Lamborghini
Miura P400
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Miura P400
KEY FACTS
- P400 Thick Chassis Variant
- Original Colour Combination - Verde Miura over Gobi Leather
- Fully restored under the supervision of Valentino Balboni
- Mechanical work carried out by Top Motors Salvioli
THE MODEL
Make: Lamborghini
Model: Miura P400
Location: Miami
Exterior: Verde Miura
Interior: Gobi
Price: POA
The Lamborghini Miura, introduced in 1966, occupies a distinctive place in the history of the automobile as the vehicle generally credited with inaugurating the modern supercar. Its significance lies less in raw performance figures, which have long since been surpassed, than in the audacity of its engineering conception. Where contemporary high-performance cars typically mounted their engines at the front, the Miura's designers placed a transverse V12 amidships, just behind the passenger compartment—a layout borrowed from contemporary racing prototypes rather than road cars. This decision, credited principally to a group of young Lamborghini engineers working somewhat independently of company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini's initial wishes, established the mid-engine configuration as the paradigm that virtually every subsequent flagship supercar would follow.
The car's body, designed by Marcello Gandini at Bertone, was equally consequential. Its low, sinuous profile and theatrical detailing, including the celebrated eyelash trim around the headlights, exemplified the era's growing confidence in treating the automobile as a work of sculptural art rather than mere transport.
Viewed from within its own historical moment, the Miura reflected the optimism and technical ambition of 1960s Italian design culture, in which craftsmanship and radical innovation coexisted. Viewed from the present, it stands as a foundational artifact: a reference point against which later exercises in mid-engine design are still implicitly measured. Its continued prominence at concours events and among collectors suggests that its historical importance has, if anything, only deepened with time, cementing its status as a touchstone in twentieth-century industrial design.
OUR EXAMPLE
Only 474 P400 Miura’s were built between 1966 and 1969 with later ‘S’ and ‘SV’ models continuing through to 1973. Chassis 3483 was delivered in the spring of 1968 with the first upgrades in production in the form of the thicker chassis to improve stiffness and handling.
The car was delivered in Verde Miura over Gobi (brown) leather interior to the Lamborghini Righetti in Vicenza, who sold the car to its first Italian owner, Dr Giusto in Padova, who would clearly become a good Lamborghini client, subsequently owning a P400 S. Following a brief sojourn in Germany the car came to the UK in 1978 and was purchased by Mr Peter George of Grimsby who registered the car with the striking numberplate ‘YEE 1’. In the early 1980s the car passed to a second British owner, and around this time the original engine was replaced with a P400 'S' version. Mr Peter Hobson, who would become custodian of 3483 for the next 20 years. Mr Hobson was an active Lamborghini Club member and he regularly displayed the car throughout his ownership. The car appeared in a selection of magazine articles, and strangely in the 1993 BBC television film Fair Game.
In 2017 a new UK based owner decided the car was overdue a full restoration and most importantly a return to its original colour of Verde Miura. The restoration was fittingly carried out in Modena under the careful supervision of period chief test driver, Valentino Balboni who brought together some of the best craftsmen of the region to complete the work. The mechanical elements were restored by Top Motors Salvioli, chassis and metal work restored by Marchesi and the body and paint by GM Nuova.
Currently available through our Miami showroom this restored Miura P400 in its iconic original colour combination will be displayed at Pebble Beach on the 16th August 2026, in what will be the largest gathering of Lamborghini Miura’s ever assembled to celebrate the 60th anniversary of this groundbreaking model.
The car was delivered in Verde Miura over Gobi (brown) leather interior to the Lamborghini Righetti in Vicenza, who sold the car to its first Italian owner, Dr Giusto in Padova, who would clearly become a good Lamborghini client, subsequently owning a P400 S. Following a brief sojourn in Germany the car came to the UK in 1978 and was purchased by Mr Peter George of Grimsby who registered the car with the striking numberplate ‘YEE 1’. In the early 1980s the car passed to a second British owner, and around this time the original engine was replaced with a P400 'S' version. Mr Peter Hobson, who would become custodian of 3483 for the next 20 years. Mr Hobson was an active Lamborghini Club member and he regularly displayed the car throughout his ownership. The car appeared in a selection of magazine articles, and strangely in the 1993 BBC television film Fair Game.
In 2017 a new UK based owner decided the car was overdue a full restoration and most importantly a return to its original colour of Verde Miura. The restoration was fittingly carried out in Modena under the careful supervision of period chief test driver, Valentino Balboni who brought together some of the best craftsmen of the region to complete the work. The mechanical elements were restored by Top Motors Salvioli, chassis and metal work restored by Marchesi and the body and paint by GM Nuova.
Currently available through our Miami showroom this restored Miura P400 in its iconic original colour combination will be displayed at Pebble Beach on the 16th August 2026, in what will be the largest gathering of Lamborghini Miura’s ever assembled to celebrate the 60th anniversary of this groundbreaking model.
GALLERY
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