfiest or best to drive, but it's _the_ supercar. When someone asks me to define a supercar, I say Countach. Yes, I had a poster of a white one on my bedroom wall as a kid.

It's great to learn that this amazing car is more than a pretty poster. It certainly seems to deserve its place in history. Thank you for reviewing it for us, JayEmm, and thanks to whomever lent it to you for yours and our enjoyment. Cheers!

Congratulations, Jay. You've joined the pantheon of Countach reviewers. Thank you for treating her with the respect she deserves. Truly the greatest automobile ever made, and deservedly so. Cheers. ✌🏻🇺🇸

I got chills watching this, seeing how happy it made you 😳 I need to go out for a drive today

I may be born in’97 but that Countach was on my wall as a kid, alongside knightrider and DeLorean; and I wonder why I loved that intro music so much!

That intro with the music was fucking brilliant!!! Literally re-watching it just for that alone

00:57 best edit in the history of editing

If there was one car that could wow the hell outta anyone forever, it’s the COUNTACH! I’m almost 90 and I still have that long poster with that white Koenig Countach on my wall. 😀

I’m in my 50s now, so as a teen of the 80s I had the archetypal poster of white Countach against a black background. I lusted after one then, and still lust after one now. Films like Cannonball Run, Rain Man etc. only helped feed this desire. Sadly, the closest I ever got to (and probably ever will) owning one is a 1:32 scale model of a SV model (white with red SV lettering). Your video is a true testament to the harmony of man and machine in pure synchronicity. A very enjoyable watch. Loved the 80s themed retro intro music too. It set the tone of the video up perfectly. If ever you get to have a repeat drive, please do consider inviting me along. I promise to bring along a spare pair of pants, just in case my excitement lets out a little bit of wee

When I was a kid I had 4 pictures on my wall….a lamborghini countach, porsche 911 turbo, lotus esprit turbo and a ferrari testarossa, love it that these cars still look as amazing now as they did back then

The first thing that ALWAYS catches my eyes on these cars are the flat window panes. So cool

My lords the noise in the last driveby shot. Goosbumps all over. That's how a car should sound!

I can totally understand those that love these. When I first got into cars in my youth, the question was a Ferrari F40 or Porsche 959 battle.

This is probably the most important car you've covered since the XJ220...

The excitement I had seeing this video come up was like Christmas morning 1987 finding Lights Alive under the tree. I ADORE the Countach! I wouldn’t care if it drove like a double decker bus on flat tyres! It is just magical. This review is my favourite Jayemm review ever and that is saying something. The car is incredible, James’ delight is genuine, the noise is beautiful and that intro with the 80s music was genius. I’ve just watched it and I’m going back to the start to watch it again. I’m sure I will watch it a number of times in the future. What a dream car! James, they’re only half a million quid... You know you want to!

Wow! Loved this! "I'm driving a Lamborghini Countache! And it's not sh**!" 😆 What a dream car! Glad you loved it!

Great review, of a true classic. Harry Metcalfe’s one, of which he has done several videos including European road trips sort of kayboshed the view that these beasts were completely unusable as a grand tourer. And old school Lambo should be a bit of a beast to drive, proper weapon….

I was 1 years old when it was bought! The shape and general appearance is truly unique! Thanks to you and the generous owner for this non-touchable experience 😁👍

Great stuff JayEmm, 80’s title sequence was spot on, love the little touches to each video to make em special. Also maybe the nicest spec countach ive ever seen with the blue over cream with a different blue on the interior. Subtle and tasteful if it ever could be said of a countach

I love how aerodynamic it looks... But I love how aerodynamic it actually isn't even more. Very much function following form. Nothing can be allowed to compromise the form.

I remember reading Mel Nicholls’ story of a Countach, a Silhouette, and a Urraco driving through the fog on the motorway in Belgium, towards England. Surreal. A fantastic car even after all these years. Loved the Muira in The Italian Job but it was the Countach that launched the mid-engine supercar era. Old school 😀😀😀

This has to be your best intro ever! I had to go back and listen and watch it a second time, and probably will again in the future. It's borderline 1980s movie material.

