You can pull away without bucking from 1000 rpm in top gear on part throttle, and apply full throttle at about 2000. It was slightly revised from the P400, with the addition of power windows, bright chrome trim around external windows and headlights, new overhead inline console with new rocker switches, engine intake manifolds made 2mm larger, different camshaft profiles, and notched trunk end panels (allowing for slightly more luggage space).
Next, we'll "discover" Nevada. After having been exhibited at several auto salons the car was sold to the International Lead Zinc Research Organization who turned it into a display-vehicle showcasing the possibilities of using zinc alloys in cars. Racing-type starts produce vivid performance, totally without wheelspinunless one indulges in brutality for the sake of brutality. Auction Source: Artcurial Motorcars 2013 Rtromobile, 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400S SV Specification 3952 sold for $781,000 Considered to be the worlds first supercar; now in its ultimate form. Other interior improvements included the addition of power windows and optional air conditioning, available for US$800.
Below them is a parade of nine indicator lights, each a different color to associate it with a particular light, level or warning function. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io, Tested: Audi e-tron GT Is a True Sports Sedan, Tested: Lucid Air Dazzles with Clever Design, Tested: 2022 GMC Hummer EV Breaks Barriers, Tested: Mercedes-AMG EQS Hits Hard but Rides Soft, Tested: 2023 Genesis G80 EV Bridges the Gap, Tested: 2022 911 GTS Manual Embraces Its Niche, Tested: 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Leans on Style, 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS580 4Matic: More IQ Than EQ, Lamborghini Miura: The Supercar That Started It All. Painted traditional Miura lime green, the car was eventually sold to a Parisian collector.
Equipped with wide wheels and a rear wing reflecting the marque's revival, it was wrongly considered by some as a prototype for a possible limited series of Miura Spider whereas in fact it was simply a one-off show car constructed on behalf of the Swiss Lamborghini importer Lambo-Motor AG (and as such is not an official factory modification or indeed has any link to the factory bar its original 1970 build). Retro design is not what we are here for.
1970 Lamborghini Miura S 4419 sold for 415,200.
The fastest car in the world in his time!. Delivered new to rock legend Rod Stewart. The prototype version of the Miura won the prestigious Gran Turismo Trophy at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, and has been re-created for use in the Gran Turismo 5 video game.[7]. Without requiring too much pressure, they stop the car in a smooth, straight line, with retardation in close proportion to pedal effort. Very Rare.
The car was appropriately named the Miura Jota (the pronunciation of the letter 'J' in Spanish). The restored car was first shown in August 2008 at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Highly Original, Matching- Numbers Example.
4048, numero scocca (body number) 468, is one of those very desirable S variants.
Legendary Marcello Gandini/Bertone Design.
Matching-numbers drivetrain.
The clutch pedal has a slightly dead feel but is light in use, and its take-up is entirely smooth and normal.
Engine and Gearbox Expertly Rebuilt by Bobilef Motorcars.
Amazingly little engine noise intrudes on the Miura's occupantsamazing when you consider you merely have to turn your head to see a bank of carburetors only inches away. It was the first design to be penned by Lamborghini design chief Walter de'Silva, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1966 Geneva introduction of the original Miura. The engineers envisioned a road car with racing pedigree, one which could win on the track and be driven on the road by enthusiasts.
The car gained the worldwide attention of automotive enthusiasts when it was chosen for the opening sequence of the original 1969 version of The Italian Job. A special rubber insulation is used in the Miura's firewall, which does a fine job on both noise and heat. Following his purchase, the current owner commissioned marque specialists Robert Grimaldi of Grimaldi Engineering to completely rebuild the engine and gearbox, during which the pistons, liners and valves were replaced.
Weight reductions included replacing steel chassis components and body panels with the lightweight aluminium alloy Avional and replacing side windows with plastic, with the resulting car weighing approximately 800lb (360kg) less than a production Miura. Auction Source: 2010 Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction. By the 1980s it was well known in London, England, being owned by property developer and car collector Tom Forrest. [15] The Shah stored this car under armed guard along with another SV in Royal Palace in Tehran. Fully and freshly restored by marque experts Bobileff Motorcars.
This superb Miura S left the factory on November 21, 1970, one of the second-series models. About 338 P400S Miura were produced between December 1968 and March 1971.
The latest supercar news, rumors, reviews and more delivered to you each week. The car has stiffness issues and does not drive that well (as described by Miura expert Joe Sackey).[21]. The car will literally do whatever you want.
