Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:45:34 GMT From: "Skyclad" <Donotreplynospamaddress.com> Subject: Re: Coutanche
Johannes wrote: " I remember you could also buy a lookalike kit car with a small engine" That would be the Pontiac Fiero you're thinking of, I believe. "Johannes" <johsnospamh-spam-izefitter.com> wrote in message news:433951F9.5FDBE823nospamh-spam-izefitter.com... > > > Paul Halliday wrote: >> >> in article t23fj11qshda7uvcd828hc5d91p2ehquj6nospamcom, Malcolm William >> Mason >> at mwm1spamnospamedu wrote on 26/09/2005 06:55: >> >> > I believe someone posted a message about a Saab 9-5 with HOT against a >> > Coutanche. >> > >> > The name is familiar to me (Coutanche) but I just cannot place it. Is >> > it >> > a model of a manufacturer..Italian seems right but I am only vaguely >> > recalling or else having a senior moment. >> >> Lambo ... and it's a Countach :) >> >> Very retro close-up. There's one at the Car Museum in Batley, West >> Yorkshire >> (UK). I bet a 9-5 HOT would piss all over it, without looking at the >> specifications. > > Countach was a useless car. Far to wide and hardly any rear view > visibility. > The way you reverse it is by hanging outside the car and looking backward. > A unique 80's iconic car, apart from that I remember you could also buy > a lookalike kit car with a small engine. Maybe there was a Court case?