What You DON'T KNOW about the Lamborghini Miura S, the World's First Supercar

[@BeFearless_.1]

Eddie Van Halen drove one. Fun Fact, he recorded the exhaust note, and incorporated it into the Van Halen recording for their song "Panama".

[@keithburt7874]

We have a Triathlete whose Austrian bicycle has a Cassette ratcheting noise that sounds like the opening Drum Solo from "Hot for Teacher", grazie e pace from Texas

[@thomassciaroni6942]

Have you seen the video where the new owner of Eddie's car brings it back to the factory to be restored? The video is all some sales guy talking it up, the images go by real quick. RIP Edward

[@thomassciaroni6942]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWfckp6Zi7yfrNEsi=7Yt8BRGuOZPUhGiR The car is around 4 minutes into this, the 2nd video

[@BeFearless_.1]

History of the Van Halen Muira here kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6Ozop9ue7Wsn9Esi=dTpKAN9SxK2f56Zf

[@jergervasi3331]

Every time he replaces someone’s first name with “Mister”, take a drink. Jeeeez.

[@latitude9.5north54]

I grew up reading Road & Track magazine with a flashlight under my bed sheets. I can almost remember verbatim a statement from R&T in their first road test. " We were cruising along at a calm 120 mph in never-never land when I Porsche 911 started approaching from behind. Normally polite souls as we are we would've allowed the 150mph Porsche to pass. Instead, we DOWNSHIFTED TWO GEARS and left the 911 a speck in the rear view mirror." I am 73 yo old now and the Miura remains the only car I ever coveted.

[@stuffhappens5681]

I still have that issue! It is the stuff dreams are made of.

[@purplehazers92]

I grew up watching dream car garage and I still enjoy what you all do. Thank you for feeding my automotive obsession 😊

[@mattwhaley9917]

Ditto. Thank you, Peter.

[@risinbison1106]

Had a client who owned a S model. First time I saw it I was blown away, you need to see one in person. My client asks if I would like to sit in it. I eagerly take him up on his offer. I’ve been in hundreds of cars including many exotics but the Miura was by far the one that I remember the most. The perfect supercar.

[@mosmos2740]

One of the most beautiful cars ever made… 🤤

[@rustynail2205]

I could listen to Peter sharing car stories all day. Class is in with Professor Klutt. Edit to add, love the suttle Italian music in the background.

[@legendarymotorcar]

Had to do it! 🇮🇹 thanks for sticking with us

[@eugenelazarev9795]

Such a fantastic machine! I love the 60's and 70's because of a cars like this. Thanks to guys from Germany who restored this car so well. Thanks for a new video and your passion for the best road cars of all time!

[@John-so4fq]

This is an ace you tube video about the ford,ferrari and lamborghini history/feud.

[@vorsprungdurchtech]

That is one of the most beautiful machines ever built.

[@hockeymann88]

Great presentation and story Pete.

[@87GrandNational]

Amazing video, thanks!

[@svenmartin840]

I wonder if Peter put on Matt Munro's On Days Like These. And felt in the opening parts of the 1969 Movie. The Italian Job. When I was 10. I saw the movie. On TV in 1977 in Hawaii. And I used to do the opening parts with my Hot Wheels. Oh to be 10 again. And seeing the Muria going up the mountains. And hearing that engine sound. She might be more than a 1968 Stingray. But man heart beating!!!!

[@TedMorton-k3w]

You (and your son) always knock it out of the park! Your knowledge and love of cars always shines through. I get to see, in depth, the machines I’ve dreamed about for years. Please keep’em coming!

[@truebetold65]

Best channel, content, experience, and cars on KZbin. Hands down. Thx.

[@MclaughlinTV]

Such a beautiful car. Number 1 dream car for me. Loved the video!!

[@mikelyon5595]

Love the SV!

[@motorunion]

Its always a pleasure to see you on video again Pete. Like wine you get better and better with age.

[@07rwood]

Peter you do the best videos on KZbin Thanh You for doing it . !!!

[@gettin-sendy]

In my opinion, the most beautiful car ever designed. Curves and styling cues are gorgeous and with the magnificence of the V12 and manual gearbox. 👌

[@lamborghiniregistry]

Excellent description. What a car!

[@benbustama3430]

Thanks for a great show. Loved this awesome car as a child. This car/card was one of many cards in a German card game called Auto Quadrat/Auto Trumpf. If you had the Lambo Miura or the Ferrari 365 GTB, you had the trump card that made you win the game. Object of the game was performance stats won the round… Fun times. Used to love your old TV show! Good seeing you again. Cheers/B

[@rexcramer65]

Just finished Harry’s Garage video and found this. Production quality and subject matter are excellent. Kudos to you and your team.