Eddie Van Halen owned one and can be heard revving it up during the bridge in the song Panama. Auction Source: RM Auctions 2010 Sports & Classics of Monterey. Getting in and out of the 41.5-inch-high Miura isn't a graceful process, but it's far easier than with the Ford GT Mark III.
Barely 17,980km from new. Remarkably for such a car, the side glass can be rolled down out of sight, though an impossible number of crank turns are needed to do so and the imposing looking winders are awkward to handle without scraping the adjacent leather trim. The fastest car in the world in his time!. Matching Numbers. Driving the Lamborghini Miura is sheer pleasure. It clings leech-like to the road; to corner tighter, you turn the wheel more.
The car featured a transversely-mounted mid-engine layout, a departure from previous Lamborghini cars. No crap, we promise. Finished in pearl white, the SVJ Spider was the formerly yellow Miura S presented at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, and uses chassis #4808[20] It feels inertia-free, and revs with breathtaking response. Black chrome may be the future solution here too, to keep your Miura looking new for longer.
In 1971, the car was imported into Germany and was used very little between 1978 and 1987, as it was displayed in a heated enclosed showroom. 4048 changed ownership and was then registered to Holwerda-Gelauff E.J., a Dutchman of Indonesian extraction residing in Gravenhage, Holland. Numerous upgrades for modern driving.
The favourable reaction at Geneva meant the P400 was to go into production by the following year. Retains Matching-Numbers Engine. Beautifully Preserved Original Interior.
The suspension was reworked and widened (9" in the front, 12" in the rear), and lightweight wheels were fitted. At an average of 100 mph, that'll take 20 hours. Auction Source: 2014 Monterey by RM Auctions. Restored by marque specialists. As confirmed by Miura owner and expert, Simon Kidston, this car was originally finished in Rosso Corsa with bleu leather interior and matching carpets and was originally supplied to an Italian based dealer named Righetti. Each is held in place by two stout latches.
The six switches control the headlights, fog lights, dash and interior lights, the single-speed heater-ventilator fan and the radiator cooling fans.
In front of the Miura driver is a small wood-rim steering wheel, placed high and at an angle that indicates it's there to be rotated and manipulated, but not to be hung 0n to. Occasionally, there'll be a part throttle pop from one of the carburetor inlets, barely audible through the Visarm window. Its counter shows a little more 17,980km and we have every reason to believe that this is the genuine mileage of origin as state of the car is indeed splendid. The Miura has been the subject of a sympathetic but complete cosmetic restoration.
On the test car's license plate was the slogan, "Discover Rhode Island." Let's see, Rhode Island has about 2000 miles of highway. A total of 150 SVs were produced. It is finished in a stunning, period Blue Chiaro metallic paint complemented by an interior of blue and tan finest Bridge of Wier leather. 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 at the Volante Museum in Germany, 2016 Lamborghini Special edition Aventador Miura Homage, International Lead Zinc Research Organization, "You Can Drive the Same Car As the First Man in Space", "One-Off 1968 Lamborghini Miura P400 S 'Millechiodi' Could Be World's Most Expensive Miura", "Lamborghini Miura Part 6: P400 Miura SV/J", http://www.themiuraregister.com/miura/register.php?id=636, "1971 Lamborghini Miura SVJ Automobiles of London 2010", "The Only Lamborghini Miura Roadster At Amelia Island Or Anywhere", "Lamborghini unveils the special edition Aventador Miura Homage", "This Is the 'Italian Job' Lamborghini Miura", "Lamborghini Miura from 'The Italian Job' found and completely restored by Lamborghini", "Edward Van Halen's 'Panama' Lamborghini Has Been Discovered", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lamborghini_Miura&oldid=1096021774, Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles, Articles with dead external links from December 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Upper and lower wishbones, coil springs, stabilizing bar, Girling disc brakes all around, hydraulically operated, This page was last edited on 1 July 2022, at 20:00.
This intake size misprint carried forward into Espada 400GT and Countach LP 400/LP 400S owners manuals as well. Once the initial slack in the primitive-looking throttle cable is taken up, the engine's response to the rather stiff accelerator pedal is startlingly quick. Detail differences included a locking glove box. The three men worked on its design at night, hoping to convince company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini such a vehicle would neither be too expensive nor distract from the company's focus. One of the first mid-engined GT cars. Dallara's deep frame does an outstanding job. If you want heat, you turn a tap under the dash which lets water into the heater core. Even without outside mirrors, the rear vision through the deck louvers is adequate. [23], An orange Miura is seen driving through the Alps in the opening sequence of The Italian Job (1969).
