The Lamborghini Countach was first shown in prototype form 50 years ago, at the Geneva auto show in March 1971.

It would be another three years before the production-ready car was shown and it looked every bit as dramatic as the prototype. Over the next 16 years Lamborghini would build almost 2000 Countachs in five different forms, all of them with jaw-dropping looks. Let’s take a look at the story: