FERRARI TESTAROSSA vs LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH - BATTLE OF THE CLASSICS
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2021
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In this video we drive two of the most iconic supercars ever produced. The Ferrari Testarossa and the Lamborghini Countach. Both have a 12 cylinder engine and a manual gearbox. We drive both and tell you which one is the winner of the 'Battle of the Classics'.
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@@Aamir.Jamari sure... same prestige. Motors on a wheel. lol. Bro, you ain't driven a Ferrari - when you do, then you;ll know.
@@amsterdamn4829 yes i have driven ferrari before
It's been the Countach for me since I was in my teens..will never change
As I kid I preferred the Countach, as a grownup I now prefer the Testarossa.
Countach for me. So gorgeous. Timeless
Agreed. Still looks like a supercar.
Same... love both, but the Countach will always be my fav - and, yes, it still looks awesome!
Absolutely
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@@mjoscifi And sounds awesome.
When I was a little kid, riding on a long trip in the early 90's, I saw a red Testarosa pass us quickly, with a 75 year old man driving it, with the windows down and a huge smile on his face. It was that moment when I realized being an old person wasn't so bad.
You didn't see the chick in the passengers seat because her head was in his lap - that was why he was so happy.
The first time I saw a Countach parked up I didn't even know what it was. A massive crowd had formed around it. The design was just crazy. I don't think any other car design will ever have the same impact that the Countach did.
I remember seeing a Countach in a showroom in Henley on Thames when I was a child. It was jaw dropping then and still is now.
The countach had a design that is even today ahead of the time...
The two ultimate dream cars of every 80s kid brought together in a single video. Awesome.
Mine too
I had the posters too brother ✌️
for me the ultimate dream cars of the 80:s were the 959 and the F40
And the 911 turbo with whale fin
I respected the Testerosa, but I love reading the comments to realize that many others like me just LOVED the crap out the Countach design. The car was just plain AWESOME!
Testarossa* (rossa, Ital. = red)
I once walked passed a parked Countach on a mild evening in the city. It was a magical moment, like seeing an art exhibit on another planet. This is not only a car, it is sculpture at the highest level. Its beauty was exhilarating, and I'm not even that much into cars at all.
@@einundsiebenziger5488testarossa= redhead in Italian
This guy read my mind perfectly. I expected his results in the end and wasn't disappointed. Testarossa was always my favorite Italian sports car.
It's difficult to compare. The Testarossa is a timeless beauty, a work of art. The Countach - well, it's a spaceship. A star destroyer, to be precise. I love both. For everyday use, I would take the Testarossa though.
I fell in love with the Testarossa playing OutRun in 1987.
I love the design as well….but I would say that one might just cry in pain after a couple of days of this car being your daily. I had one borrowed for a short while…and the way your left leg is wedged towards the middle..to operate the clutch literally almost put my hip out of joint. I’m 6’1 210 lbs…and believe me…this could have been a medieval torture device for someone my size. To be fair, in early 1990’s I bought a 1991 SL500 in Houston and drove it to Seattle…and by the second day..when getting gas..people would literally see me crawling out of the car on all fours…the seats were truly designed to cripple if you went farther than getting a Starbucks in your neighborhood. So no car is perfect..no matter how beautiful.
Same, for everyday use, I would take the Testarossa
911.
The Pestarotter a timeless work of art?!! Are you out of your tiny mind? If you have eyes and a heart the Countach wins HANDS DOWN.
It has always been the Countach for me, even today. The design was just so far ahead of its time, even now it looks contemporary. Strictly speaking, if my memory serves me right, the Testarossa wasn't the Countach's direct competitor, it was in fact the 512 BB. Whether it was the 512 BB or the Testarossa, I always saw Lamborghini as being way ahead in its forwardness in design.
Truth is, the Countach was head to head with the BB512... Then, it slid to the 2nd generation Testarossa,
While the Ferrari slid to the Diablo when it became the 512 TR...
365BB and 512BB were supercars
the Testarossa was relegated to sports cars category
well the testarossa was more of a GT, more comfortable way easier to drive than the countach.
Yeah but not engineering
@@pescetv8371 May be not back then. But, the modern day Lamborghini is perfectly fine.
