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Italian supercar
maker Automobili Lamborghini surprised the world last week
by bringing back one of the most iconic names in automotive
history, the Lamborghini Miura. The daring design study
dubbed the "Miura Concept" was secretly unveiled at the
Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills, California to
an elite group of auto industry insiders and car
enthusiasts. Arguably the most beautiful car ever created
and long considered company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini's
favorite Lamborghini of all-time, the new Miura Concept
brings back the legendary Miura name on the eve of the car's
40th Anniversary.
"Ferruccio
Lamborghini once said it means very little to produce the
best racing cars in the world, people only remember the
drivers, but if you can produce the best road cars in the
world, no one will ever forget them," Automobili Lamborghini
President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann reminisced about
Lamborghini's famous founder. "40 years ago, Lamborghini
created what was unquestionably the best road car in the
world, the legendary Miura. Today, Lamborghini follows in
this uncompromising tradition by making the most beautiful,
high-performance supercars in the world."
The
original Miura quickly became one of the hottest cars of its
day with a long list of past and current celebrity owners
like movie star Nicholas Cage, Tonight Show Host Jay Leno,
rock star legends Elton John and Rod Stewart, and Frank
Sinatra and Dean Martin, the epitome of cool from The Rat
Pack. The new concept penned by Lamborghini design head
Walter de'Silva brings back the sensuous styling of the
original Miura that raised the benchmark in supercar design
and instantly won the admiration of car enthusiasts
worldwide.
Only a
few days after its showing in Los Angeles, the M-Concept
will anchor the Automobili Lamborghini corporate display at
the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The
car will be officially unveiled for the automotive media at
a press conference in Detroit's Cobo Hall on Monday, January
9th at 4:30 p.m. (EST).
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In his address at the Los Angeles M-Concept unveiling,
Winkelmann did stress this new Miura on its way to Detroit,
is a design study only and emphasized the company has no
plans to put the car into production yet.
Also
on display by Lamborghini in Detroit will be the
cutting-edge Gallardo Coupe, with its all aluminum
spaceframe and 520-hp V10 engine; the new Gallardo Spyder,
one of the fastest open-air cars ever created; and the
company's two flagship models -- the muscular Murcielago
Coupe and the sculptural open-air Murcielago Roadster.
Recently experiencing great corporate success, Automobili
Lamborghini begins the New Year by celebrating the
successful production of 3,000 Lamborghini V10 Gallardo
models after just two years, a record high number for the
Volkswagen-Audi owned Italian supercar maker. In addition to
strong Gallardo Coupe sales, the brand new convertible V10
Gallardo Spyder has recently become available at Lamborghini
dealers. In addition, the epitome of all supercars,
Lamborghini's flagship V12 Murcielago Coupe and Roadster
models, also remain in solid demand.
Company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini was a self-made
millionaire industrialist who began with a successful
tractor business, and changed the course of automotive
history when he decided to construct world-class GT cars
unmatched in the early 1960s. His drive for excellence led
him to commission the leading Italian designers and
coachbuilders of the era, and by mid-decade he had
astonished the automotive world with his sensuous and
sophisticated, exotically styled and aggressive sports cars.
Founded in 1963, the company is based in Sant' Agata
Bolognese, Italy and manufactures and produces
precision-crafted, exotic sports cars. Since its inception,
Automobili Lamborghini has created a succession of dynamic
and elegant sports cars and sedans including the Miura,
Islero, Urraco, Jalpa, Espada, Countach, Diablo, Murcielago,
Gallardo, Murcielago Roadster, and for 2005 the Gallardo SE
and Gallardo Spyder.
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