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The automotive and design world mourns the loss of Marcello Gandini, the creator of legendary vehicles and a formative figure in Italian design. We pay tribute to the designer who created so many automotive icons. With memories of one of his most radical designs.

A careful approach doesn't work. The Countach slams into your consciousness. And always all of a sudden. You see it - and WOW! A bizarrely jagged silhouette like an apparition from another world. The perfect car for Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day, which our friends in the USA brought to life at some point.

Fifty years ago, the Lancia Stratos made the world of rallying faster, more furious, more fun. It hasn’t recovered since.

This is a story full of ups and downs, starting with our author almost not being allowed into Italy to drive the Ferrari SF90 Stradale Assetto Fiorano. Which would have made for a lot of frustration and certainly a lot of noise on what is now an international day of screams of frustration. All went well, of course.