I own both models. A 1986 Testarossa and a 1989 Annv Countach and I 100% agree with you. The Countach is so hard to drive that I end up driving my TR a lot more but if I want to own a local car show or a Cars and Coffee I take the Countach!
Good to know that I had the right conclusion. Two epic cars for sure.
Doug - you find yours that hard to drive? I've practically dailied mine since Monterey, and Jess commented that of all my cars that's the one she falls asleep in the most because it's so comfortable. She slept most of the way back from Half Moon Bay.
Not hard to drive at all. Your car must need some love!
Blah blah blah
Must be nice 😮
Take any high end super cars from the 1980's to the present day and you will ALWAYS get more looks with the Countach. It's just a badass looking piece of machinery.
11:46 "You can't drive a continent in this car"
Canonball Run: Hold my rear wing.
The Countach wasn't even challenged until the F40 showed up. I don't think any car really came close for more than a decade, which is impressive. It just looks so cool and was so ahead of it's time. I still rate it as my favorite.
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The Ferrari f40 and Porsche 959 in the mid 80s when they came out were and are considered to be the first ever SUPER sports cars. I've heard that although both were awesomely-fast (barely exceeding 200 mph - the first ever street-legal cars to) they, like most extreme sports cars, had 'bone-jarring' rides, predictably and not surprisingly. Supposedly both were great 'track cars' too...
Comparing an F40 to a countach is like comparing a turd to the Mona lisa. The f40 is one of the greatest cars ever made. The countach was horrible to drive and slow. I also love the countach as it's an icon and is really one of the coolest cars ever. However it's a shit car. Comparing it to the likes of f40 is a joke.
@@DexxonGamer77 i gotta agree with you. The F40 is not only a mechanical marvel, its a work of art. It reminds me of the Tinker Hatfield era Jordans. Just super Iconic 80s/90s designs
@@DexxonGamer77 a turd has the same value as that lame ass painting. what youre saying is just an opinion, not fact. f40 looks cool but compared to the F1 the f40 is a shit box and loses in every single department imaginable.
As we (as young boys in the 70s) saw the Countach first, we were blown away. Till today for me it is the most futuristic looking car of all times. The Ferrari is much more traditional. Beautiful are both.
The Countach is better suited fer the track, and the Testarossa is much better on the streets...
Remember the vector w8 poster? Even more futuristic.
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I believe that the interior of the testarosa and such improved over subsequent years. I saw another video of that model elsewhere; the gear shift looked a lot different and the driver commented as to how easy it was to shift and drive. I hear your experience and wondered why, but I can see why. Thanks for the nostalgia.
The testarossa is a traditionally way better looking car but the countach is a much cooler looking car.
The Countach was in a league of its own. Nothing like we'd ever seen before so much that I had a problem remembering all the complex details of its design back in '87. Maybe it's personal bias but the Countach was love at first sight.
The Countach *was* a SpaceShip in the 80's for sure. Not a daily driver for sure either.
One looks like a car, one doesn't. I want the one that looks otherworldly.
Fun fact;
In the late '80s Lamborghini built one Countach as a carbon fibre monocoque, rather than a steel spaceframe chassis. It did the rounds of the car magazines at the time.
And then they crashed it. Deliberately, to see how a carbon fibre structure would behave in an accident.
At that time no manufacturer was producing carbon fibre chassis road cars, it had only become routine in F1 a few years earlier.
I grew up in the 80's, so I grew up with both these cars...it was a great time, they are just awesome machines to behold!
I’m gonna have to go with the Countach, it’s just so outrageous and insane. Could you imagine being in the ‘70s when this thing came out? Unbelievable. Interesting decision for me because I have always preferred the Ferrari brand overall.
The Countach styling still jumps out. Uniquely ballsy. I prefer the first version with no flares.
@@liamgross7217 Yes I agree with you, the original periscope Countach’s were gorgeous.
@@liamgross7217 The Lp400
I would choose the Countach
Hey, lotsa GREAT things came outta the 70's, so its NO suprise at all!
I have driven both. The redhead is much easier to drive and therefore faster in the real world, but the Countach is the real super car.
