Lamborghini Miura

Overview

The Lamborghini Miura is a sports car that was built in Italy by Lamborghini between 1966 and 1973. The mid-engined layout had been used successfully in competition, including by the Ford GT40 and Ferrari 250 LM at Le Mans.

De Tomaso had produced a road car with this layout, the Vallelunga, but otherwise cars designed for the road were almost uniformly front-engined, rear drive vehicles. The Miura was a trendsetter, the one that made the mid-engined layout de rigueur among two-seater high performance supercars. It is named after the Spanish ranch Miura, whose bulls have a proverbial attack instinct.