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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 08:26 AM
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Default Red Lambo Countach at Croft last year?

Does anyone know whose the red Lamborghini Countach was at the Croft RSOC show last year? I took a video of it doing a 0-60 run and 90% of people who have seen it have said it's fake but I don't think it is having seen other Anniversary editions which look identical, some with and some without the big rear spoiler wing.

Would be interested to see if the owner was on here!
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 09:27 AM
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I don't know that particular car (with a pic or reg number), but people thinking it is a fake, is possible the biggest single drawback of Countach ownership...
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Diablo
I don't know that particular car (with a pic or reg number), but people thinking it is a fake, is possible the biggest single drawback of Countach ownership...
Yea, it seems the Countach is probably one of the most faked supercars there has ever been (AC Cobra aside probably!). There seem to be so many "experts" that dismiss them as fakes but don't detail why it's fake. This one looked and sounded real to me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzBH6Io7XWQ

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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzBH6Io7XWQ

Clutch was lovin that launch
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 12:11 PM
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If thats the car and it being on a F plate it defo a fake as the real ones are nigh on 35 years old now. As were brought out the year i was born 1971.
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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good replica if it is
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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They did make the 25th Anniversary in 1988/89. The first UK cars were on a F plate. Although not the best video, I have to say that looks like a genuine car. I am also fairly sure that car is currently for sale.
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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Thats a genuine car..
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by martin-reyland
Thats a genuine car..
Please ignore my post then as i have been proved wrong my bad
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 04:36 PM
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eiter way , looked bloody slow to me
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 3drstretch
If thats the car and it being on a F plate it defo a fake as the real ones are nigh on 35 years old now. As were brought out the year i was born 1971.
Incorrect. The last Countach's were the Anniversary (assuming the car in question is) and there are 'G' platers about. The last QV5000 Quattrovalvole's were launced in 1988 on the 'E' and the first one in the UK was a dark blue example without a rear wing. Brought from new by a guy called Keith Downs who is in Sevenoaks.

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Originally Posted by Mr S1
Incorrect. The last Countach's were the Anniversary (assuming the car in question is) and there are 'G' platers about. The last QV5000 Quattrovalvole's were launced in 1998 on the 'E' and the first one in the UK was a dark blue example without a rear wing. Brought from new by a guy called Keith Downs who is in Sevenoaks.
1998?!
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Originally Posted by rsnissan
1998?!
Typo - fuck up ! 1988 !!! D'oh !!!!
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by beefy-rst-2
eiter way , looked bloody slow to me
I think it's 0-60 time was 5.7seconds which considering how bad the clutch was wasn't too bad, it's probably lost a second to that which would be about right I think.
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 03:35 PM
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Did look slow didnt it
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