The Lamborghini Miura was a milestone in car history, it first appeared on the 1965 Turin Motor Show, it was not a car, but a bare chassis.But what a revolutionary chassis it was: it was a real race-design monocoque chassis with lots of holes in it to save weight, the V 12 engine was mounted transversely in front of the rear wheels. At the Geneva Motor Show of 1966 the first car was introduced, it had a body designed by Bertone , and it was spectacular. This car was years ahead of everything else. There were a lot of troubles to solve, and it took nearly a year before the first production cars left the factory, they were delivered in 1967, but it was worth the waiting, the top speed of the car was 273 Km/h. and acceleration from 0 to 100 Km/h. took 5,7 seconds, it was the fastest road legal production car of the world. 
In every area the Miura seemed head and shoulders above its competition, which meant the red cars from Maranello. Its space-age looks were enough to stop bystanders in their tracks as you drove by, and if you stopped to lift the huge front and rear lids you could count on a crowd gathering. Technically, it was very advanced: the mid-engined layout was sweeping motor racing, and like the 350GT and 400GT before it, the Miura had all-independent suspension in an era when some Ferraris still sported rigid rear axles.
Bizzarrini's 3.9-litre four-cam V12, developing a claimed 350bhp, was fitted in a unit with its transmission, the engine and gearbox sharing a common oil system. There was talk of a top speed of 180mph: the reality was ‘only' a little over 170, but even that was fast enough... Orders streamed in, soon surpassing Lamborghini's predictions and quickly making the Bolognese company the hottest property in sports cars. Further new models -– the Islero GT and Espada four-seater -- were introduced to capitalise on the publicity generated by the Miura, and a Miura roadster prototype was shown to the public at the Brussels show in 1968, though it never made it into production. Lamborghini wisely chose to consolidate, concentrating on getting the Miura and its stablemates to waiting customers, while behind the scenes work began on the important new ‘mid market' Lamborghini, the P250 Urraco which would debut in 1970.
Powerful as the fighting bull from which it takes its name, the LAMBORGHINI MIURA is a rear-engined two-seater sports car with bodywork by BERTONE. With a V12 3,929cc engine developing 385 bhp at 7,850 rpm, the MIURA has a maximum speed in excess of 170 mph.