Reprising Beauty
Lamborghini Miura design concept marks original’s 40th anniversary

By MATT DAVIS

AutoWeek | Published 01/05/06, 9:32 pm et

AT A GLANCE:
LAMBORGHINI MIURA
ON SALE: Late 2007 (est.)
BASE PRICE: $700,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 6.5-liter, 700 hp V12; awd, seven-speed sequential manual (est.)
CURB WEIGHT: n/a
0 TO 62 MPH (0 TO 100 KM/H): 3.3 seconds (est.)
FUEL MILEAGE (COMBINED): n/a

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No way on the $700K

"Something else planned for Geneva."? Wonder what that could be, Espada, LM002, and then my personal hopeful, the 650hp Murcielago?

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Dream Cars: Murcielago Roadster, Gallardo Roadster, LP 640, and the Concept S

So it happened! Looks like it was on schedule! Thank God!

I especially like that first photo with the Miura Concept in the middle
flanked by a black Gallardo Spyder on one side and a black Murcielago
Roadster on the other!

I wish the photo was bigger! They'll probably have video eventually.
So watch: http://autoshow.msn.com

Larry

http://autoshow.msn.com/as/article.a...f50adf878825d0
(you may have to past the pieces of the above link together when you
put them in your browser's address line).

It's no doubt a stunning looking car. But if its really $700,000, I'd choose a Miura SV and restore it or something. I still think the original looks better.

By. Kevin Krolicki


LOS ANGELES, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Italian sports car maker Lamborghini this week invited potential buyers in Los Angeles to see two new models: the one starting at $190,000 with a long waiting list and the one no one can buy for love or money -- not even if they are on Hollywood's A list.

Lamborghini, which is owned by Volkswagen and managed through the company's premium auto brand, Audi, unveiled a concept car in Los Angeles that revives the Italian automaker's Miura design from the mid-1960s.

That hand-made Miura became a favorite of sports car enthusiasts and attracted celebrity owners including Frank Sinatra, Tonight Show host Jay Leno and actor Nicolas Cage.

But Lamborghini Chief Executive Stephan Winkelmann said the Italian car maker, which seeks first to protect the mystique around its brand, has no plans to produce a revived Miura.

"Never say never, but we will not go into production," Winkelmann told Reuters. "We have a little company. We have a model line which is going to a fourth model, and we have to put our priorities in a row."

Lamborghini, which sells 40 percent of its supercharged sports cars in the United States, also used the Los Angeles Auto Show to show off its Gallardo Spyder, which it bills as one of the fastest convertibles ever made. The
car, which reaches a top speed of 193 miles per hour (314 kph) starts near $190,000 and runs up to near $330,000 for the V12 model.

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.--2005 Aston Martin DB9--

A V12 Gallardo???

Please tell more...

I believe Geneva will debut the new LM002...! It's built on the new Audi Q7 SUV platform, different nose and tail. Not sure what it looks like, although my 'sources' say it is unique..!! (not sure if that is a good thing...). We'll have to wait and see...

They are nuts, Tease everybody with a Miura, and then come out with a clunky SUV, what kind of follow up is that?...Just what I was affraid of and hope it's not true.