[@MegaKillerwatt]

I have never seen a Miura in person. When it does happen, I'll have a few paper tissues in my pocket for my eyes.

[@gregbischoff2668]

I saw my first one, and I'm 71, a few years ago at the Honolulu Auto Show. What took my breath away was how low to the ground it is. I'm 5'7" and the roof was lower than my waist. By comparison a Miata is almost a foot taller!

[@legendarymotorcar]

@@gregbischoff2668 Incredibly low to the ground even beside our GT40’s. Keep those tissues on standby!

[@gregbischoff2668]

@@legendarymotorcar Ha! In your video it looked like Peter just slid into the Miura, comfortably. If I'm not mistaken, you must have had to squat down a lot to get in there. It would've been nice to see the contortions to get down into it. Love your show and the work that you do!

[@Markycarandbikestuff]

Same here, i'm in central Scotland, don't know of any here though there are a few in England, had a chance to see one ten years ago, was being stored in Cumbria, i should have gone down to see it.

[@58raceguy]

A truly magnificent car. Thanks so much Peter for showing it to us and sharing the info. You always do a great job.

[@joemvin.j3-16]

Also on your picture post - Lamborghini Miura !! Judging by the rear tires & rims being the same size as the front ... I'll say 1966 or 67. INCREDIBLE! (EDIT: just looked at the video's text: 1970 !) I remember going to the pharmacy & grocery store, probably 1970 at age 14, Little Neck NY. Walked by an unfenced used car lot with a few European exotics - - one of them was a 1966 Miura, along with a 350GT Lambo coupe with oval headlights, a rectangular headlight 1960s BMW 2 door with a V8, a 60s Maserati Quattroporte, ... I think I remember the Miura was $11,000 at the time - as a 14 year old, in my head I started to scheme how to get that kind of cash ... *deep sigh* 🙄😔

[@DakotaGT]

'67 was the first year of the production Miuras.

[@davids8493]

Thanks for bringing this magnificent beast to our attention. The history lesson was sensational. 👏 👏 New subscriber but have watched your shows for decades. Thank you once again.

[@joshacollins84]

Another great video! Thank you, guys.

[@legendarymotorcar]

Thanks for watching!

[@stevelane5023]

In my opinion the most beautiful car ever produced. Adjoining walls in my bedroom as a teen were posters of a lime green Miura and a white on white Countach. I have to give the Farrah Fawcett poster a mention as well. All 3 were/are works of art.

[@musclecarczarig4003]

A couple of months ago while stopped at a red-light on a mundane Thursday afternoon a Gold Miura SV drove past me through the intersection! I was completely floored, almost like I saw a UFO. Thank you to whoever that was, it made my week! Truly special cars indeed.

[@hectorsnet]

The unit constructed engine was probably the biggest surprise to me about the design of the car. This was so ahead of the time. Being a bike mechanic this really appealed to me since it made perfect sense to keep the weight low along with a lower center of gravity. A truly iconic car

[@live4life767]

The Miura is one of the most beautiful cars ever!

[@enriquerodriguezmoreno4017]

Hermoso Auto 😍 lo venden 😍 ahun estará disponible 😍? Les mando un cordial saludo 👋 y un fuerte abrazo desde Puebla 😀 México 😀🤗👍👌😍👋.

[@daveallen8824]

The most beautiful car ever built. Period.

[@TheFunkhouser]

Wow a New Zealander, so proud! Also dude, wrong camera haha 😆

[@thebob01]

Timeless classic

[@ianalderton6683]

insider knowledge, I've never heard before : )

[@briancavanagh7048]

Peak automotive design. Not the most hp. Not the racing pedigree. But peak - at a bloody good looking car.

[@TheFunkhouser]

Worth MILLIONS now!

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

I still think the "most pure" expression of what Mr. Lamborghini had in mind is the Espada... If I were choosing a classic Lamborghini I'd want to own and actually use, I'd have to go for an Espada. A black one with tan interior and maybe even go for a glass roof (I think it's actually perspex) like Harry Metcalfe's gorgeous example. The Miura is bite the back of your hand beautiful, no doubt about that, but even if you had an unlimited budget, how often would you actually want to use it? Questions that are a few tax brackets out of my reach though lol. An Espada though... I could see me buying one of those one day.

[@philc4520]

Masterpiece of automotive design.

