RE: Aventador 'Miura Homage' special edition

RE: Aventador 'Miura Homage' special edition

Friday 24th June 2016

Aventador 'Miura Homage' special edition

Lamborghini celebrates 50 years of its most famous model with, er, some gold paint and a badge



Everyone knows the Miura. Even if you don't care a great deal about cars, you will be aware of the Miura. One of the prettiest cars ever made and arguably the template for the modern supercar, it's a massively significant car in Lamborghini's history.


It's also now 50 years old, an occasion being celebrated by Sant'Agata with the Aventador 'Miura Homage Special Edition'. Mechanically identical to the LP700-4, it's distinguished by paint with suitably dramatic Italian names that evoke the Miura. This car is Rosso Arancia Miura, with Verde Scandal and Blu Tahiti also available amongst the six colours. All the Homage cars will have the contrasting lower sill, plus Dione rims (20-inch front, 21-inch rear) in either matt silver or gold. There's also a 'Miura 50th' logo on that lower sill, because what's a limited edition without a logo?

Inside there's a choice of either Nero Ade or Terra Emilia leather with "tone-on-tone" stitching and a standard carbon fibre package. That logo is stitched into the seats as well, with 'Lamborghini' embroidered on the dashboard.

As you might have guessed, Lamborghini will make just 50 Miura Homage Aventadors. We're told "the majority" have already been sold, so best be quick if you do want one. It will be on display at Goodwood this weekend for a closer look too. Price? Most likely of the "if you have to ask..." variety.



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Darran-95030

Original Poster:

31 posts

98 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Oh dear!!

McAndy

12,444 posts

177 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Disappointed. Selling out with a special edition theme that wouldn't be out of place in a 1990s Peugeot back catalogue. Poor form.

Morningside

24,110 posts

229 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Why did this spring into my mind?




Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

186 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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That's a bit like something Mazda would do to sell more MX5s.

TIGA84

5,206 posts

231 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Hmmm.

PHMatt

608 posts

148 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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"Everyone knows the Miura. Even if you don't care a great deal about cars, you will be aware of the Miura. "

I bet if you asked 100 "non car" people what a Miura was they'd think it was a dessert or a half man half chicken beast.

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

126 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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PHMatt said:
"Everyone knows the Miura. Even if you don't care a great deal about cars, you will be aware of the Miura. "

I bet if you asked 100 "non car" people what a Miura was they'd think it was a dessert or a half man half chicken beast.
But I'll bet if you showed 'em the first few minutes of the Italian Job...

PHMatt

608 posts

148 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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TooMany2cvs said:
PHMatt said:
"Everyone knows the Miura. Even if you don't care a great deal about cars, you will be aware of the Miura. "

I bet if you asked 100 "non car" people what a Miura was they'd think it was a dessert or a half man half chicken beast.
But I'll bet if you showed 'em the first few minutes of the Italian Job...
I have never seen the Italian Job


I should imagine a lot of non car people haven't either surely?

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

126 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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PHMatt said:
TooMany2cvs said:
PHMatt said:
"Everyone knows the Miura. Even if you don't care a great deal about cars, you will be aware of the Miura. "

I bet if you asked 100 "non car" people what a Miura was they'd think it was a dessert or a half man half chicken beast.
But I'll bet if you showed 'em the first few minutes of the Italian Job...
I have never seen the Italian Job

I should imagine a lot of non car people haven't either surely?
I don't believe you. EVERYBODY has seen the Italian Job at least 37 times.

Honestly, some people.

swisstoni

16,985 posts

279 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Can't really blame them. There'll be the usual queue of international tools who will pay extra for something like this.

Vroom101

828 posts

133 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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I actually quite like the look of that getmecoat

castex

4,936 posts

273 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Looks pretty, but as hommages go I'm not a fan.

With regard to the Lotuses posted that's a bit different as they had something to celebrate other than the 0-100 record on Sloane Street. The liveries were from championship winning Formula 1 cars:




Perhaps they should have painted the Aventador like this?


Then again, perhaps not.

V8Bart

788 posts

190 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Audi really don't get this whole Lambo thing do they :-(

M1C

1,833 posts

111 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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I absolutely love it!!!

k-ink

9,070 posts

179 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Celebrating a beautiful, curvaceous Miura with an angular origami lump. Yeah, I see what you tried to do there.

Fail.



kambites

67,556 posts

221 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Hmm, Lamborghini have caught the Lotus Special Edition bug.

Tuvra

7,921 posts

225 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Why not try harder to pay homage to it? Retro Mirrors? Seats? Interior trim? Wheels? Lights?

castex

4,936 posts

273 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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Tuvra said:
Why not try harder to pay homage to it? Retro Mirrors? Seats? Interior trim? Wheels? Lights?
Something like this?


k-ink

9,070 posts

179 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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^
The finest Lambo which never was frown

Tuvra

7,921 posts

225 months

Friday 24th June 2016
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castex said:
Something like this?

No, I din't mean design a car from the ground up. I meant add more styling cues, a retro interior, retro wheels, trim etc.

Let's be honest, that could be done by Yiannimize....