Funny story about the Miami vice Testarossa. Jay Leno said he was talking to Michael Mann, (Miami Vice creator) & Mann told Jay that the 1st Testarossa they used was a fake because the show was low budget. Somehow Enzo Ferrari found out about the show & found out that Mann was using a fake Ferrari. Mann said Enzo called him & said "why aren't u using a real Ferrari? Why the fake one?"
Mann replied that it made sense because it looked like a Ferrari, but was 1/4 the price. "Plus who cares. The viewer can't tell the difference & it's still been a great boost for your company Enzo, right?"
Enzo replied, "I know your viewer can't tell the difference & yes it's been a great advertisement for all of us here at Ferrari motors, but the problem is I can it's a fake & the idea of anyone using a fake Ferrari is killing me. Look. I'll give u a real Testarossa to use on your show. Just stop using that fake one"
Mann (very surprised but thrilled) agreed & next day Mann told his writers & other staff that on the next Miami vice episode, they HAVE to blow up the fake Ferrari. He told them to start coming up with ideas as to how we can blow up the car for the next episode"
On the next episode the car was blown up.
And he never told them why he wanted the car blown up until Enzo shipped the new Testarossa a few days later & Mann drove it onto the film set while the crew & actors were shooting the very next Miami Vice episode.
@@flaccidego4291 They never used a fake Testarossa. The original Miami Vice Ferrari was a Daytona Spyder kit car.
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Testarossa for me, i fell in love with it since the day I saw one. Absolutely gorgeous car, awesome sound, I would love to own one.
The Countach still looks insane in 2023. And he didn’t even talk about those doors!!!
Awesome video. The Italians sure know how to make beautiful cars.
Loved the video 😍😍😍
Thanks! Yes they do!
I'd take Countach anyday. Just because it looks like it came from another planet. I wish all cars were designed like that
The Countach is a lot more money so I guess a lot of people agree with you. They are also rarer which has helped used values.
nice choices. All in my pantheon of most beautiful cars, but the Jaguar e-type (XK-E) roadster is still my no.1.
Well spoken.
Love those pop up lights! Really miss them.
As a kid in the `80 , I loved both cars, I spend hours looking at them in magazines. Also had them in my collection of toy cars. Such iconic cars.❤
I remember reading Road and Track Magazine during the 80's and drooling over both of these cars. I always liked the aesthetics of both, but preferred the Testarossa. I've never driven either, but, for those interested, watch Jay Leno's review of his Testarossa. He drove one daily for years and gives a pretty honest assessment of it. If I recall correctly, he said he liked it, but, like this reviewer, said there are better driving cars. Leno described driving the Countach at high speeds as like driving a brick because the aerodynamics aren't particularly good despite it looking like its aerodynamics should be efficient and stable. Actually, I always preferred the Porsche 911 and its variants to both of these cars (particularly the 930 Turbo), and would get one today, if I could afford it - which I can't. When I was 15 I figured I was going to live in a mansion, drive a 930 Turbo and date a series of supermodels until I died. I'm still waiting for that whole process to begin.
I read the same magazines. I also would have the 911. Or one of the 3 on your list, but alas.....
Fun fact: Jay Leno drove his Countach in the 80's as a everyday car, for years. . .😎👌💯
Amazing
Is that fun?
He stated the secret is letting it warm up to operating temperature and it's actually pretty reliable. He covers it on his channel.
Bet that was comfortable 🤠😂
The Countach remains to be an inspiration, and the only car that has come close to compare, is the Ferrari F40.
Countach for me hands down no question. The '85 was one of the first cars I ever fell in love with and I had the anniversary edition as a 1:8 scale model in silver. Was my fave toy.
Both very cool poster cars of the 80's. I can appreciate the Countach and it is obviously cool, but it's never really done it for me. The Testarossa never used to do it for me but in recent years, it has aged so so well and in my eyes is mega cool and would be my choice. Thanks Mark for the great vid 👍
Thanks RC
Thats the same I said. I hated Testarossa's and 512TR... now? I fucking love them and if theres ANY car that screams "Ferrari" it's a Testarossa.
@@octoman_games That's cuz all the SHIT CARS of today have become nothing like the REAL CARS of yesterday!
