Lamborghini Miura
The
Lamborghini Miura is a
sports car built in
Italy by
Lamborghini between
1966 and
1973. A mid-engined layout had been used successfully in competition, including by the
Ford GT40 and Ferrari 250 LM at
Le Mans. De Tomaso had produced a road car with this layout, but otherwise cars designed for the road were almost uniformly front-engined, rear drive vehicles. The Miura was a trendsetter, the one that made the mid-engined layout
de rigeur among two-seater high performance
supercars.