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- Miura's inspiration
- History
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The Lamborghini Miura was inspired by the Ford GT40.
Yes, the idea behind the Lamborghini Miura mid-engine supercar came from the other side of the ocean, from the United States, were the Ford GT40 was designed and built.
The Ford GT40 was practically unbeatable during it's entry in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but there were even some street versions made of this seven Litre V-8 engined race
car, named the Ford GT40 Mark III.
This specific type of car with the mid-engine placement inspired Lamborghini to build their own supercar for the road.
The V-8 placed in the GT40 was however a little smaller than the massive 4.0 Litre V-12 Lamborghini engine, and fitting it in a chassis wasn't very simple, but a genius
idea was found to overcome this problem, let's place the engine transversly in the chassis with the gearbox incorporated into the engine block, just like on the Mini
Cooper engine.
After the chassis was shown with the engine in place, Marcello Gandini designed a sensuous body to fit the power of this very special car, way ahead of Ferrari in every
aspect, they continued to build front engined cars up to the Boxer, which came years behind the fabulous Miura.
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