Always been the Tesstarossa for me. Since the first time I saw it on Miami Vice I've loved the design of the car, lol. It's just classy.
Acura NSX baby!!!!
Both are AMAZING. Hard to forget the Testarossa on Miami Vice!
Loved this video. I have a turbo Esprit from 1985 which although not in the same league as these beauties does share some of the things from this era. Low and wedgie the lotus steering heavy at slow speeds, visibility from the rear through the slats is difficult. Worse in the dark as being so low everyone's headlights from behind are on eye level and going over any bump in the road means they get cutout but the slats so its like they are constantly flashing you from behind.
Such an honest review thank you.
Every kid in 80's Poland used to dream about Countach :) watching this video was a trip down the memory lane for me, thank you!. And oh boy, did Testarossa age well... Both are stunning.
We did in America to... that was my dream car
Not every kid 😉 I fell in love with Testarossa in early 90s when I got a huge wall poster with Ferrari on it, and in early 2000 I saw it live on the streets of Berlin. Majestic car. will always choose its over Countach
@@michal_PL true,true, I should have phrased it better :) Countach was like the car from the future with its aggressive lines. I prefer Testarossa as well.
Lamborghini always felt more "exotic" to me, something you will not see as often as a Ferrari.
They made a lot more Testarossa's
I had the Testarossa on my wall, and my brother had the Countach on his. He still likes the Lambos and I still like the Ferraris.
Great video, I had both posters on my wall and calendars with both cars in it. I have heard that Lamborghini was difficult to drive before , but great to relive the icons of the 80s
Iconic super cars unlike today's computers on wheels
Countach first then Testarossa as 2 coolest cars ever produced!
I agree, they are both iconic Italian supercars.
@@888mf4 Just needed to throw in a Lotus Esprit turbo and you would have had the Holy trifecta of 80's Super cars
I don't care what came before, what came after, or what will ever come, the Countach is the god of super cars. It's a privilege to even look at it.
Well that was fun!! I've loved the Countach from a young, impressionable 5 year old - and it owes a lot to Cannonball Run! It sounded amazing, looked incredible - to hell with practicality! Supercars weren't/didn't have to be 'practical'. I loved the Testarossa too. Ferrari has always made beautiful cars! Posters for both of these were on my wall, but my #1 favourite at the time was always the Porsche 911. This was all changed in 1985 when I was introduced to the 959...now THAT became THE car for me! Still loved the others, but my early love of engineering & innovation had me hooked with the Porsche - AND getting nearly 450 hp out of a 6 cylinder engine boggled my mind when the Italians need 12 to do the same!!
At age 5 you probably were REALLY only seeing the Countach and not what it carried on the Cannonball run.
@@xiphias2997you might think that, but it certainly didn't go over my head the attractiveness of Adrienne Barbeau & Tara Buckman even at that age, that 'awakening' came later, but I knew enough to give credit where it's due, especially to the lovely Farrah Fawcett!
The real attraction then was definitely the cars though.
That 24- cylinder symphony at the start was absolutely euphoric!
A lovely duo to compare.
It might suck to drive, but goddam, the Countach is still an amazing looking car!!
It drives great. I know. It’s mine 😀
what is the intro/outro music called, also great video on some great cars :)
Two cars, two proper supercars, two absolutely gorgeous machinery. The Testarossa, if I ever had a choice.
Nothing like a Countach! Incredible to drive once you get a bit of seat time behind the wheel! Amazing video thx
Thanks! It was a fantastic experience.
These were two of the cars I had on my bedroom wall growing up.
They're still fantastic looking cars 30 plus years on 😍
Same here....
I had the Countach on my wall. Took me a very long time to drive one!
COUNTACH = Cool , Outrageous, Unique, Nostalgic, Amazing, Creative , Heart-pounding !!! Lamborghini Countach = ! THE G.O.A.T. !!!❤🤩🐐🚗🏆🏅🥇⭐🥰👍
Oh boy, this brought back memories when I have both of them in my collection..on the shelf.
The best Testarossa was definitely the 512TR. Absolutely love both and I had both on my Bedroom wall back in 85.
