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Kills me to say it, but here is why I hate the new Lamborghini Countach.  You know how much I love the original Countach.  Sorry for the audio issues.  I kept hitting the table.  I didn’t get the audio arm setup.  I made the decision to do the video so I did it in a hurry before I changed my mind.  #lamborghini  #lamborghinicountach

The Dodge Viper RT/10 first generation.  We take a story form look at the history and development of the Chrysler Corporations attack on the dominance of Ford and Chevrolet with the Lamborghini tuned Chrysler LA engine.  The V10 monster produced 400 HP and 465 lbf ft and had a top speed of 165 miles per hour without a traction control system, anti lock brakes or even an airbag. This is my first Midnight Drives Stories here in the channel. If you like it and want to hear more please like and subscribe.  It helps us make more. Https://www.CoryTurnerTalks.com

Was it just for looks or did the Lamborghini Countach’s trademark “Lambo Doors” serve an purpose? The Lamborghini Countach and its Lambo doors are iconic representations of what a super car is.  The exotic, Italian wedge design captivated audiences and fueled the dreams of teenage boys around the world when it appeared at the Geneva Motor Show on March 11th 1971. It was meant to replace what is arguably the most beautiful car design in history, the Lamborghini Muira, and where the Muira was a design of elegance, the Countach charged on to the scene with in your face, design force. The Countach had a cut off rear end, a square nose, pop up headlights, flat glass, brutally strong angles and of course, the undeniable awesome, scissors doors.  It was a car that astonished those that saw it for the first time.  Even its name is a term used to express wonder and astonishment. Amazingly the design had a run from 1974 until 1990 and although it found itself cladded with difference body panels and a towering wing that made looking out the postage stamp size back window impossible, it showed the Italian Wedge was a force in the exotic car world. Marcelo Gandini of Bertone’s design studio created an industry defining look and a set of industry defining doors.  But was it all about a look that had posters flying off store shelves? Well, the answer is no.  The iconic Lambo Doors were actually a engineering design necessity.  Well, that is if you ever wanted to park your car and get out. You see the Countach employed a tubular space frame that made the car   Door sills extremely wide, which required very side doors.  And it doesn’t end there, the Countach may only be 42.13 inch tall, but it is a staggering 74.28 inches wide.  That makes car over six feet wide.  With parking spots getting as narrow as, in some cases less than eight feet depeding on the town and country you were in, there wasn’t room to open a big long door.  So something had to be done, and the fix was what we know lovingly refer to as Lambo Doors, but practically know as scissor doors. Now the scissor doors and the extremely wide door sill actually served an unintended purpose, but would have made the car almost impossible to use in normal driving if it didn’t have.  That is a place to sit while backing the car up.  You see, the back window of a Countach, if you can call it a window is so small and so narrow, you can’t see anything behind you.  A rear view mirror is only installed to meet government regulations.  So when you find yourself trying to back out of the parking space, you either guess that the coast was clear, which was an expensive gamble, or you opened your scissor doors, lifter yourself out of your seat, set down on that wide door sill and turned your body to look back.  Carefully working the clutch and the gas and steering wheel you could back up with enough visibly to keep from crashing into something. With regular doors, this would not have been possible.  Imagine backing up with regular doors like that, definitely not a good idea. The Lamborghini Countach was the dream exotic for most teenage boys of the 70’s and 80’s. It represented excess and power and extreme styling while quietly keeping one of its most exotic features, scissor doors from being seen as just an engineering requirement. #lamborghini #countach #lamborghinicountach #scissordoors #lambodoors #supercars

We look at the 2021 Ford Ranger Tremor Off Road Monster #ford #fordranger #fordrangertremor

The million dollar Ford Bronco. Welcome to Cory Turner Talks Cars The automotive world has been anxiously awaiting the return of the legendary Bronco.  Ford has been teasing us for years but here we are in 2021 realizing it isn’t just hype, the Bronco is here.   Infact I passed two Bronco Sports just today. Ok I have seen the four door version but what about the big money 2 door For Bronco?  Well it turns out to be a hype machine.  And a big money machine, Vin Number 001 is not only off the production line but over the weekend the Bronco that screams I’m back hit the auction block at Barrett-Jackson and fetched an amazing, are you ready, 1.075 million dollars.  All the proceeds are benefiting the National Forest Foundation and Outward Bound. Can’t wait to see these bad boys on the road.

I spy a 2022 Ford Maverick. Ford’s compact truck to fit the space below the Ford Ranger Market. Subscribe to our channel and enjoy our custom car show full of hot rods, automotive news, cars, automobiles, car tech, car reviews, automotive history, muscle cars, exotic cars, antique cars,  Hot Wheels, Matchbox, diecast cars and non stop car talk.

Manta Mirage  We take a look at the Manta Mirage, the street legal race car of the 1970’s. If you are watching this in February 2021 enter for a chance to win 20 Hot Wheels Cars. www.CoryTurnerTalks.com . . . . #sportscars #racing #americanmuscle #cars #supercars #auto #speed #luxurycars #exotic #cars #exotic_cars #cars #withoutlimits #racecar #streetlegal #Kitcar #manta #mantamirage #McLaren #McLarenM6GT #Camam

A quick look at the KIA Stinger GT2 and how fast it is.

A quick review of the $100,000 Volkswagen Phaeton W12.  VW’s attempt at beating BMW and Mercedes-Benz in the luxury market. If you are watching this in February 2021 enter for a chance to win 20 Hot Wheels Cars. www.CoryTurnerTalks.com

We take a brief look at Hot Wheels History 1968.  1968 is the year Hot Wheels debuted with the Sweet Sixteen Hot Wheels cars.  The first Red Line series featuring Beatnik Bandit, Custom Barracuda, Custom Camaro, Custom Corvette, Custom Cougar, Custom Eldorado, Custom Firebird, Custom Fleetside, Custom Mustang, Custom T Bird. Custom Volkswagen, Deora, Ford J Car, Hot Heap, Python and Silhouette. If you are watching this February 2021, Enter to win 20 Hot Wheels Cars. To enter subscribe to my YouTube Channel “Cory Turner Talks Cars”  https://www.YouTube.com/CoryTurnerTalks  then visit: HTTPS://www.CoryTurnerTalks.com fill out the contact us page and tell us you subscribed.  Contest ends at midnight February 28th, 2021.  20 Hot Wheels being given away are show in the picture in this post.  Visit website for contest details.  If you are a current subscriber to my channel, fill out the contact me/contest entry form on my website and write 20 Hot Wheels in the message.