We all consider the Lamborghini Miura from the Sixties the first-ever supercar in the world, this was a race car to be used on the open road, with a transversely mounted engine just behind the occupants, and not just any engine, but a massive 4-Liter V12 unit that really needed to be cramped into the…
Back in the Sixties Automobili Lamborghini SpA was still a very young company, being founded in 1963 with the stylish 350 GT coupe as their first production car, the make Lamborghini got worldwide recognition when they unveiled the sensual looking Miura in 1966, in fact, chassis #001 was parked on the Place du Casino during…
Few cars spark a sense of mystery, curiosity, and fascination quite like the 1967 Lamborghini Marzal. Unveiled at the 1967 Geneva Motor Show, the Marzal was a radical departure from anything that the Italian carmaker had previously produced. Created to fill the market gap between Lamborghini’s classic high-performance GT cars and more accessible sports cars,…
Back in 1963, when Ferruccio Lamborghini presented its first production car, the Lamborghini 350 GT, the big V12 engine delivered 280 Bhp at 6,500 rpm, which was a rather impressive number at that time, today it has been dwarfed by the power output of much lesser vehicles, so let’s take a look at the first…
After building cars for only three years in 1966, Lamborghini put one of the most beautiful cars ever in production, the first production road car with a massive V12 engine put transversely mid-mounted, never seen before in the world, the Lamborghini Miura would become a milestone in the history of Automobili Lamborghini SpA and make the marque…
In the early Seventies, you could ask the Lamborghini factory to build a very special Miura for you, inspired by the one of a kind Miura Jota built by Bob Wallace in 1970 on chassis 5084, you could ask to have your Miura SV to look like the Jota … these cars were called the Miura SVJ…
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…
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…
Back in 2006 Automobili Lamborghini SpA surprized us all with a modern look of a truly classic car they made in the Sixties, a model that created the foundation of all those exotic supercars we see from Sant’Agata today … the legendary Miura. Probably one of the most sensuous automotive designs ever, the Lamborghini Miura…