The 512TR benefited from a lot of improvements over the original Testarossa yet retained the same look, so it is much sought after.
How rich are you bro?
@Alabama Worley Stick with my Acura NSX thankyou very much! Nowhere NEAR the power of these two, but a cool 3.0 V6 and something I can not worry about! GOLD!
I had a friend who owned a Testarossa. Glorious car, but I always loved the Countach. Personally I think comparing the two is not right, they where not designed for the same purpose and let's face it, the Countach was allready an old car when the Testarossa came out.
In this case (at least to me) the Ferrari TR is cool but only looking from the rear so, that is why the Countach takes the cake on everything is so extreme and amazing very easy to see why is the favorite poster car, but if Countach would have being compared to an F40 the balance switch toward > F40 because imo that is by far the greatest Ferrari ! ;0)
I took my just-purchased 348TS out for an evening drive on quiet roads a few weeks back and this exact Testarossa TES7Y - I assume piloted by Richard - out of nowhere appeared next to us. Felt like being visited by a unicorn, drove in formation for some time. Very cool memory to begin owning such a cool car. One thing that I think people often forget to mention about cars is how different they can look at night, and a Testarossa looks incredible, especially one as pristine as this.
If there had been an internet in 1985, the Countach QV would have broken it into a million pieces. My Countach poster was two metres long, came from California and was the showpiece of my bedroom as a teenager. I also had Porsche 959, Ferrari Daytona Spider and Koenig Competition Evolution posters. Only the best!
I remember right after the Cannonball Run movie came out, Road & Track did a special feature comparing the Countach and the Ferrari Boxer. They concluded that the Lambo was not comfortable, got bad gas mileage and was impractical for driving to work. I remember thinking, “….WHO CARES???” 😂
Times were so much more fun back then. I'd go to the LA car show in awe of these supercars.
@@ExMachina70 The Countach was the star at our local little car show that was basically done by the local car dealers. The show ran from Friday to Sunday. Friday afternoon a rich dude showed up, put a pile of money on the table and said "I am taking the Countach with me right now".
The remainder of the show there was no star any more ...
Yer, I watched something similar about 4 years ago. I have always been a Ferrari person and when I first saw the Countach, sure I was impressed but I just got the impression they were going more for the street appeal. Turns out after all these years, that's pretty much what it came down to. The Testarossa was a more refined sports car.
8 miles to the gallon. Worth it.
As if anyone who owns a Countach would have a day job.
The prototype Countach LP500 was unveiled at the Geneva motorshow in 1971, then released in 1974. I'd consider it to be more of a 70s-era car as the 80s ones were largely the same.
Great video! Thanks for sharing! I honestly don't know which one I would rather have. Both are breathtaking to say the least.
Intro Accolade & Test Drive inspired. :) I like it! Regards!
Great video. Loved it 👏
Thanks Tom.
Yes Very Good Review!!!!!!!!
I am a 80's kid but i seem to remember the F40 also being the poster car Ferrari alongside the Testarossa due to its even more striking styling. Love all of them but i am definitely a Lambo fan.
Lamborghini make more dramatic cars for sure!
Great vid. Two classic 80’s cars. Love them both.
Fantastic .. as an Italian I can only admire them both. that cars out of time, when they came out in Italy the common people drove the fiat 127. these two cars came from the future and it is no coincidence that even today in 2022 they are as beautiful as they were in the 80s, we Italians have many defects but also many advantages like knowing how to build such cars
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Takes you straight back to the 80s, watching this video! Thanks Mark!
Thanks for the positive feedback!
There's only one way to be sure... own both. Countach still my poster car. That wing and scoops!
I agree. You need both!
The Countach came from outer space. So stylish, unconventional and brutally shaped, looks more like a spaceship than a car.
Any other contemporary competitor was overshadowed by its design.
Testarossa and 512BB were two wonderful cars, with a more polite and elegant design by Pininfarina, but were way less emotional than the Lambo.
The raging bull's masterpiece re-defined the idea of an "exotic car", and not just because of its futuristic doors.
I saw all the generations of this model in the Lamborghini factory and I have to say are all some really impressive cars.
Are way more brutal even of the more recent models. A real "Raging Bull".
