From GM FastLane...



Okay, so he thinks it's nice, but favorite of all time? Sometimes I wonder if Welburn is for real or not.

 

Wow, that is a really good sign.

 

If those are what he's comparing it to, and he IS for real, then I am really looking forward to seeing this design...

Jeff

 

Yeah, I had thought that the 5th Gen was among his favorites during development. I guess it's only natural to bump your next "big" project up on your list of favorites....

 

Yeah, it's just good PR to plug your company's next big product.

 

Apparently it's got a real CTS-ish flavor to it.

But there are so many other Lambo's which I would pick way before the Countach.

 

When I was a kid growing up in the 80's, the Countach was my favorite car. I had pictures of it hanging in my room. Of course, one of my favorite movies at the time was Cannonball Run. The opening scene was the coolest ever!

 

i should watch that movie.....

 

Yes you should, but moreso to see Burt Reynolds, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, etc., etc. I sometimes wonder if they even had a script....

 

Me too.

And that still holds true today. Go to a Lambo dealership and see all boys (or men, lets not fool ourselves) glued to the glass, wives and mothers tugging arms in vain attempts to free them.

 

Miura? sure, Countach? not sure about that... to each his own though.

 

That's how I feel. The Miura is timelessly elegant. The Countach screams late '70's -JMHO.

 

The Miura is undoubtedly the more beautiful design. However, I actually think that the earlier model (74-78) LP400 Countach looks much less dated than the later 70s and 80s models. Somehow, the more scoops and spoilers it sprouted the more dated looking it became.

 

I agree. But either way, maybe we should bookmark this thread until the XTS comes out, and see if Ed is full of it or not.

 

Same here. The Countach is just too over-the-top cartoony.

Back to the original topic, yeah, such proclamations just seem so hollow, especially since he's not showing us pictures of the car he's so enamoured with. To be honest I've never understood what's supposed to be so impressive about Welburn, and this ain't helping.