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Title: Lamborghini Countach: The Complete Story (Crowood Autoclassics Series) by Peter Dron ISBN: 1-85223-914-X Publisher: Crowood Pr Ltd Pub. Date: October, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Get Down to Earth
Comment: If you are considering the purchase of a Countach, it is likely to be a used one and there is precious little information to be had on these cars. Much of Peter Dron's book consists of a light historical treatment, collected reviews and opinions from auto magazines over the years. This is useful to a degree, one does need to know characteristic data, but magazine reviews are usually pretty slim on other information that serious buyers might like to know.
True, many owners of Countachs buy them as trophies and barely break them in. Yes, there are a few racing enthusiasts. But there are also a few mundane souls who would really like to go out and drive this sort of car, rather than just invest in it, stare at it in a garage or tinker with it.
So how reliable is it day after day? Approximately how expensive is it to maintain? By 1995 this type of information should be known for each generation of the car. You won't find this in Consumer Reports either. This market ain't exactly their bailiwick. You need to talk to owners and shops.
Dron's book is useful. Much of the information that a buyer does want is in there. It could and should have been quite a bit better, but I do recommend purchasing it if you are interested in this car.
Rating: 4
Summary: Countach
Comment: A book on the evolution of the Lamborghini Countac
Rating: 2
Summary: A great book for twelve-year-olds
Comment: The world is waiting for a comprehensive, objective, thorough review of the history and characteristics of the Countach. This isn't it. Dron manages to show a lot of (not very good) pictures, write a lot of babble, and skimp on substance. He also manages to throw in a few gratuitous insults of Enzo Ferrari and Ferrari cars... hardly a sign of objective reporting.
It's a fine book for twelve-year-olds with Countach posters on their bedroom walls, I suppose; a serious student of Italian exotics or a serious potential Countach buyer will derive little of value from this volume.
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Title: Lamborghini: The Spirit of the Bull (Cars) by Paul W. Cockerham ISBN: 1577170067 Publisher: Todtri Productions Ltd Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Lamborghini (The Legends Series) by David Hodges ISBN: 0765108461 Publisher: Smithmark Publishing Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.98 |
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Title: Supercars: The World's Most Exotic Sports Cars by Craig Cheetham, Graig Gheetham ISBN: 0760316856 Publisher: MBI Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Standard Catalog of Ferrari 1947-2003 by Mike Covello ISBN: 0873494970 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Lamborghini Countach (Super Profile) by Paul Clark ISBN: 0854295534 Publisher: Haynes Publishing Pub. Date: January, 1987 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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