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October 12, 2005

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With so many 500 horsepower cars for sale these days we forget that 500 horsepower no longer raises the bar. Both Chevy and Ford currently build 500 horsepower cars and both Toyota and Nissan will join the group soon. So to make a statement that the Lamborghini name plate is not merely an also ran, Lamborghini will build a 700 horsepower supercar to compete with the best cars on the planet such as the ferrari. Lamborghini Miura

We could see this new model as early as fall 2006 as a 2007 model. For this new model Lamborghini will revive the Miura name, one of the most famous of all the Lamborghini vehicle names. The Miura will be built on the same platform of the upcoming Audi Le Mans. What will separate the Miura from the Le Mans is brute strength. The Audi will get a 5 liter V-10; the Miura will get a 6.5 liter V-12 that may be twin turbocharged. The engine will produce a minimum of 700 horsepower. The history of the rebirth of the Miura is closely tied to the new 2007 Audi Le Mans. In 2003, when the plans for the Audi Le Mans automobile were first drawn up, it had a twin turbocharged 5.0 liter engine that produced 600 horsepower. When it came time to build the car, Audi which owns Lamborghini did not want the Audi getting more horsepower then the Lamborghini Gallardo, and wanted to insure that there would be more powerful cars under the Lamborghini name plate then under Audi.

Fewer then 800 original Miura’s were built between 1966 and 1973. These cars are not just rare and valuable they’re beautiful as well. Several different auto magazines have picked this classic as the best looking sports car of all time. Lamborghini chose now as, as good a time as any to revive this classic vehicle. The retro age is still very much upon us and this car even has an old school dashboard and interior layout. Although these classics are great cars the new ones will go beyond anything that Lamborghini has built before.

- Automotive Insider
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