Ferruccio Lamborghini’s story is pretty unique, he was a successful manufacturer of tractors and farming equipment that decided to build luxury cars, not sportscars....in fact he despised car racing as a whole and no official Lamborghini has ever taken part in a racing competition (only privates that bought and prepared a car have). So he founded Lamborghini Automobili and came up with this thing, it’s notable how this model which mounts the same V12 4 liter engine that was later mounted onto the Miura (with mods to the gearshift and clutch) is totally muffled because, again, Lamborghini did not like noisy uncomfortable sports cars. In fact as long as he was alive Lamborghini has never manufactured a cabriolet model...because he hated and found very uncomfortable the wind on his head. :-) It was basically a pure shot of luck that he was convinced by 3 young engineers of his factory to build a chassis, that they had designed as an afterwork exercisein 1965, mounting the 4 liter engine trasversaly in the mid-rear section and presenting it at the Geneva Autoshow. The chassis caught the attention of Ferruccio Bertone, a successful car designer, that proposed Lamborghini to design the body for it. Apparently Lamborghini was skeptical to the last moment about that crazy uncomfortable car that came out...as the Miura. The Miura shocks the world and Lamborghini suddenly becomes credited as a competitor of Ferrari and Maserati.
,,,Stunningly beautiful car and a nicely made video --thanks for posting. Lamborgini set out to make a car that would fix all the things he disliked about the Ferraris he had purchased and ended up making some masterpieces..Best thing is--you could actually buy one of these now (provided you could find one) for a fraction of what the similar era Ferraris cost,,and have a car that costs a fraction to own and drive as well. The same engine,,with modifications was made and used by Lambo for almost 50 years...sweet ride