Great video James. The fact that you couldn’t contain your excitement said it all. It’s an old school, brute of a super car, hardly comparable to stuff in this day & age but that’s the point! It delivers an amazing experience in its own right! 👌🏻

As an italian I can say that that "forza Lamborghini" was top notch! :) Kudos!

Brilliant video. They say "never meet your hero's" clearly not all ways the case!. Loved the enthusiasm and the sheer delight of getting to drive one 😁

Countach is the number 1 car for me! Ich just love everything about it! The outside, the inside, the sound is just incredible.

I'm way too tall to ever own a car like this, but it doesn't make me love them any less. Wow that car is coooool.

The Cannonball Run. That’s the first time 5 year old me saw a Countach and I was blown away.

Still got my poster from 1982 when i was 18 , pride of place in my workshop.

Great video. Your cinematography is what sets your videos apart from the pack. You are the Kubrick of the automotive KZfaq world.

The intro tune playing when first driving it was an epic choice! Perfection in motion.

Looks amazing with the headlights popped up. It was my dream car as a kid growing up and had to watch your video with my earbuds in so I could really here that engine

Drive around in a toaster with no view out the back? If it's a Countach count me in, it's an icon and cooler than the coolest cool thing.

Love that colour, discreet and totally at odds with the bonkers styling.

Brilliant! The music, the filter and then that car... amazing. Well done!

Great to watch the wave of excitement crash over you as the old girl lifted its skirt and got going. Also nice to have a review that doesn’t ruin the childhood dream and majors on the positives. Nice job

I was fortunate enough to spend hours driving a 5000QV, including one 30 minute track session round Silverstone .. and it didn't blow up, or career off the track and was actually a hoot to keep it on the track. The A/C was hopeless, and the leg power required to depress the clutch was immense. Its why my left leg looked more developed than the right !

Your verdict on the Countach Jay is spot on! They say "never meet your heroes", and that was absolutely true. Back in the day, I coveted the Countach, so the dealer lent me one to test. OMG, my illusion was shattered. I ended up poisoned, deaf and with a bad back! I then jumped into a Ferrari Testarossa, which was comfortable, civilised and easy to drive. I opted for that one in white. Several other Ferrari's joined my collection, F40, Enzo, LaFerrari ect (all in white) but the white Countach still stayed in the back of my mind. Did I make a mistake? Probably. Listening to you describe the reasons why the Countach is so difficult to live with, just left me feeling " I played it safe" all those years back. I will never own a Countach, that ship has sailed. I now have a collection of white Ferrari's, all a bit the same, pretty mundane, nice nonetheless......but will always wonder....."what if?!"😢.

Wow! I loved this video. I’ve never seen you so happy driving a car. You’ve made me want to take the plunge. This really was the best British KZfaqr video on a Countach. Your video was factually packed with knowledge and the sound - wow! You captured that V12 carburettor sound so well. My dear friend Mike Pullen of Carerra Sport and multiple Countach owner has always said that nothing makes you feel as good as a well set up Countach (but he doesn’t like the Anniversary as it’s too big and heavy). This is your best video to date. Thank you. And I love that colour - acapulco blue.

All I have to say is 'Cannonball'. The Countach is definitely the icon of the Cannonball Run film and just makes me want to go and watch it, I only recently found out that the film was based on a true story even down to the ambulance that Burt Reynolds drives and the moments with the police, but the intro with the Countach playing with the police car is the iconic moment and really sets off the whole film.

What a nice sound. I expected a kind of screaming but there is this beautiful growling and trumpeting... I like it. Sounds like competence.

