• Delivered new in Italy • Originally finished in Bleu Miura (blue) with Gobi (beige) interior • Late reinforced chassis P400 • Present ownership since 2006 • Stored since its acquisition "But step back for a minute and work out what makes the Miura so special.

In 1966 there was nothing like it.

Only racing cars and the obscure little French Bonnet/Matra Djet had mid-mounted engines.

Ferrari's road-going mainstay was the traditional front-engined 275 GTB.

So when tractor magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini stole the attention of the Geneva Salon crowd with the Miura, people were shocked as much by its audacious mechanical layout as they were by its era-defining and stunningly gorgeous styling." – Classic Cars , July 2004.

Ferruccio Lamborghini's bold challenge to Ferrari had begun in 1964 with the 350GT but it was the arrival of the Miura - arguably the founder of the supercar class - that established Lamborghini as a major manufacturer of luxury sporting cars.

Prior to the model's off...