Chassis No.

3637


Engine No.

2157


Body No.

333 (See text)



Unveiled in production form at Geneva in 1966-a mere three years after Automobili Lamborghini's founding-the Miura shocked the motoring world with Marcello Gandini's fiercely futuristic coachwork for Bertone and a transverse mid-engine layout that placed its V12 directly behind the cockpit.

Gone were the conventions of front-mounted powerplants; the Miura's sculpted lines and pioneering packaging seemed born of the racetrack, rewriting the rules for all future high-performance road cars.



Under Bertone's sleek panels rested a somewhat conventional sports car architecture consisting of upper and lower A-arm suspension with coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers and anti-roll bars at each corner, ventilated disc brakes, and rack-and-pinion steering that granted exceptional handling.

It was the Giotto Bizzarrini-designed 3.9-liter V12's transverse, mid-engine geometry that allowed the driver to exploit the eng...