[@martinclapton2724]

Italian icon made even more so by opening scenes of The Italian Job movie , cue Matt Monroe and On Days Like These.

[@andydimartino6733]

fantastic video! keep em comin'

[@janbastein7355]

Excellent video!👍

[@MVD792]

Love the dark blue on white old Dutch license plate

[@julian4548]

That looks like a beautiful restoration. I’ll never own one I suspect but I do have Simon kidstons book. The original super car with great Kiwi input !

[@steveogee7458]

Thanks Pete.

[@hughmackellar7941]

Well told. Nicely done.

[@thomasjones3538]

I saw a brand new '67 at my friend's uncle's exotic car dealership. Auto Enterprises in Flourtown,Pa. I was 9.

[@ginor8416]

This was a very nice review of the Muira

[@Mr.Higginbotham]

I love these cars. I really started learning about them from Ian Tyrrell. He has a great channel as well.

[@damiandemarsico8469]

The time has come to drop more extended videos. ❤

[@AtZero138]

The Beautiful Car ever

[@karlfontanari2169]

Loved this and your channel, keep making these vids very insightful, wish I had that kind of money to have one ;-)

[@ronreyes9910]

The Lola MK6 GT (1962-63) was the inspiration for all of these original "Supercars" including the Mangusta and GT40 (Ford purchased a MK6 for "Evaluation" while developing the GT40).

[@xelphinx]

Thankyou, that was Great. You'v Matured Well, Sigñore. BraVIZ!ziMO!🇮🇹 gF NM/FL 412'24

[@drunvert]

I know it's a pretty unsafe car to drive but it's gorgeous

[@anselpeneloperainblossom-s3489]

Fun fact- it inspired the design of every car on the original speed racer. Ok, I made that up. However, it would have been right at home on the show. And it’s my favorite Lamborghini.

[@wallyr.7854]

Okay, no money involved here, you can pick one, but you can never sell it to make a giant profit, the car must be a keeper to enjoy as the car Gods intended! Miura S or 250 GTO?

[@BubbaSmurft]

Had to think on that a bit... GTO. (woulda been harder if you said Jota)

[@wallyr.7854]

@@BubbaSmurft Ahh yes, good one 👍🏻

[@58raceguy]

@wallyr.7854 that’s a great question. I have to admit I’m stumped… there are so many things about both that I love.

[@geedubb-q1u]

I’d take the Muira over the Countach every day of the week. It’s the styling.

[@augnkn93043]

It’s great that the Lamborghini brothers found that tractor 🚜 shop. My research says it was run by Mr Maserati who said to the Lamborghini brothers that he would build them the fastest sports car 🚗 ever! And so history was made!! This is history that was covered in the car bros episode about Ferrari.

[@thegarykluttpodcast]

👌

[@P51]

does Carolla have any Miuras left?

[@glen3509]

Peter, have you ever driven a MIGHTY McLaren F1?

[@IAm1InTheIAm]

True works of art. Did they ever figure out how to prevent them from being Roman Candles???

[@kavinskysmith4094]

11:45 actually James Bond, DB5 BMT 216A, its original serial number, was delivered in dark red with a mid Blue Grey interior just like this also its Vinyl with that interior, some were leather, but most were that, and alot got retrimmed in leather, also the dry sump modification is done alot in restos that are not SV to the earlier cars because if you go into a high G corner the oil sloshes to one side so you either do that, or fit in an accusump, and the fitting of the espada A arms allows for a wider track and wider tires to be fitted also top tip, paint the gas cap and the oil cap a different color, or mark them somehow so people can easily tell what it is as people have 72' p0rsche 911'd these things and put gas in the oil cap and make sure you after having it run for abit, open up the bleed valve on the front to let some air out, so the thing stays cool, as they like to have air bubbles get caught in the cooling system from time to time and it needs a fire suppression system and an extinguisher fitted, as the old webbers were known to have their fittings come loose over time and I gotta say for a driver, should be 1.1 to 1.2 mill, realistically as it is a Miura, they rust, you've got aluminum on steel with a motor that needs to be looked after, so if you want a driver, you buy a countach, not a miura maybe 1.5 for a fully resorted S with the espada rear arms and the dry sump modification done to it as its all the same car, just modified as time went on and no car is stock anymore,

[@13coyote13]

The best one I saw was when Wayne Carini got caught trying to shaft a family out of a couple of million dollars, he found out about a Miura that had been parked for quite a few years in a family garage and offered them 300 thousand I think it was, the family wanted time to think about it, their son did some research and found out what it would be worth when restored and told him to take a hike, I think they were selling at auction for about 3 million. He stood to make at least 2 million off the unsuspecting family.