The car has not covered any mileage since the work was completed. We didn't flagellate this Miura, but the one tested in Switzerland by Automobile Revue reached 60 in 5.0 seconds, 100 in 11.7, and 150 in 32.5 seconds with the lower-performance 350-hp engine.
When leaving the factory they were originally fitted with Pirelli Cinturato 205VR15 tyres (CN72).
Bertone's bodywork is entirely aluminum, and the collaboration of the Lamborghini staff is shown in the aircraft-type pierced-sheet structure within the front and rear body sections, which pivot up for access to the internals. a lot. What the wheel does is fine. Despite this setback, the car was the highlight of the show, immediately boosting stylist Marcello Gandini's reputation.
This remarkable Miura S has everything you would want to find in a top-rank example. The Miura remained in the collectors UK museum, however, along with the other cars in his collection and, as such, was carefully stored and used only sparingly. The Miura's was very stiff when it arrived in the U.S., and still required quite a bit of muscle, although even during our two-hour run there seemed to be a lessening of the force needed to get past the Porsche synchro rings.
1969 Lamborghini Miura S Jota 4280 sold for 448,000.
After he fled the country during the Iranian Revolution, his cars were seized by the Iranian government. There was a misprint in the SV owners manual indicating bigger intake valves in English size (but correct size in metric). We weren't worried about being overtaken when we reached, on a normal expressway, some 155 mph with the Miura. Auction Source: The 2013 Scottsdale Auctions by Gooding & Company, 1970 Lamborghini Muira S 4428 sold for $473,000. This included new intake manifolds and different camshafts. An unconfirmed claim holds the first 125 Miuras were built of 0.9mm steel and are therefore lighter than later cars.
Based on a P400, it was first shown at the 1968 Brussels Auto Show. Lamborghinis, we're told, have gearboxes that get progressively lighter with use.
The Miura on offer today is one of these desirable S models which was delivered new to Rainer Haas in August of 1970 and registered as HH XS 701 (copy of the original document on file).
The car was the first supercar with a rear mid-engined two-seat layout, although the concept was first seen in a production road car with Ren Bonnet's Matra Djet, introduced in 1964. Engine changes were reportedly good for an additional 20PS (15kW; 20hp).
Lastly, it was delivered with 2,000 miles on the clock, so it could be imported as a used car. Subsequently, bought by Swiss Lamborghini collector Jean Wicki, the car had its rear wing and chin spoiler removed and was painted silver, bringing the car's style closer to the Berlinetta SVJ. The mileage of 13,500km is real. We are in the presence of a rare original piece, with the exception of its paint, a car with great potential whose price continues to rise.
The lightweight door opens wide, carrying with it the rear grillework (a portion of the door that helps stabilize the side glass, keeping air leakage and resultant wind noise to a minimum). The car was then sold back to the UK where it has resided in a small private collection and used on a regular basis. No reserve. At 60 mph you can cruise in any of the top four gears, depending on what you think you may have to do next; it makes no difference to the Miura. The SV can be distinguished from its predecessors by its lack of "eyelashes" around the headlamps, wider rear fenders to accommodate the new 9-inch-wide (230mm) rear wheels and Pirelli Cinturato tyres 215/70R15 CN12 & 255/60R15 CN12, and different taillights. Italys First Mid-Engine Production Supercar. Above 120, though, you appreciate that anything quicker would be too sensitive, too touchy, for relaxation at the Miura's cruising speed. The recently painted correct S wheels and knock-offs are shod with correct S tires. The engine was mounted transversely and produced 350PS (257kW; 345hp).
Other revisions were limited to creature comforts, such as a locking glovebox lid, a reversed position of the cigarette lighter and windshield wiper switch, and single release handles for front and rear body sections.
The second generation Miura was released at the 1968 Turin Motor Show with a number of detail upgrades both in and out of the car. The last and most famous Miura, the P400SV or Miura SV, was presented in 1971. Auction Source: 2009 RM Auctions Automobiles of London. The two grilles in the front deck exhaust warm.air from the back of the radiator, and the right one hinges up to expose the gas filler cap. [5] When released, it was the fastest production road car. The Miura S presented here, chassis 4413, left the factory on January 22, 1970.
The one of a kind Miura Roadster was shown at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in 2013.[19]. The Miura's rolling chassis was presented at the 1965 Turin Auto Show, and the prototype P400 debuted at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show.
Auction Source: 2007 Monterey Preview. In 1970, Lamborghini development driver Bob Wallace created a test mule that would conform to the FIA's Appendix J racing regulations.