Lamborghini Countach LP 500 Bertone Prototype, Yellow

Marcello Gandini of Bertone styled the Countach, and its first public showing was the yellow LP500 prototype at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show. The name came from contacc, a Piedmontese exclamation of astonishment; Gandini says he suggested it as a joke. The prototype rode on a partial space frame built by Marchesi of Modena, had louvred vents behind the side windows where later cars got NACA ducts, and used a periscope in the roof for the view behind. Its 5.0-litre V12 was destroyed in testing and replaced with a 3.9-litre unit, and the car itself was crash tested at MIRA in England on 21 March 1974 for European type approval. Lamborghini's Polo Storico department later built a recreation, first shown at the 2021 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este.

Make Up finishes the prototype in bright yellow. A black strip across the nose carries the Countach name, slatted vents sit behind the side windows, and a small raised housing at the back of the roof marks the periscope. At the tail, Countach is written in red between the large red lamp clusters, above two pairs of tailpipes. The silver slotted wheels wear tall tyres, and the car stands on a pale grey suede base with a white plaque headed Countach. Make Up builds it at 1:18.