Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:09:24 GMT From: Johannes <johsnospamh-spam-izefitter.com> Subject: Re: Coutanche
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?