HARI'S MOTOR WORLD
MY CHOICE OF THE TEN MOST BEAUTIFUL SPORTS CARS
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Design: The Miura was all liquid motion, with fenders that looked as if high-speed airflow was pulling them taut. It sat low - barely waist-high, and ready to pounce. Indeed, from some angles the Miura looks like a smiling jungle cat, even though it derives its name from a line of fighting bulls. But perhaps the best view of the car is up its skirts: The front hood and rear engine cover open like clamshells, laying the Miura's innards bare. It might not have been much of a grocery-getter, if you went out to pick up eggs, they'd be fried by the time you got home, its performance was searingly hot. History: The Miura is the car that put Lamborghini on the map. It was a tour de force of styling, technology, and performance whose impact was due in part to its radical, ground-hugging bodywork, and also to the fact that it was midengined. Car enthusiasts had been seeing midengined racing cars dominate in grand prix races for the past decade, and were ready for a big road car with that winning layout. And the Miura was the first. |
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