One Lamborghini I never understood... [PIC]

Marcello Gandini of Bertone, designer of that beautiful Miura was given the task of designing its successor. How he segued from the Miura to this Countach I could never understand. To me, it looks like something you'd build from a Lego kit. Even the name is... WTF?!?! Lamborghini traditionally names its models for bulls or bullfighting. It was named for what one of the mechanics used to shout when he got excited. The man was from Piedmont and Piedmontese is nothing like Italian. it's alternate meanings can be 'plague' or 'contagion'. Considering no one outside of this obscure region would understand the word, Gandini asked around if "countach" would sound good in English and by the answers he got, the Lamborghini Countach was born. This AUTOart model depicts the first generation 400LP....... '400' for its 4.0 liter V12; 'L' for it longitudinally mounted engine; and 'P' for rear mounted. The car was supposed to debut with a 5.0 liter V12 massively more powerful than the Miura SV, but they hadn't worked the kinks out of it so the identical 4.0 liter was put in with less horsepower because side draft carburetors had to be used due to the body design. The body design after the nose was so flat, a roof mounted periscope was incorporated to align with the rear view mirror.  The front clip design, known as the "Italian Wedge" was first used in the Bertone bodied Lancia Stratos and due to the worldwide success of the Stratos as a rally car, I guess it seemed a good idea to continue those design cues. All in all, this first gen Countach which was to compete with the Ferrari Daytona was rather a failure.  The subsequent generations carried much more power and design changes all the way to 1994 and for me, it did get a bit more pleasing to the eye. The color is Giallo 2C ostensibly an orange yellow.