The small overview offered by Lamborghini Miuraa brief historical introduction. The world-famous Italian company counts its history, beginning in 1963, when Feruccio 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 combine harvesters. How did the manufacturer of heavy agricultural machinery become the founder of one of the most prestigious brands of expensive sports cars?
As the legend goes, to create your ownautomobile production, he was pushed by the conflict with the very maestro Enzo Ferrari. Being a successful businessman, Feruccio owned several expensive sports cars, including the Ferrari 250 GT. Arriving one day to Enzo with a proposal to improve the quality of the clutch, he got a turn from the gate with wishes and to continue to engage in harvesters, and not to go where there is nothing to understand. So, from the almost childish offense appeared a company that produces world-famous sports cars, supercars and hypercar.
The owner of the newly-made automotiveThe company gravitated towards the GT class. For those who are not very familiar with the term, in a few words we will explain. Gran Turismo is a class of sports cars intended for long journeys. So, actually, and this word combination is translated from Italian. The roots of his long-standing, even from the time of travel to 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 again is an easy deviation from the topic.
Whatever it was, the history of the creation of LamborghiniMiura is preceded by two interesting models with markings of 350 GT and 400 GT respectively. Which clearly indicates the initial preferences of the owner of the company. Meanwhile, his three employees clearly wanted to get a really fast horse. They secretly mastered the whole concept from the owner. As a result, the model, which will be discussed in this review, was born.
Sportcar, who created three waywardengineer, was presented to the court of Mr. Lamborghini. Since there were serious concerns that the project would not please the owner, the guys gave their best, having thoroughly worked through the whole concept. In fact, it was already a ready-made candy with almost sky-high technical characteristics at that time. Let's remind, there was a 1966 year. And the owner liked it.
Thus appeared the famous now LamborghiniMiura, in general, made Mr. Lamborghini world-famous manufacturer of sports cars. By the way, the name of the model was inspired by the name of the breeder of bulls known in Italy. Don Eduardo Miura perfectly symbolized the southern passion that burned in the motors of sports cars. Recall also that the emblem of the company featured the world-famous now indomitable bull.
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 working volume of 3.9 liters. Acceleration to hundreds in 5.7 seconds and a maximum speed of 270 km / h. Such characteristics and now allow you to compete with the supercar the most-most.
In fact, tremendous dynamics, with difficultyrepresented in the distant 1966, was due to the use of aluminum for the manufacture of the body of the car. The project was so successful that not only gave the unknown to the manufacturer of tractors and combines worldwide fame, but also allowed to make good money. In the period from 66 to 69, 275 Lamborghini Miura cars were produced, each with a price of 20,000 US dollars. By modern standards, one supercar was worth about 120 thousand USD.
In 1969, the car survived the firstmodernization. The name "S" appeared in the title. Added engine power. Additional 20 horsepower allowed to increase the maximum speed by another ten kilometers per hour. Although the main focus of modernization fell on the salon. Significantly increasing comfort, the manufacturer Lamborghini Miura sold even more cars during the period from 69 to 71 years. Now their number has reached 338 pieces.
Let's note electrowindow regulators whichwas equipped with a car, chrome trim windows, luxury audio preparation, climate control, modernized torpedo, the choice of color upholstery, as well as a steel roof. Because, as it turned out, the aluminum body was not very safe for crazy speeds, developed supercar.
The most famous version of "Lamborghini Miura" beganissued in 1971. The modification of P400SV turned out to be a swan song for the whole project, as the company was about to explore new horizons, an interesting development called Countach was already looming ahead. But this is a completely different story.
Miura SV practically did not change her appearancein comparison with the version of 1969, it should be noted only the disappearance of cilia on the pretty round headlights of the car. However, the technical filling of the model seriously added. The engine and carburettor were reworked. The gear shifted to its own lubrication system, which increased the reliability of the engine, as in the previous version the same oil circulated both in it and in the transmission.
As a result, the engine got as many as 385 "horses"which is reflected in the maximum speed of the car, which, incidentally, exceeded the serious at that time mark of 300 km / h. In total, 150 more cars of this modification were produced. She was most popular in the line of "Lamborghini Miura", lit up, for example, in the stables of the famous American musician Frank Sinatra.
In the early seventies in Italy erupteda serious economic crisis. Manufacture of supercars began to manage in kopeck. Mr. Feruccio Lamborghini had to sell his plant for the production of tractors, and after him half of the shares of the automobile company. The new owner of the production 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 the account from the beginning of production of the Miura line. Thus ended the epic of six years.
To date, most of thecars remained in the collections of connoisseurs and admirers of this magnificent brand of Italian bull rangers. By the way, the price of any of the three modifications described here, despite the respectable age, is not lower than 400 thousand euros. So, like quality wine, cars created under the able guidance of Mr. Feruccio Lamborghini, over the years only add to the value.
Many experts consider the emergence of thiscar beginning of a new era. It was during the description of this model that the word "supercar" flashed through the press, which is now often used to distinguish a special class in the sports brands segment. We are talking about cars with a maximum speed of 300 km / h.
In fact, this term is rather conditional and often means only the ability of the pretentious owner to lay out a round sum for a "horse", measured in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Supercar Lamborghini Miura, the history of appearancewhich is briefly presented in this small survey, is a milestone in the development of the company, which now has a world name and representing the public all new super-high-speed cars.
