Lamborghini Miura breaks cover
Concept car debuts today in LA
The original Lamborghini Miura
Lamborghini's P400 Miura concept makes its debut today at the Los Angeles auto show. According to Car magazine, it's being dubbed a styling exercise by Lamborghini boss Stephen Winkelmann. The magazine reported him saying enigmatically: "we are not yet talking about production. But every project has its meaning". The publication reckoned that insiders are confident that will be a runner -- although the concept in LA doesn't yet have a motor in it.
It looks like the original: the drooped nose, the lipped boot lid, and the cabin-backwards stance all hark back to the earlier design. Presumably its tendency to take off at high speeds have been constrained by modern wind tunnel and computer-aided design techniques.
It'll be derived from the Gallardo's four-wheel drive underpinnings but stretched to accommodate the mid-mounted longitudinally-oriented V12. The dash may well echo the original's with two huge dials in front of the driver plus a battery of smaller dials on the wide transmission tunnel. The engine however, could also be a new powerplant currently under development. Sporting six litres of displacement, it could get direct injection and a pair of turbochargers to generate a beefy 1,000bhp and 737lb-ft of torque.
Production is likely to be limited, and the price somewhere north of £200,000. We'll keep you posted...
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klassiekerrally said:
I don't get it...
If VW had so many problems to get 1000 bhp out of the 16 cylinder Veyron, how are they going to do it with a 12 cylinder engine?
Seeing is believing...
I wouldn't be surprised if the engine is a W12, because of the longitudinal placement in the back.
i reckon it's doable - didn't saleen recently announce a 1000bhp car recently? guess the issue for vw is whether they can generate that type of power and still retain the infamous 'golf levels of reliability'
Ooh Ya the Jota was ONE Of the GREAT cars.
>> Edited by jellison on Wednesday 4th January 13:35
jellison said:
Shocking - Not in a good way - what is it with all this retro Crap - and I mean Crap ala Ford GT - why can't these companies just have the Ball come out with a fresh car from the wheel to the top of the roof - cost no more!
Ooh Ya the Jota was ONE Of the GREAT cars.
>> Edited by jellison on Wednesday 4th January 13:35
The cars are new, only the name is not...and better a good looking retro look then a modern no face(mass looking) style car...(in some cases)
And yep, the Jota was/is a great car...bit expensive though
and very rare.. GTRene
Whoever came up with this idea should be shot, shouldn't be called Miura, shouldn't look like one. Do something original feckwits. The Ford GT doesn't do it for me either, looks like a crude toy version of the old one as does the new Miura in the pictures.
jellison said:
Shocking - Not in a good way - what is it with all this retro Crap - and I mean Crap ala Ford GT - why can't these companies just have the Ball come out with a fresh car from the wheel to the top of the roof - cost no more!
Ooh Ya the Jota was ONE Of the GREAT cars.
>> Edited by jellison on Wednesday 4th January 13:35
Hope they do this as the Miura is one of the best looking cars ever!!!!
I expect the reason these car companies are doing this is because they know they will sell,
A great looking car with todays engineering , although sometimes old engineering is better than new.
But anyway todays car designers are obviously doing the wrong drugs, as look at the state of most new cars these days they are bloody horrible,............ look at the multipla.
They keep on designing cars that are compact but have loads of room inside, easy to get in and out of Etc Etc all the boring requirements.
Now Miura type styling was probably designed around being extreme looking for the time, dont care if it is easy to get in and out of, must be dangerously fast (for the time)and a lot of soul Etc Etc all the exciting requirements.
klassiekerrally said:
I don't get it...
If VW had so many problems to get 1000 bhp out of the 16 cylinder Veyron, how are they going to do it with a 12 cylinder engine?
Seeing is believing...
I wouldn't be surprised if the engine is a W12, because of the longitudinal placement in the back.
TVR seem to manage about 500bhp from a 6 so 1000 out of a 12 cylinder engine doesn't seem unfeasible.
If it comes to pass, take me for a ride please, but I don't want to Re-paint the Mona Lisa thanks all the same
munky said:
I don't get it...
If VW had so many problems to get 1000 bhp out of the 16 cylinder Veyron, how are they going to do it with a 12 cylinder engine?
Didn't Koenig get 1000 bhp out of a Testarossa, nearly 20 years ago?
Along with the gearbox 30 seconds later.
los angeles said:
Yup. I'm with all the naysayers on this one. Why resurrect an old design? It's no better than movie remakes. Most of those cars are of their day. Let's have the shock of the new.
Well chaps im gonna sit on the Yay side of the fence..
The bottom line is, Body design, with regards to style, has gone downhill since the glory days of the Jaguar E-Type, Lamborghini Muira, Ferrari GTO etc.
Personally i think the best car in the world would be one with styling from that era and technology from 2006.
IT is my business but when styling a car Pencil & Paper beats Computer everytime..
cheers,
Nick
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