[@markhale8084]

Always thought that Lamborghini took some styling cues from Ford for the design of the Muira…park the two side by side and open both clamshells on each and see the similarities…which begs the question, was the GT40 really the first supercar…most MkIs and all MkIIIS were built as road cars after all.

[@cromBumny]

Little tiny exhaust tube's. Wonder how much hp could be gained with just a modern exhaust

[@PhilDykshoorn]

Don't forget that Lamborghini also manufactured house furnaces under his own name.

[@dimitrisbastas739]

The most beautiful italian car of its century. But if i were a rich man in 70s, i would buy an S2 espada instead of miura.

[@kevinc8387]

Wonderful car but not the first. The gullwing was the first super car.

[@BruceKent00]

😆 🤣 😂 the gullwing wasn't even close to being a supercar. For starters, a true supercar has a mid engine motor set up The gullwing was front engine like every other car of the time. A sports car yes, a supercar , not at all. Besides, it's a well known fact by the majority of car enthusiasts, that Muira was the first true supercar.

[@Americathebeautiful49]

These things are always a matter of opinion. I don't care for the use of "super" in cars or models.

[@Lifeisbutam3m3]

I don't mean to be nasty but the motor number 80567 or whatever it was we're clearly just scratched into it with a pocket knife. Right? I know they weren't super professionally etched but the one on the motor was just like no plate no border just scratch them with a old screw or something. Anyways so what it's still the most beautiful car ever built without question in my eyes.

[@DakotaGT]

no, they are stamped.

[@Flies2FLL]

So at 9:19 we see the type number of P400XN572. The motor number of 30467, and the chassis number of 4512. -Why wouldn't the parts such as the clamshells, the louvers, and underneath say 4512? I suspect that these 572 stampings are basically part numbers.

[@alanbranch851]

One gorgeous sexy car

[@kallekas8551]

Fun fact…engine designed by Honda.

[@bobolulu7615]

That's rubbish.

[@kallekas8551]

@@bobolulu7615 That’s why it was so long lived and reliable. It’s a slightly redesigned version of Honda’s F1 engine from the RA 272.

[@bobolulu7615]

@@kallekas8551 According to Bob Wallace, from his interview, neither the engine or design had nothing to do with Honda - and thats pretty much from the 'horses mouth' as it were. Go and check out the interview with Bob.

[@kallekas8551]

@@bobolulu7615 L J K Setright had it on good authority from a source inside Honda that they were responsible for the design of the said engine. For whatever reason that was the only reliable or notable engine “designed “ by Bizzarrini. Either way I personally have no interest in these, as mine is focused on Nissan’s L and R series engines which have absolutely nothing to do with Mercedes-Benz whatsoever.

[@glen3509]

Thankfully, the SV got rid of those Ridiculous "eyelashes"

[@DakotaGT]

most of us LOOOVE the eyelashes...

[@sicosis]

First genuine supercar.... Mercedes 300SL ??

[@normanhanna2037]

I have to laugh it was about a clutch about the Lamborghini was a shit clutch

[@dennislansing4278]

Sorry, but the Ford GT40 came first... 1964.

[@mikestang679]

Nick Gage, has one in his living room, used as a cozy coffee nook, low mileage keeper......drives it occasionally.......

[@EEnnisjr]

The LP400SV is the only one not a total failure. The LP400 & LP400S have the extremely inferior shared sump engine and transaxle. Lamborghini could never enter into racing as too unreliable. In Road & Track, they could not even compete a road test. Beautiful cars on the outside, but a disaster on the inside.

[@einautofan6685]

It only looks good! Seating position is horrible and high speed aerodynamic stability horrible too... When you do the service on the engine, tuning and adjusting the carburetors.. it's horrible...😜🤣

[@BubbaSmurft]

Shoulda shown the real Countach (LP400), not that hideous LP500 QV covered in plastic. LP400 is SOOO much cleaner, prettier, sexier....pure. Like the 427 Cobra w/o sidepipes and roll bar(s), it's the way Dog intended.

[@markeuringer8106]

Unreliable pos car that puts style over substance

[@havennewbowtow8835]

Merc gullwing was the first super car. Not this. Fabulous car all the same.

[@Americathebeautiful49]

Apples and oranges.

[@havennewbowtow8835]

@@Americathebeautiful49 No, its Merc and Lamborghini. The gull wing was built long before the Muira