MIURA
Total Revs
71
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Global Rank
#02
Model Rank
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About the Miura
The Miura didn't just change Lamborghini. It changed what a car could be. Before 1966, putting the engine behind the driver was a racing trick — something you did on a prototype, not something you sold to a customer. Gian Paolo Dallara and Paolo Stanzani built the chassis. Marcello Gandini, 25 years old and fresh at Bertone, drew the body. The result was a transverse V12 mid-engine two-seater that made everything Ferrari had on the road look like last year's thinking. Named after Don Eduardo Miura, the Spanish breeder of fighting bulls, the car had the temperament to match. It was fast, beautiful, and not entirely interested in keeping you alive. The early cars wandered at high speed and lifted their front end past 170 mph. Owners didn't care. Nothing else on the road looked like this, sounded like this, or felt like this. Only 764 were built across three variants — P400, S, and SV. Each one is worth a fortune today, and worth every cent of it.