Lamborghini Countach

The Lamborghini Countach is one of the cars people picture when they think of a sharp-edged supercar with scissor doors and a poster-on-the-wall presence. By our assessment, its appeal is the drama of the shape as much as the speed image around it. The downside is just as clear: the low, wedge-like body and the old-school supercar layout make it the opposite of sensible daily transport. In practice it is all about low seating, big visual theatre, and a kind of rawness that modern luxury cars usually smooth away. Against later exotic cars, it feels more like a landmark design than a polished machine. That makes it more interesting to admire than to live with, and the Countach stays famous precisely because it never tried to be ordinary.