Fantastic review great work 👍
Harry Metcalfe has both and has done big trips in both - the Countach has been to the South of France and Italy many times, the Testarossa went to the south of France carrying an outboard boat engine in its frunk, and has been deep into the Sahara desert... both deceptively usable cars!
I didn't know the trunk was called a 'frunk' in France, lol. Just kidding. : ) I've test driven a Countach 5000S and an Anniversary model - the 5000S was a lot easier to drive than the Anniversary which was like taking a bull by the horns, lol, but I loved it! Have never owned a Lamborghini though, always end up with Porches or BMW M3's.
Good video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Thanks for the positive feedback
Great review. Thank you.
"If you want something to look good in your garage..." I'd put either of them in my living room.
You say that as joke, but as a kid that's what I always imagined -- being able to drive my Countach right into the house (single-storey open-concept bungalow), directly onto a special hard pad in the middle of the carpeted living room. I never considered the issue of fumes and such.
The Countach still makes your head turn today it is so exotic
Ferrari not? cmon 🤣
A nice review! And great musical choice - very fitting for the 80's! 😆 However, though purely subjective I cannot agree on the attractiveness of the Testarossa being top tier at Ferrari(btw this isn't the first Testarossa there was another over 20 yrs prior).
At Ferrari's Finali Mondiali show Daytona in '16, I was lucky enough to be surrounded by (3)F40 & (2)288 GTO among many others & this solidified to me the Testarossa though certainly very exotic is Enzo aside one of the most clashing Ferraris stylistically (exception being the front design). Maybe shocking is a better word. It has absolutely no chance against an F40 or 288 GTO! Or how about a 275 NART Spider?! Even more modern models like the 458 are more beautiful, graceful, & exciting IMO.
Though nearly disastrous from a driver's & aerodynamics point of view, the Countach in this iteration has proven timeless in design. How not to be awestruck?
In fact, the very Countach that starred in the movie "Cannonball Run" & pretty much started the model's craze that continues to this day(in the US at least) was recently put in the registry of historic vehicles here in the U.S.! It's now in display I believe in D.C. or somewhere in the NE.
The REALLY. crazy part? From the early 80's I actually grew up not a mile around the corner from this car, when its owner Ron Rice(founder of Hawaiian Tropic) built his mansion on the ocean in Ormond Beach, Florida! We all knew Ron, & though it was routine seeing it around town it never grew old! Us car crazed kids always went WOW every time we saw it. The funny thing is Ron always seemed to drive it like an old lady! He owned it many, many years(maybe still does), & in fact the Florida plate is still on the car where it's on display now!
I had posters of both cars on my walls of my bedroom as a kid but I always preferred Ferrari’s over Lamborghinis and Ferrari was my favourite car company until Pagani came around putting my old favourite into a close 2nd. Quite ironic that Horatio Pagani used to work for Lamborghini. But still to this day I prefer the Testarossa to the Countash but I would still have both cars today as I love them both and a symbol of my childhood
I drove both machine in the late 80's !!! Almost every day! --- Remember those good old days, playing Test Drive on the Commodore Amiga.
The Countach is without a doubt the ultimate dream super car to own. It’s a fighter jet for the road. Just looking at it gets your heart racing. Must own one before you die.
Well untill you realize that it is actually a pretty bad car for driving.
"Fighter jet" that drives like a tractor. But lambo has always made tractors so it's no surprise lmao 😂😂😂
Loved every minute, watched fully! For my it is the Countach, I am looking for one and YES am even considering the Kitcar!!! Why as you said, it already feels like one, so why not make it a bit easier on myself. Thank you for your vid. I am like number 949 Ohhh yeah.
relaxing , well balanced and realistic review
Opening audio sounds vaguely like the classic Accolade game “Test Drive”, nice subtle reference :)
The Coutach is amazing, but the TR is the one I would really love to have if it was simply which one I like the best.
I'll take the Lambo which can have its engine serviced in the car as opposed to the Ferrari which needs its engine removed to change the cam belts, etc.
Lamborghini for me, but Miami Vice made the Testorossa super cool. I was lucky enough to be driving an S3 Esprit Turbo ( my best friends car ) back in the very late 80’s to early 90’s, it had a S4 engine in it when the newer car was released, and an updated boost. It was so fast and so practical to be used as a daily driver which it was.
