Lamborghini Marks 60 Years of Miura: The Supercar That Started It All

Lamborghini Celebrates 60 Years of Miura: The Supercar Born Naked

Sant’Agata Bolognese would never admit it, but the world’s first true supercar began life in the nude—bare chassis, no body, just raw mechanical sex appeal. Back in November 1965, while other brands flashed chrome and curves at the Turin Motor Show, Lamborghini plonked a satin-black skeleton on its stand: folded steel, drilled like a twink’s belt, with a transverse 4.0-litre V12 perched behind the cabin. It looked like a racer on leave, yet it would become Miura, the queer awakening of every car tragic for the next six decades.

The idea sparked in 1964 from three young rebels—Dallara, Stanzani, and test driver Bob Wallace—who decided that if Ferruccio wouldn’t go racing, they’d smuggle racing into his road cars. Their secret project L105 birthed the P400 chassis, a featherweight 120kg masterpiece with independent suspension, racing brakes, and a compact engine-gearbox combo that rewrote the supercar rulebook before the rulebook even existed.

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ABOVE: Lamborghini Marks 60 Years of Miura

Coachbuilders queued to flirt with the chassis, but it was Nuccio Bertone who sealed the deal, promising to craft “the perfect shoe for this beautiful foot.” His design became the Miura as unveiled in Geneva in March 1966—low, luscious, and utterly unapologetic.

In 2026, Lamborghini will celebrate the Miura’s 60th with a full year of events and a Polo Storico tour, honouring the car that invented a word—supercar—and made the world fall head-over-heels for Italian excess. As gay icons go, it’s right up there with Cher.

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