Had Lamborghini’s favoured coachbuilder, Touring of Milan, not gotten into financial difficulties, the car builder from Sant’Agata could have travelled a very different path. As it transpired, design…
Read MoreAfter the small team of engineers that had secretly been working on a mid-engined design that would incorporate Lamborghini’s much-admired V12 engine finally showed it to the company…
Read MoreWhen the Lamborghini Miura debuted in more-or-less production-ready trim at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1966, it became the first car conceived for road use with a twelve cylinder mid…
Read MoreFerruccio Lamborghini established his car making factory to build the kind of discrete, conservatively-styled Grand Tourers that he and many other low-key industrialists liked to own.
Read MoreA selection of photographs from the 1990 Lamborghini Owners Club Miura run out. Featured cars: Lamborghini Miura S: EVG 66H, Lamborghini Miura SV: LYV 186K, Lamborghini Miura: KRX 297H…
Read MoreAlthough from a technical perspective the Miura still had plenty of potential for further development, once Lamborghini unveiled the Countach prototype at Geneva in March 1971, attention turned to the…
Read MoreChassis 0502 was the first Miura built into a finished car. It followed the naked rolling chassis that had been displayed at the 1965 Turin Motor Show which opened in late October and ran until early…
Read MoreChassis 3156 was the 76th Miura P400 built. A left-hand drive car with the 0.9mm chassis, it was painted Verde with a Senape interior. 3156 was dispatched from the factory on October 4th 1967.
Read MoreBy the winter of 1964-1965, production at Ferruccio Lamborghini’s state-of-the-art automotive factory in Sant’Agata was in full swing. The critically acclaimed 350 GT (launched at the Geneva Motor Show…
Read MoreChassis 3252 was one of 275 Miuras built to the original P400 specification. Configured in Bianco with a Nero interior and left-hand drive, it was the 99th Miura completed. 3252 was dispatched to its…
Read MoreA selection of images taken at various dealers in the early 1980s. Featured cars: Ferrari 365 GT4 BB: RJB 898M, Ferrari 365 GTB/4: PLL 10L, Lamborghini Miura P400: OVM 8H, Lamborghini Countach…
Read MoreChassis 3586 was dispatched from the factory on 2nd July 1968. Painted Arancio Miura with a Nero interior and Bianco leather seats, its destination was Zani Marini, the Lamborghini distributor for…
Read MoreChassis 3516 was one of 275 Miura P400s built. It was dispatched by the factory on June 17th 1968 to Lamborghini Concessionaires of Alie Street in central London. Originally painted white with a black…
Read MoreChassis 3006 was the 20th Miura built. Finished in white with a black interior, it was signed off on 29th May 1967 and dispatched to British Motors in Paris run by Edgar Bensoussan. On June 1st, the…
Read MoreA selection of 1989 photographs from the Portman Lamborghini facilities on George Street and in Brentford. Featured cars: Lamborghini 400 GT Flying Star 2: 7285 PF 92, Lamborghini Countach…
Read MorePart 1 from Lamborghini Great Britain 1995. Featured cars: Lamborghini Diablo SE30: M105 SDP, Lamborghini Countach Quattrovalvole: D111 HUV, Lamborghini Countach Quattrovalvole: A6 GRO…
Read MoreChassis 0979 was the fifth Miura built and the first exported to the USA. Assembled with the early 0.9mm gauge chassis, it was finished in Rosso Miura over Nero. Signed off by the factory on 24th…
Read MoreChassis 3303 was the 101st Miura built. As it was destined for a VIP client, the car came with several special features. The customer was Mohammad Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. 3303 was the first of four…
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