Originally Posted by silhouette

If you can find a well sorted P300 Urraco you will enjoy it more than the 308.

It is better balanced, rarer and sounds better. They are very reliable if looked after...as Raymond had pointed out the P300 is chain driven

I had a P300 for about seven years. Many of my friends at the time had 308's (both carb and injected) Overall on our regular weekend runs the Urraco outperformed the 308's. It also compares favourably in terms of its driveabilty. I from time to time drove the 308's which were fun but just did not give me the same "buzz"

Overall its a more involving car than the 308...but maybe I'm a little biased

Originally Posted by raymond

Only the P200 and P250 Urraco's had belts, the P300 has the same chain as the Jalpa...
The only major difference between the Urraco P300 and Jalpa engine is the spacer between block and heads to get more stroke...

Originally Posted by bravo

Raymond, the spacer only appeared on the early Jalpa, on the late car they changed the block. Eric

Originally Posted by j ingram

I own a '75 Urraco that I bought and had partially restored by world renowned Miura specialist, Gary Bobileff in San Diego,CA. It is a really fun car to own and besides the initial cost of the restoration, it hasn't been very expensive to maintain. It is really fun to drive although not very fast compared to most modern GT cars, but the sound is incredible much like a 1960's Can Am race car. It is probably the cheapest Lambo you can own, it is pretty rare and it attracts much attention where ever you go. So, good luck with your choice.