I don't really comment on your videos JayEmm, but on this occasion, I have to say, I'm so jealous of you. I have never sat in a Countach, let alone driven one, the closest I've been is driving a Gallardo (which was underwhelming). I can tell you now, if I so much as got the chance to sit in a Countach, I would burst into tears, I wouldn't be able to help myself. No other car does that for me (and I'm a Lotus Elise owner). That car is the living statement of what I love about cars. Nothing to do with speed, or performance. It's all about presence and soul. I feel sick just watching.

Sheer autoporn! I loved how excited you were driving this James, and why wouldn't you be?

The sound of that V12 on full chat is intoxicating! We will miss the combustion engine when it's finally outlawed... 😣.. looked super fun for sure!

The way this thing goes by is second to none!

In my world the Countach's great protagonist and rival was the Ferrari 365 Berlinetta Boxer not the TestaRossa. All the magazines of the day had those two as the top V12s and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage as their only true rival. Had my first ride in a white LP400 at age 21 and loved every minute of it.

I got a Countach calendar for Christmas in 1986. It was (still is) the coolest car I ever saw.

I'm with you James: I've always been Miura and Diablo (I'm older than you...) over Countach. And yet, the Countach is still there, Bizzarini V12 and all and if a certain farmer still loves his after spending ouch! money on it, I'll get over my bias. Now, when you've finished with the keys...

During the 80's I worked for RaceKraft, in Rowlette, TX. The building owner had a large collection of vintage Jags, along with a few others, plus we looked after some exotics owned by a few IHRA drivers. It's how we covered the rent on the facility. One of my jobs, as low man on the totem pole, was having to drive these things once a month, and this one was the one I feared the most-a red, right hand drive Countach, with a giant wing on the back that looked like it came off of a 747 Boeing. I couldn't see out of the damn thing, and I refused to even get in it unless they pushed it out onto the street first. It ran fine, I had a route of about 4 miles "around the block", which included going past the Southfork Ranch house from the TV show "Dallas". It wasn't pleasant to drive, because the side mirrors were useless, and it looked like the windshield was only about 12 inches tall. There was a Ferrari in there that was like that, as well-a 308 I think. Must be an Italian thing. Short legs and long arms, my knees were under my chin and my arms stretched all the way out in both of them, but the Ferrari was worse. At least you knew the Lambo was going to make it-you could drive it to Alaska and back, no problem, but the Ferrari felt like it was going to fall apart at any second. My favorite was Kim Barr's ratty 74 Pantera, that had a spraycan coat of black primer on it-I dearly loved that car, and he found out about that and told them to sell it to me for 2500 dollars, but they talked me out of it. Wish they hadn't, best running and driving car I have ever been in. Looked like it came from the Mad Max movies, but that thing could read your mind.

I've had my Countach 2 years and absolutely love it. It is fantastic to drive but it takes time to learn the ins and outs to get full enjoyment. Driving one for half an hour will never allow you the full spectrum of what the car has to offer.

Thanks Jay, great watching your films. You have a knack for picking the cars I’d like to know the modern evaluation of. We’re probably a similar age so similar taste. Great to see you in the Countach and most other things. Thanks again. Keep living the dream for us.

Fantastic video. Loved seeing the clip from Unleashed On Cars. That VHS, which I was obsessed with as a child, was the definite beginning of my life long love of cars.

Easily one of the best videos of the Countach I've seen. A car that thoroughly deserves it's status as cultural icon.

My bedroom wall had posters Whitesnake / FM rock band & the Lamborghini Countach / Ferrari Testarossa , everything you ever needed in the 80's !

The 80s music and graphics was absolute classic 💯

This video made my Saturday morning 😁 I was one of those 80’s kids with the huge poster of a white Countach on my bedroom wall, I’ll never get to drive one but this review will do instead 👌🏻

Oh gaaaawd the music, the exhaust note, the music, the note..... Pure nostalgia!!!

I was on the way to the airport once and got overtaken by a Countach that went flying past then about 30 other cars went past more Countach's, diablo's all racing down the motorway and to top it off a XJ220 came past at a incredible speed was one of the best trips to the airport ever :) Love the sound of these V12 lambos.

