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50th anniversary of Lamborghini Miura: Check the iconic sports car here

Italian luxury sports cars and SUVs manufacturer Lamborghini is celebrating 50th anniversary of Miura. Miura was the fastest production road car available, at the time it was released.

It was made between th eperiod 1966-1973. Lets take a journey around the iconic sports car.
Twenty brightly-colored Lamborghini Miuras came to Italy from the United States, Japan and across Europe for a 500 km journey taking in the cities of Bologna, Parma, Portovenere, Viareggio, Lucca and Florence. A great Miura rally organized by Automobili Lamborghini to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of this iconic model.
A special edition of the current Aventador coupe that pays tribute to the Miura, the forerunner of all V12 Lamborghini super sports cars in its 50th anniversary year.

Created by Lamborghini's Ad Personam department, the Aventador Miura Homage reflects the colours and specifications of original Miura models.

It comes equipped with V12, 60°, MPI engine, which accelerates fro 0-100km/hr in 2.9 seconds with a top speed of 350km/hr.
On June 9, 2016, the new Lamborghini museum was inaugurated marking the Miura tour, celebrating the iconic super sports car’s 50th anniversary.
The museum displays everything - starting from the first vehicle created in Sant’Agata, the 1963 350 GT, and then to the legendary Miura.

It also showcases some of the company's important technological innovations: the Diablo with four-wheel drive, the P 140 with its aluminum chassis, the Sesto Elemento and its carbon fiber body, and the Asterion with its hybrid design.

Even the Lamborghini Cheetah, the first prototype of the future LM 002, created in 1977 when the term SUV had not even been invented, is also there at the museum.
Miura was developed by Lamborghini's three top engineers - Gian Paolo Dallara, Paolo Stanzani, and Bob Wallace. They in their spare time came out with the first prototype, against the wishes of the company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini. Lamborghini never wanted racing car derived machines as rival Ferrari.

In Picture: Mechanics building up the prototype P400 Miura at the Lamborghini Factory in Sant'Agata, October 1965
One of the early Miuras. They were powered by a version of the 3.9 L Lamborghini V12 engine used in the 400GT at the time, only mounted transversely and producing 350 PS (260 kW; 350 hp).
This one once belonged to actor Dean Martin's son Dino. It is now one of about 200 vehicles in Jay Leno's personal collection.
This one was slightly revised from the P400, with additions of power windows, locking glovebox lid, optional air conditioning, etc. This car was owned by American musician and composer Miles Davis and actor and singer Frank Sinatra.
This was the last and most famous Miura. What distinguished it from its predecessors was the lack the "eyelashes" around the headlamps.
In 1970, P400 Jota was developed with significant weight reduction by using aluminum alloy and plastic. Only one model was created that too got burned in a car crash.

In this Picture: A recreation of the Miura P400 Jota
This one was built as a show car. It was used by International Lead Zinc Research Organization to showcase the possibilities of using zinc alloys in cars.
It was the first design to be penned by Lamborghini design chief, Walter de'Silva, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1966 Geneva introduction of the original Miura.
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