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c1968 Lamborghini Miura P400. Coupe
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Hammer Price £210,500 |
The single most iconic supercar of the 1960s. Having bought Ferrari cars as soon as he could afford them, Ferruccio Lamborghini set his mind on proving that he could make a better car. His bold challenge began in 1964 with the 350GT, but it was the arrival of the Miura - arguably the founder of the modern mid-engined supercar class still current today - that established Lamborghini cars. The Miura was first displayed as a rolling chassis at the 1965 Turin Motor Show, the first completed car ready for unveiling to a stunned press and public at the 1966 Geneva Salon. Designed by Gianpaolo Dallara as the fastest and most stylish car available, the Miura carried its transversely mounted engine amidships in a box-section platform chassis, with stunning coupe coachwork by Bertone's Marcello Gandini. Like the contemporary 400GT, the Miura used a 3,929cc version of Lamborghini's Giotto Bizzarrini-designed four-cam V12. With 350bhp at 7000rpm available via six Webers and four-valves per cylinder, the Miura was capable of shattering performance with a top speed of nearly 288kph / 180mph being claimed. A five-speed gearbox with synchromesh and limited slip differential, suspension was independent front and rear by double wishbones and vertical coil springs, with roll bars front and rear. ... Lamborghini Miura P400 Information
Fact File
| Make | Lamborghini | |
| Model | Miura P400 Coupe | |
| Price | £210,500 | |
| Year | c1968 | |
| Condition Rating | (condition rating 1.5) |
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| Lot Number | 254 | |
| Auction House | Bonhams | |
| Auction Title | Collectors' Motor Cars | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| Date Of Sale | Friday 18 September 2009 | |
| Auction Location | Goodwood Motor Circuit, Chichester, Sussex |
Easily marked white paintwork with minor chips and blisters, alloys recently restored, previous vinyl interior now in leather, original engine and bay tidy
£9500 below guide price accepted
Richard Hudson-Evans says, A total of 56 collector vehicles, 85 per cent of the entry, sold in the Bonhams tent after Friday practice at the Goodwood Revival auction, leaving only ten car unsold. Topping the £3.68m results was the 1966 Turin Motor Show exhibited and Carrozzeria Touring bodied Aston Martin DBSC, one of only two, which sold for £320,500. The rare Coupe, which is now likely to be treated to a £200,000 plus restoration, was acquired by a major Aston Martin collector.
The Friday evening sale proved to be a sell out for the British marque with a stunningly restored 1955 DB2/4 MkII Tickford Drophead attracting £181,900, a 1964 B5 £155,500, a 1965 DB5 £144,500, a 1961 DB4 £95,000, a 1966 DB6 Mk1 Vantage £78,500, a 1968 DB6 Mk1 auto £53,200, a 1957 DB2/4 MkII Tickford Coupe £49,900, a 1968 DB5 Vantage £43,300 and a 1996 Virage Volante £34,500. Even a Banham converted former 1972 V8 Coupe now Convertible pulled £21,275.
Other big number sellers at this year’s Revival auction included a 1956 Mercedes-Benz Gullwing 300SL at £290,000, a 1925 Bentley 3/4½-Litre Tourer £157,700, a stunningly restored 1966 Citroen DS21 Chapron Convertible £131,300, a 1937 Bentley 4¼-Litre All-Weather Tourer by Thrupp & Maberly and a 1923 40/50hp Silver Ghost New Haven Salamanca both £117,000, a 1923 Issota Fraschini T8 Sala Tourer £111,500, a 1927 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Phantom I Dual-Cowl Phaeton and a 1924 45/50hp Silver Ghost Tourer both £109,300, and the 1930 factory Experimental Phantom II 40/50hp Whittingham & Mitchel bodied Dual-Cowl Sports Phaeton £89,500. The ex-works 1970 World Cup Rally Escort FTW 48H changed hands for £71,900.
The prices leader board for Automobilia at Goodwood, meanwhile, was no less bullish with the 1957 British GP winning Herbert Johnson helmet worn by Sir Stirling Moss making £23,000, an Aston Martin DBR2 childs car £14,950 and the Johnson helmet and goggles worn by the late Tony Rolt to win the 1953 Le Mans £11,500.
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