The Lamborghini Countach was a supercar produced by Lamborghini in Italy. The first prototype emerged in 1971, and production lasted until 1990. It did not pioneer but did popularise the wedge-shaped, sharply angled look popular in many high performance cars since. It did make popular the "cabin-forward" design concept that pushes the passenger compartment forward in order to accommodate a larger engine.
The word countach is an exclamation of astonishment in the local Piedmontese dialect - generally used by men on seeing an extremely beautiful woman [1]. The closest translation into English would be "Holy Shit!". The name stuck when Nuccio Bertone, first saw "Project 112" in his studio. The prototype was introduced to the world at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show. All previous Lamborghini names were associated with toros (Ferruccio Lamborghini contrary to a popular belief, has never supported bullfighting, but he was born under the sign of Taurus and hence named his first cars after famous bulls or bulls' breed).
In 2004, Sports Car International named this car number three on the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1970s, and it was listed as number ten on their list of Top Sports Cars of the 1980s.
The word countach is an exclamation of astonishment in the local Piedmontese dialect - generally used by men on seeing an extremely beautiful woman [1]. The closest translation into English would be "Holy Shit!". The name stuck when Nuccio Bertone, first saw "Project 112" in his studio. The prototype was introduced to the world at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show. All previous Lamborghini names were associated with toros (Ferruccio Lamborghini contrary to a popular belief, has never supported bullfighting, but he was born under the sign of Taurus and hence named his first cars after famous bulls or bulls' breed).
In 2004, Sports Car International named this car number three on the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1970s, and it was listed as number ten on their list of Top Sports Cars of the 1980s.
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