Lamborghini Miura P400 1968 for sale

The Lamborghini Miura, introduced in 1966, occupies a distinctive place in automotive history as the vehicle generally credited with ushering in the modern supercar. Its significance lies less in raw performance numbers, which have long been surpassed, than in the boldness of its engineering conception. Where contemporary high-performance cars typically mounted their engines at the front, the designers of the Miura placed a transverse V12 in a mid-engine position, just behind the passenger compartment—a layout borrowed from contemporary racing prototypes rather than road cars. This decision, credited primarily to a group of young Lamborghini engineers working rather independently of the initial desires of the company's founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, established the mid-engine configuration as the paradigm that virtually every subsequent top-tier supercar would follow. The car's body, designed by Marcello Gandini at Bertone, was equally consequential. Its low, curvaceous profile and theatrical details, including the famous eyelash trim around the headlights, exemplified the era's growing confidence in treating the automobile as a sculptural work of art rather than merely a means of transportation. Viewed in its historical moment, the Miura reflected the optimism and technical ambition of the Italian design culture of the 1960s, where craftsmanship and radical innovation coexisted. Viewed from the present, it stands as a fundamental artifact: a benchmark against which subsequent exercises in mid-engine design are still implicitly measured. Its continued prominence at concours events and among collectors suggests that its historical importance is, if anything, only deepened over time, solidifying its status as a touchstone in twentieth-century industrial design. Share Send message Download PDF OUR EXAMPLE Only 474 P400 Miuras were built between 1966 and 1969 with the subsequent 'S' and 'SV' models continuing until 1973. Chassis 3483 was delivered in the spring of 1968 with the first production updates in the form of a thicker chassis to improve rigidity and handling. The car was delivered in Verde Miura with Gobi (brown) leather interior to Lamborghini Righetti dealership in Vic.