Dude, that car was absolutely brilliant in the 1980's. It had massive top end and was one of the first 200mph, street legal "Supercars".

Just watch this to try to understand what that car meant to the X Generation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFB6FfaNQ40

Also the first car to have doors that did anything that opened horizontal. It was "new".. And the Ferrari of the day was the 308 or 328, Magnum P.I. car which had cache, but the Countache turn heads everywhere.. And was fast as hell for that generation..

Also think about it's competition back then?? Porsche Turbo, Corvette (80's corvette's were horrendous)

It was in a class by itself when there were only a small handful of "supercars."

Today you have lots of fast 200 mph cars... Not back then. Americans only knew how to make torque monster muscle. The Germans were underpowered but great autobahn, handling and braking cars.. And then Ferrari which was all over the place.. The Lambo Countache was the start of it all. Followed shortly thereafter by the Testarossa.

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