I think I had that one covered in the previous page... :wink:

Yep but I thought you said that it might be only a "legend" that someone shouted out countach when the car was rolled out.

Oh, I thought you had forgotten that there was no link to bulls with the name Countach. My bad.

It is a legend though. No one knows where the name was thought up for real. Maybe it went like this, maybe it didn't. Other versions of the story say that it was Nuccio Bertone tha exclaimed "Countach" when he saw it, others claim it was what the audience murmured when it was unveiled. The last version seems highly unlikely to me though. The car already had the name Countach on it when it was unveiled and I can't imagine that the whole crowd consisted of people that speak the accent of the Piedmontese region.

there was a jabbavasion and that was the end of that :P

I just go with the flow.

Little edit: 430 Fiorano :wink:

Apparently not, but Mihai can come to the rescue. To my knowledge "Countach" means something in the region of "what the fuck?". It is a word used for amazement or when in awe. That's apparently what the people at Automobili Lamborghini said when they saw the (now named) Countach. It can also mean "cunt".

"Countach" is an Italian word simply meaning "Wow ! Look at this !".

No idea how "countach" was born, but I can assure there is nothing in italian that comes close to such word!

You might want to brush up your italian then...;)

Countach' comes from the local Piedmontese dialect,with no literal translation, but the drift is as stated above...

LOL ok, but dialects are not really "italian" ;) I mean, in most italian dialects there are words that are completely different than the italian ones. Some of them are really like foreign language and most other italian ppl won't even understand them :D

I guess that means a 4.2 liter.... hmmm I wonder how the Maser's engine will do in the new mid-engine ferrari

hehe, look up "snail" in italian and find out how to say it in sicilian.... perfect example.

I don't think they should change the name, it is basically a newer version of the modena , why not call it the 420 Modena :?: