The Miura with a Thousand Nails

How Polo Storico certified a modified legend on the frozen lake of St. Moritz

A dark green Miura P400 S covered in rivets and nicknamed Millechiodi — Italian for "a thousand nails" — carried a factory certification onto the frozen lake of St. Moritz that challenges how collectors think about authenticity.

A damaged P400 S reborn in the Jota's image

Owners Giovanni Sotgiu and Walter Ronchi enlisted former Sant'Agata workers, the official Lamborghini agent Achilli Motors of Milan, and former racing driver Franco Galli to transform chassis 4302 into something far more aggressive than the car that left the factory.

The V12 that powers the provenance debate

Lamborghini's credibility in certifying a modified car rests on the specificity of the Millechiodi's provenance: the Jota connection, the named individuals, and the documented involvement of factory-adjacent craftsmen.

Iron Dames trade a GT3 for a classic V12 on ice

Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey, and Michelle Gatting, fresh from competing in the Huracan GT3 EVO2 at the 24 Hours of Daytona, drove a Miura P400 SV on studded Pirelli tires across the frozen lake alongside a pair of Miuras and a Countach LP400.

Heritage as counterweight to hybridization

Lamborghini's current production lineup is shifting toward hybrid powertrains with the Revuelto and Temerario, making the heritage division an increasingly important custodian of the brand's naturally aspirated, mechanically pure identity.

A new standard for the heritage market

Polo Storico's willingness to certify a car that deviates significantly from its original build sheet suggests Lamborghini's heritage division will accept compelling, well-documented modifications — a posture that differs from what most rival programs adopt.

Riveted bodywork tracing back to the lost Jota

Giovanni Sotgiu and Walter Ronchi were the owners of Bob Wallace's original Miura Jota, the one-off test mule built to conform to FIA Appendix J racing regulations and destroyed in a 1971 road accident before it could reach a new buyer.

Farmeschi's case for certifying deviation

Alessandro Farmeschi, Lamborghini's Global After Sales Director, acknowledged the difficulty of certifying a car with such "specific deviation" from original specifications but argued the modifications were "carried out at a very high level and well-defined within a historical period."

Four pillars — and an unwritten fifth

Polo Storico, inaugurated in 2015, built its program around four pillars — Archive, Certification, Restoration, and Original Spare Parts — but the Millechiodi certification suggests a fifth, unwritten pillar: narrative.

Motorsport present meets heritage past

Lamborghini positioned the frozen-lake experience as a bridge between its motorsport present and its heritage past, producing imagery that no studio shoot could replicate: professional drivers wrestling a fifty-year-old V12 across a frozen Alpine lake.

The 60th-anniversary program continues

Polo Storico reaches its own tenth anniversary in 2025, and Lamborghini plans a dedicated Polo Storico Tour for classic cars in Italy in September along with a series of collector and customer events to mark the milestone.