The Lamborghini Miura is arguably Lamborghini's most iconic model, highly sought after when new and today a much sought after classic.
The SV was the last version of the Miura series produced, certainly the best developed and for many, the best looking of the Miura variations. Gooding & Company held its Amelia Island Auction recently and one of it's star lot's was a 1971 Miura SV "Prototype" which sold for a staggering $1,705,000, as far as I am aware a record price for a Miura?
To put the Miura's sale price into perspective, a 1973 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider sold at this auction for $1,320,000 and the Miura's sale price was only beaten at the auction by a 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Cabriolet that finally went for a record (for a 212) $1,870,000.
Gooding described the SV Prototype as follows, " Chassis No. 4758 was hand-built as part of a factory project to develop the Miura SV; believed to have been shown at the 1971 Geneva Auto Show; restored by Wayne Obry and Jeff Stephan; won an award in the featured Lamborghini class at Pebble Beach in 2008."
Lamborghini Miura It's believed that this Miura prototype was sold soon after the Geneva show and stayed in Italy for some years before moving to Germany. From there, the Miura surfaced in the U.S. where it was later restored as noted by Gooding.
The Miura remains for me, my all time favourite car design, fellow Miura enthusiasts may want to pick-up a copy of Joe Sackey's excellent coffee table book, "The Lamborghini Miura Bible," arguably the best book available for Miura enthusiasts and anyone looking to buy or restore one of these ultra desirable models.
