Lamborghini Countach
Why 3.3: 5.2-litre V12 screams to 7,000 rpm, but the unassisted gated shifter, zero power steering and legendarily bad visibility turn every drive into a workout. Values have run well past half a million for a clean QV, so most owners now protect the investment rather than test it.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
Six Weber carburettors sit against the bulkhead and the gearbox whines between the seats, so the V12 reaches you as induction, gear noise and exhaust at once. But 7,000 rpm caps the climb. A place short of the true screamers.
12-cylinder · naturally aspirated · 7,000 rpm redline · rated 8.9 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €83k (1990) → €515k (2026), trending up · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
Built before ISOFIX existed, so there are no anchor points at all. A child seat here is a seatbelt installation in the only passenger seat there is.
Derived from production years and seating layout, not a per-car source. ISOFIX was standardised as ISO 13216 in 1997, required on new EU model types from 2011 and on all new EU cars from 2014.
The long version
This is a childhood poster made real, and the reality is more demanding than the fantasy: the gated shifter needs real force, there is no power assistance anywhere in the car, and the three-quarter visibility is bad enough that owners have developed a whole folklore around reversing it out of a garage. Values have climbed roughly sixfold since the early 2000s, steep enough that the fragility and the ergonomics both argue for leaving it parked. It wears the poster-car reputation honestly: the fantasy was buying it, and driving it stays a special-occasion event rather than a Tuesday.