Prior to the Espirit my buddy had a Lotus Sunbeam, actually he owned a few, both the S1 and the stunning S2, so fast, the original sleeper. We raced them all in that, 911, Quattro, Cosworth it beat them all except flat out on the motorway where it’s brick like aerodynamics hindered it.
Strangely though, I had a Mk1 3 door Escort in 84/5 which would be worth crazy money today. I also had a Mk1 Astra GTE, hardly any left on the roads today, Mk1 Opel Manta ( can’t remember the last time I saw one on the road ) , R5 Gordini Turbo ( rare as hell these days ) 1275 GT Mini Clubman ( rebored to a 1340cc ) a mint Peugeot 205 CTi, Honda Civic CRX ( the second version 1990 ) amongst others.
If I’d kept 2 or 3 of these I’d be able to buy a Lamborghini from the proceeds of selling them, if only I’d known that back then.
Wasn’t it a daytona in miami vice? i didn’t watch it much as it was on after my bedtime
@@craighughes3495 It was, but only in the early episodes. Then Sonny got the white Testarossa.
Countach was a leap in futuristic design that snapped everyone into attention. I love those massive tires too. It just looks so beefy and muscled up like a body builder.
You like muscular men, do you....
Testarossa for me. Love the soundtrack too!
Thanks SP
Yes, the soundtrack suits perfect to this content and I'm wondering where I can find and listen this track..? Great job!
uuuuufffffff finally the race of our dreams!!!! some one had to make it posiible!!! thanks!!!! and the music is perfect, all 80s!!
Wow epic battle going 40 mph!! Mind blown
The Countach now a days still amazing
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Two lovely 80’s icons. Love both ❤️
Nice video and what’s the name of the music ?? Someone? Knows that ?? Thank you
Wow two awesome classics. I had a toy Countach when I was a boy back in the seventies. I clearly haven’t grown up as I now have a model one on my shelf at home with several other classics. I think my most recent one is the Jaguar XJ220, beautiful looking car. 😍
Sweet rides!! Absolute classics!!!
That intro music alone brings me back to that era. Truly badass video and truly badass cars.
Thanks
what is that intro song called?
Eh, i saw the Cannoonball run movie and the Countach was the only one for me ever since if picking a "supercar".
And then later in the 80s, i was with my elder brother to a car meetup thing and got to take a testride in BOTH Countach and Testarossa. And yeah, sure the Testarossa's advantages are nice and all.
But the Countach just takes the cake without even trying, simple as that, even with a few downsides. Although the Countach i was in had powersteering, didn't know that wasn't normal.
There was also some racing done and the Countach won against everything except a couple of extreme dragracer cars.
Although if the powersteering wasn't standard, i wouldn't be surprised if the engine had been trimmed beyond normal as well. It was definitely that kind of people.
Only love the Countach. Superb video. Looking forward to more reviews.
Great video, but it would have been more accurate to compare the Countach with the F40. The Testarossa was a GT, and the Countach and the F40 were supercars.
I disagree. The Countach and Testarossa were direct competitors in the 1980's. The F40 was a special 'race car' although we will review an F40 at some point.
I drove them both in 1990.....
.... in TestDrive on the commodore Amiga. 😁
Such crazy icons, had both of them as a poster on my kids room wall...
Thanks for sharing this video 👌
I realy love those cars ✌🇳🇱👍😎
@1:15, you say that the Testarossa was powered by a flat 12 engine which implies this was a boxer engine, which it wasn’t. Ferrari used a 180deg V12 which although flat like a boxer engine, isn’t the same. Semantics you’ll say but I just wanted to clarify. A great video overall btw
Yeah the boxer engine would have a journal for each opposed piston whereas the 180 degree v12 would have one journal for each pair.
@@hoobaguy4311 Few people know the difference, glad to see some do :)
@@hoobaguy4311 *"...whereas the 180 degree v12..."*
A 180-degree V12?
@@bricaaron3978 Yep. Questions?
@@hoobaguy4311 Well, a 180-degree angle and a 'V' are two different things, right?