One of the most exclusive Miura still in existence is the Miura P400 Roadster, which was presented on the 1968 Brussels Auto Show. Designed and built by Bertone as a concept prototype, this open version was not just a regular Lamborghini with the roof removed, unlike the 350 GTS presented by Touring a few years…
If you mention the name Miura among car enthusiasts, chances are most of them know exactly what you are talking about, the Lamborghini Miura is an icon in automotive history, so what happens when Chief Test driver Bob Wallace ‘modifies’ one of these exotic super cars into a race car? That is when the Jota…
Only one original Miura Roadster was ever built, and in fact it was merely a prototype by Bertone, it was eventually sold to the ILZRO Zn-75 who replaced as much parts as possible with own materials and painted it green instead of the bright blue Bertone built it in. As this was a one of…
The final evolution of the Miura was presented in 1971 as the SV, which stood for Spinto Veloce, it didn’t look like it at first glance, but the SV was a major improved over the S-model, and not only because of those muscular looking, wide wheel arches at the back. The ventilated discs that appeared…
Lamborghini built a total of 275 Miura before they decided it was time to introduce a first evolution in 1969, Lamborghini showed the first revision of the successful Miura, named the Miura S, with the ‘S’ for Spinto. Over the previous year, Dallara and his team had been working on perfecting this amazing automobile, Bob…
After only three years of production, during which Ferruccio built the very nice 350 GT and later the 400 GT, he stunned the world by showing an innovative rolling chassis at the 1965 Turin Auto Show. This chassis showed a transversely mid-mounted, compact V12 engine, something the world had only seen in pure bred race…
Soon after the Jota became public knowledge, several Miura owners asked to have their car modified to Jota specifications, since the one and only original Jota was destroyed in an unfortunate accident, these factory custom SV’s are the only thing to remind us of the fabulous Jota until a near identical replica was built in…
I think most of us agree the sensual looking Miura from the Sixties was a stunning car that made Automobili Lamborghini SpA world-famous only a few years after the factory started producing the 350 GT, with a low riding body and a massive, 4 liter V12 engine mounted transversely behind the two occupants, the Miura…
