RE: New Miura concept photos arrive
Friday 6th January 2006
New Miura concept photos arrive
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Lamborghini has issued official photos of the Miura concept car on which we reported earlier this week (see link below). So here they are...
Discussion
I think that it works personally, I mean Ford have got away with it with there GT so why can't Lambo?
I feel it's got enough modern styling cues mixed with the shape of the original, as long as though lose those horrid blinging, pimp my ride style wheels! I have to admit though that if it was my money then I would by an original Miura and an everyday car.
But that's just me, what do I know!
>> Edited by L100NYY on Friday 6th January 10:40
I feel it's got enough modern styling cues mixed with the shape of the original, as long as though lose those horrid blinging, pimp my ride style wheels! I have to admit though that if it was my money then I would by an original Miura and an everyday car.
But that's just me, what do I know!
>> Edited by L100NYY on Friday 6th January 10:40
Dissapointing 
At least the Ford GT looks exactly like the original. That however looks only slightly similar to the original Muira. Bet Lambo don't shown both cars next to each other.
As said above. Lazy design. Should have, and could have looked a hell of a lot more like the original.
At least the Ford GT looks exactly like the original. That however looks only slightly similar to the original Muira. Bet Lambo don't shown both cars next to each other.
As said above. Lazy design. Should have, and could have looked a hell of a lot more like the original.
L100NYY said:
I have to admit though that if it was my money then I would by an original Miura . . .
This one then please . . . Let's just wait and see.
As I said on another forum, it's gorgeous but totally against the ethos of Lamborghini.
Lamborghini have always been about shocking us from the cutting edge of Italian modernist design. It's like with Bertone and Marcello Gandini has always resulted in the most cutting-edge and outlandish of cars being made flesh.
The original Miura was groundbreakingly beautiful in 1966. The Marzal concept car looked like it came from another planet, then Lamborghini used it to give us the Espada and the Urraco. The Countach was so radical most people thought it could never be put into production, and then it was. The Diablo redressed the styling balance after the Countach had started to go awry and sport add-ons. The Murcielago and Gallardo are thoroughly modern designs that excite the eye and carry all the hallmarks of the Lamborghini.
But this goes against all that. Beautiful it may be, but it's just a sign of VAG having too much to do with it. It's Lamborghini's equivalent of the New Beetle or Mini. It's even based on a forthcoming Audi - this is just VAG platform-sharing gone bonkers. Fine for Audis and VWs, but we're talking about the most fabled supercars ever to come blasting out of Italy here.
It's indiscriminately arseing around with heritage, and I don't like it. Ford can get away with it because it never developed the GT40 beyond the early '70s and most people would admit the Mustang lost its way with the II in '74. But Lamborghini have always progressed, and this is, if not a giant leap backwards, then a giant leap sideways.
Lamborghini have always been about shocking us from the cutting edge of Italian modernist design. It's like with Bertone and Marcello Gandini has always resulted in the most cutting-edge and outlandish of cars being made flesh.
The original Miura was groundbreakingly beautiful in 1966. The Marzal concept car looked like it came from another planet, then Lamborghini used it to give us the Espada and the Urraco. The Countach was so radical most people thought it could never be put into production, and then it was. The Diablo redressed the styling balance after the Countach had started to go awry and sport add-ons. The Murcielago and Gallardo are thoroughly modern designs that excite the eye and carry all the hallmarks of the Lamborghini.
But this goes against all that. Beautiful it may be, but it's just a sign of VAG having too much to do with it. It's Lamborghini's equivalent of the New Beetle or Mini. It's even based on a forthcoming Audi - this is just VAG platform-sharing gone bonkers. Fine for Audis and VWs, but we're talking about the most fabled supercars ever to come blasting out of Italy here.
It's indiscriminately arseing around with heritage, and I don't like it. Ford can get away with it because it never developed the GT40 beyond the early '70s and most people would admit the Mustang lost its way with the II in '74. But Lamborghini have always progressed, and this is, if not a giant leap backwards, then a giant leap sideways.
Twincam16 said:Your opinion, and duly noted
It's indiscriminately arseing around with heritage, and I don't like it. Ford can get away with it because it never developed the GT40 beyond the early '70s and most people would admit the Mustang lost its way with the II in '74. But Lamborghini have always progressed, and this is, if not a giant leap backwards, then a giant leap sideways.
BUT....the Muira was only made for several years (late Sixties until early Seventies), so why shouldn't they have a go at another one, a la Ford?
It would be a progression, I'm sure - hopefully the damn thing would stay planted to the road at speed.
Lamborghini have always made outrageous, aspirational cars. Personally I don't see this as an exception to that rule.
Twincam16 said:
As I said on another forum, it's gorgeous but totally against the ethos of Lamborghini.
Producing sports cars was totally against the ethos of a tractor manufacturer.
But seriously, it is lazy and unimaginative (is there a German word for that?). Another pastiche of a venerable design.
dinkel said:
I have to admit though that if it was my money then I would by an original Miura . . .
Let's just wait and see.
Oh Dinkel, can you please stop showing that Miura link! I really, really want that car!
moment mixed with a bit of 
too!In your eyes automotive future is looking grim, doesn't it TC?
Like I said, let's just wait and see. This is just the beginning . . .
The rear is OK, the nose needs a bit of by hand adjustement. The angle of the cockpit windows is not quite right . . . And please give it a NA V12 . . . Looking forward for more.
Like I said, let's just wait and see. This is just the beginning . . .
The rear is OK, the nose needs a bit of by hand adjustement. The angle of the cockpit windows is not quite right . . . And please give it a NA V12 . . . Looking forward for more.
r988 said:
But seriously, it is lazy and unimaginative (is there a German word for that?)
I believe the German word you are looking for is Volkswagen
A bit unfair there..... VAG have done a quite few things that require a lot of imagination....from an Engineering point of view anyhow !
wab172uk said:
Dissapointing
At least the Ford GT looks exactly like the original. That however looks only slightly similar to the original Muira. Bet Lambo don't shown both cars next to each other.
As said above. Lazy design. Should have, and could have looked a hell of a lot more like the original.
Jaguar have been doing lazy design for years. Look at the Mk10 from the early sixties and see all the styling cues for the latest XJ.
Hugh
Its growing on me big time. It's a hugely well proportioned car but then its copying the god of cars imo.
Not sure about copying the original Miura, I'd have preferred a new design in the same way Ferrari released the Enzo, instead of copying a 250GTO.
The rumour mill for this concept is huge, I've heard 700bhp a few times and 1000bhp at least once. It's going after the Enzo and thats for sure. Priced above the Murcielago at £200k+
Not sure about copying the original Miura, I'd have preferred a new design in the same way Ferrari released the Enzo, instead of copying a 250GTO.
The rumour mill for this concept is huge, I've heard 700bhp a few times and 1000bhp at least once. It's going after the Enzo and thats for sure. Priced above the Murcielago at £200k+
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