That glorious sound of NA V12!

What a time we live in... a V8 Hyundai luxury sedan is just as quick to 60 as my childhood dream cars... I still want one of these though, it's still a dream car

Great episode, lots of interesting information on a car I’ve never driven.

Amazing car. Love the interior. Loved the music choices and production. Production quality really shows for this video. Looking forward to future videos. Keep up the good work.

I watched that intro about 5 times. Top work! It’s also obvious how much you appreciated the opportunity to drive the Countach. Great stuff and brilliant video

The intro to this video is genius. Excellent work.

Another great video. You guys are smashing it, as far as I know there's no one else doing cars and bikes and it really works 👍

Thanks J, great review, glad you enjoyed yourself! Anything looking like a Le Mans car is fantastic! Thanks to the chap who brought out his P&J for us to!

The Exhaust note of a Countach James, does NOT need musical accompianment ( even if it is Miami Vice!) Absolutely top video!

I've owned an 88.5 for almost 2 years. Driving a Countach is a horrible experience when you get to drive it once and it's someone elses car and your scared to death. Once you learn about the car, drive it a few times, learn how to sit and adjust the seats and steering wheel, it is an amazing car to drive. I have a number of 1980s and 1990s cars and the Countach is my favorite to drive.

What a fitting tribute to an icon. Truly moving, and a gold-star example of KZfaq creation that exemplifies its advantages over TV. Thank you 😊

Oh my! The intro music from Cannonball Run started in my head every single time you accelerated and the camera was pointing at the exhaust! What an iconic car and movie opening!

This might be my favourite of all @Jayemm 's videos because this was my childhood dream car but I am not 100% sure of that, merely because this was in its own right a fantastic Countach drive today. Good Job Jayemm.

What a fantastic thing! The best sounding car you've ever reviewed. The Countach has been surpassed but never beaten.

Unbelievable, forget about the gremlins, the countach today, is still a fantastic machine! Thankyou jay!

The perfect sound intro….for this dream car✌️🥇👌

Great video James , the opening was amazing very professional done and the Lambo is one of mine child hood dream cars. Saw two of them in white chasing a super bike back in the late 80’s on the autobahn and was epic to see and hear and burned into my memories forever.

Watching this and drinking my morning coffee. Countach and coffee is a great way to start the day.

What a great review. You really are the top of the game mate. Being from Essex it’s great to see Essex back roads and villages.

I'm at the age in time, where I could remember that the 1986 Countach 5000 QV had a MSRP of $129,995 Canadian when new and the 1979-81 LP400S MSRP was $45,199 Canadian where trading around the mid-high $30,000 Canadian mark, that's if I could get my mitts on one for a client on the used market as a 17 year old Vintage Car Salesman, in 1987. However, a 1969 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 turned up 3 weeks later for $85,000 in Azzuro Metallizzato over Beige Tradizione interior, in left hand drive.

Brilliant video, I've wanted to see you review one of these for ages.

I almost didn’t watch the video before commenting….I was seriously giddy when I opened KZfaq and saw this car on your channel. I was giddy for you! What an absolute dream come true. I know you take your channel and work seriously-and this achievement is so cool for you! Incredible video (I did watch first….), loved the commentary…’not complete rubbish’-beautiful break description. What a day/evening! Congrats!

I live in Austin, Texas. There is a gentleman here who daily drives a white Countach, rain or shine. I have massive respect for that bloke.

All 'cudos' being given the opportunity to drive it. I guess the owner must either be a fan but either way, saw you as a guy for the job, such is your reviews, which make for good watching. You manage to put into words what people feel & think about many cars, including this one. Thanks.

Looking at these Supercars of the past, really reminds you how special they were even by modern standards

The synth sound track. Hits you in the feels with these cars.... So on point

Countach is one of my all dream cars, and owning one is my lifegoal, thank you so much for this great video James!