Review "Lamborghini Miura": description, specifications and reviews

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

The proposed short review of the Lamborghini Miura will be preceded by a brief historical introduction. The world-famous Italian company has been counting its history since 1963, when Ferruccio Lamborghini decided to create his own automobile production. At that time, he already had several companies. The main profile is tractor construction, as well as the production of combines. How did a manufacturer of heavy agricultural equipment come to be the founder of one of the most prestigious brands of expensive sports cars?

History of the emergence of the company

As the legend says, the conflict with Maestro Enzo Ferrari himself pushed him to create his own automobile production. As a successful businessman, Ferruccio owned several expensive sports cars, including a Ferrari 250 GT. Having once arrived at Enzo with a proposal to improve the quality of the clutch, he received a turn from the gate with wishes to continue to engage in combine harvesters, and not climb where he does not understand anything. Yes, fromalmost childish resentment, a company has appeared that produces world-famous sports cars, supercars and hypercars.

Gran Turismo

The owner of a start-up automaker gravitated toward the GT class. For those who are not very familiar with the term, I will explain in a nutshell. Gran Turismo is a class of sports cars designed for long-distance travel. So, in fact, this phrase is translated from Italian. It has long roots, from the time of traveling around Europe in carriages. But this has nothing to do with the essence. Now the abbreviation also means a racing class in sports car competitions, but this is again a slight digression.

Be that as it may, the history of the Lamborghini Miura is preceded by two interesting models marked 350 GT and 400 GT respectively. Which clearly indicates the initial preferences of the owner of the company. Meanwhile, three of his employees clearly wanted to get a really high-speed horse. They secretly worked out the whole concept from the owner. As a result, the model that will be discussed in this review was born.

Lamborghini Miura

The sports car, which was created by three wayward engineers, was presented to the court of Mr. Lamborghini. Since there were serious fears that the owner would not like the project, the guys did their best, having carefully worked out the whole concept. In fact, it was already a ready-made candy with almost sky-high technical characteristics at that time. Remember, it was 1966. And the ownerliked it.

This is how the now famous Lamborghini Miura appeared, in general, which made Mr. Lamborghini a world-famous manufacturer of sports cars. By the way, the name of the model was inspired by the name of a well-known bull breeder in Italy. Don Eduardo Miura perfectly symbolized the southern passion that burned in the motors of sports cars. Let us also remind you that the now world-famous indomitable bull appears on the coat of arms of the company.

Features

The first car was marked P400. The serial version of the 1966 release was equipped with a 12-cylinder engine with a capacity of 350 "horses" with a displacement of 3.9 liters. Acceleration to hundreds in 5.7 seconds and a top speed of 270 km / h. Such characteristics even now allow the supercar to compete with the very best.

In fact, the amazing dynamics, hardly imagined back in 1966, was due to the use of aluminum for the manufacture of a car body. The project turned out to be so successful that it not only gave the hitherto unknown manufacturer of tractors and combines worldwide fame, but also made it possible to make good money. In the period from 66 to 69, 275 Lamborghini Miura cars were produced, the price of each was 20 thousand US dollars. By modern standards, one supercar cost about 120 thousand USD.

P400S

In 1969, the car experienced the first upgrade. The letter "S" appeared in the name. Added power to the engine. An additional 20 horsepower made it possible to increase the maximum speed by another ten kilometers per hour. Althoughthe main emphasis of modernization fell on the salon. Significantly increasing comfort, the manufacturer Lamborghini Miura sold even more cars from 69 to 71 years. Now their number has reached 338 pieces.

We note the power windows that the car was equipped with, chrome window trim, luxurious audio preparation, climate control, an upgraded dashboard, a choice of upholstery colors, and a steel roof. Because, as it turned out, the aluminum body was not very safe for the crazy speeds developed by the supercar.

P400SV

The most famous version of the Lamborghini Miura began production in 1971. The P400SV modification turned out to be a swan song for the entire project, as the company was going to explore new horizons, an interesting development called the Countach was already looming ahead. But that's another story.

The Miura SV hasn't changed much from the 1969 version, except for the disappearance of the eyelashes on the car's pretty round headlights. However, the technical stuffing of the model has seriously added. The engine and carburetor were redesigned. The gearbox switched to its own lubrication system, which improved the reliability of the motor, since in the previous version the same oil circulated in both it and the transmission.

As a result, the engine had as many as 385 "horses", which was reflected in the maximum speed of the car, which, by the way, exceededa serious mark of 300 km / h in those days. In total, another 150 cars of this modification were produced. She was most popular in the Lamborghini Miura line, lit up, for example, in the stable of the famous American musician Frank Sinatra.

Sunset

In the early seventies, a serious economic crisis broke out in Italy. The production of supercars began to cost a pretty penny. Mr. Ferruccio Lamborghini had to sell his tractor factory, and then half the shares of the car company. The new owner of production rather quickly completed the history of the project called Lamborghini Miura. The last P400SV left the assembly line in January 1973. It was a black car in white leather, the 763rd in a row from the start of production of the Miura line. Thus ended a six-year epic.

Today, most of the produced cars have been preserved in the collections of connoisseurs and admirers of this magnificent brand of Italian bull tamers. By the way, the price of any of the three modifications described here, despite its venerable age, is not less than 400 thousand euros. So, like quality wine, cars built under the skillful guidance of Mr. Ferruccio Lamborghini only add value over the years.

Conclusion

Many experts consider the appearance of this car the beginning of a new era. It was when describing this model that the word “supercar” flashed in the press, which is now often used to distinguish a special class in the segment of sports brands. We are talking about cars with a maximum speed of 300 km/h.

In fact, this term is rather arbitrary and often means only the ability of a pretentious owner to shell out a round sum for a “horse”, measured in hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The Lamborghini Miura supercar, the history of which is briefly presented in this short review, is a milestone in the development of the company, which now has a worldwide reputation and introduces all new super-fast cars to the public.