Lamborghini Miura

Early Miuras housed the engine, gearbox and differential together and used a shared lubrication system.

The Miura mounted its V12 transversely behind the passenger compartment, creating an unusually compact powertrain layout.

The 1971 Miura SV established the Super Veloce designation that Lamborghini later reused for its most extreme derivatives.

An orange Miura appears in the famous opening sequence of the 1969 film The Italian Job.

The Miura was Lamborghini’s first series-production car with a mid-mounted engine.

The Miura was publicly unveiled on 10 March 1966 at the Geneva motor show.

The characteristic black louvres over the engine bay help release heat and became one of the Miura’s signature design elements.

The Miura is about 110 cm tall, reinforcing its exceptionally low and wide stance.

The Miura body was created at Bertone and is widely credited to the then-young Marcello Gandini.

Before the body was ready, Lamborghini displayed the bare 400 TP chassis at Turin in November 1965.