What beautiful vehicles...the iconic Countach (the one pictured was used in a few episodes of Miami Vice) and it's modern day brethern Murcielago Roadster once owned by Nicholas Cage.

The triple white Countach (white interior, exterior and wheels) was in phenomenal shape. Intimately detailing both, it is evident that Lamborghini has finally produced a product worthy of it's price tag.

Yet, after spending quite a bit of time behind the wheel in both...the Murcielago still lacks something. The only word that I can think of is SOUL. Don't get me wrong, the Murcielago benefits from all the new technology and for it's size and weight, drives like anyone would imagine an exotic to drive. It requires very little effort and is an absolute HOOT to drive. To me however, it's best described as sterile.

The Countach experience is drastically different. It physically demands the most out of it's driver. It's noisy, clunky, uncomfortable and does not instill quite the confidence of the Murcielago. You have to muscle the shifter through the gates, clutch engagement feels like a 500lb leg press, squinting through the tiny side view mirrors gets a tad old, oh and rear visibility....forget about it. BUT...the noise it makes and just being in the car that once hung on my wall for many many years, makes it worth every second behind the wheel. I suppose that's soul.

Two completely different machines, but both are just down right SEXY!!


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This is how the Murcie was delivered to us. We were asked to remove the aftermarket wheels and replace them with oem wheels. That is one of my employees "thizzin" on top of the vehicle that we use to make runs to the dump. It runs much better than it looks.

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Gotta love wide tires... =)

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They had a lot of problems until Audi acquired them. Now you can actually drive them more than 50 miles without a break down or piece of trim falling off.

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"being in the car that once hung on my wall for many many years".... the Countach still hangs on my wall. I'm jealous!

where are the black lambos?

I would always run aftermarket wheels and no doubt even on the Murc.

I love the Murc for its flashiness, but it's far from my ideal supercar. The rear end is weak.

The Murcie being the modern one. Definitely not my ideal supercar (mine is actually a 91 F40)...but driving the two almost back to back, the Murcie makes the driver feel confident. It's effortless...to an inexperience driver, you feel like it's the best handling car on the road. The Countach doesn't convey that kind of confidence, but it's so much cooler in my opinion.

The Murcie Roadster is also a very heavy car (4100 lbs+), there's just so much stuff on the car. There's 8 struts under the damn thing...2 per wheel! My A6 4.2 weighs exactly the same!

I've spent time behind many vehicles (not necessarily pushed them hard, but enough to grasp a good idea)...and my favorite to date is a real CLK-DTM. I've been in that car with an experienced driver (Player's Run 2007) and it was pushed hard. Very hard. There were a few moments where I didn't think we would make it. But time and time again, it just impressed. It's ability to withstand 100 degree temps in Nevada uphill for miles at aggressive speeds and the oil/coolant/transmission oil gauges not even budge. Absolute engineering marvel...and it's a Mercedes for crying out loud.

She is stunning!

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