'Record Breaking' raging bull.

Designing a successor to the delicious Lamborghini Miura was something of a challenge for Marcello Gandini, however, with the arrival of the 'Countach' in 1971, he demonstrated to the world that his ability to create automotive drama was alive and well.

In fact, the word 'Countach' is Piedmontese slang for something that visually shocks and has no direct translation but 'Wow' is probably the most polite.

The first Countach appeared at the Geneva Show in 1971 - the same year that 'Hot Pants' appeared on our city streets - with a similar ability to distract.

Big, bright and brash like the rest of the seventies, the Countach was to remain in production, through various iterations for 15 years.

With hindsight, it's clear that the car's 'flying wedge' design, with a sloping snout that appeared to descend directly from the windscreen, and innovative 'scissor doors', became a template for every 'supercar' that followed.

The original, beautifully clean prof...