RE: Lamborghini Miura: Pic of the Week

RE: Lamborghini Miura: Pic of the Week

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P5BNij

15,764 posts

105 months

Tuesday 20th November 2018
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Picture the scene... your name is Marcello Gandini, you are twenty six years old and have just arrived at the your new employer's premises and been given your first job. A GT40-esque hand built chassis with a rear transverse mounted quad cam V12 arrives from the Turin Motor show and you're tasked with clothing it with the best fitting skin you can conjure up, using a brief outline sketched by the previous encumbent of your new position. With your twenty year old assistant Piero Stroppa by your side, the two of you occupying the vast open space at the top of the Bertone factory, within just a few weeks you come up with the most beautiful shape imaginable which looks 'right' the first time, as if it were penned by the gods, almost every detail is 'just so' and it takes everyone's breath away...








dinkel

26,886 posts

257 months

Thursday 22nd November 2018
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Well, by now everyone knows the design origin came from Giugiaro.

Gandini never made a curve shaped car AFTER the Miura. Made me think many moons ago and shook up the car world some 15 years ago.

456mgt

2,504 posts

265 months

Thursday 22nd November 2018
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It's a breathtaking design, certainly one of the best looking cars ever made, and while it's not the last word in driving dynamics, it's nowhere near as challenging as people make out. Harry Metcalf's review is pretty accurate in my view. The main thing, as mentioned earlier, is whether you fit. Beyond that, you just have to tune into 60s dynamics. It works if you can drive what's in front of you, rather than what you think it should be. It's a rather special experience actually, dominated by the engine and drivetrain, you can never forget that the business end is right there behind your head. Even my 19 year old son was under it's spell, one sunny summer afternoon on a swooping country road. Fabulous.

https://youtu.be/wC3TJShw1QY
https://youtu.be/3IRKDvP0hcg

aeropilot

34,297 posts

226 months

Thursday 22nd November 2018
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456mgt said:
It works if you can drive what's in front of you, rather than what you think it should be.
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Prefect description about driving any car from a bygone age.

And great to hear that your 19 yr old son has been brought under it's spell as well smile


FIREBIRDC9

736 posts

136 months

Monday 26th November 2018
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I think i need to lie down for a while.....
Absolute stunner in blue, never seen it in that colour before!

Lovely thing!