Lamborghini Miura

Lamborghini will revive name The Miura for a new supercar.

“It’s our answer to the Ferrari Enzo. It is a radical car in many ways, it is very light and powerful, and yet it’s been engineered more for the road than for the track”.

Lamborghini will adapt the mid-engine chassis of corporate parent Audi’s upcoming Le Mans coupe to make the limited-edition (300 to 400 units) Miura. Since the Audi itself uses an evolution of the Gallardo’s spaceframe technology, it is relatively easy to reskin what is basically the same structure. To be assembled alongside the Audi, the Miura will be lower, wider, and shorter than the donor car and could look like our exclusive artist’s rendering, seen in the November 2005 issue of Automobile.

The running gear, however, is totally contemporary and includes carbon-ceramic brakes and a paddle-shift transmission. Whereas the Le Mans is fitted with a 5.2-liter V-10, the Miura will boast an upgraded version of Lambo’s 6.2-liter V-12.

The displacement increases to 6.5 liters, the power to 700 hp, and the torque peak to 553 lb-ft, sources say. The engineers would love to see this beast be rear-wheel-drive only, but they will more likely share a rear-bias version of Quattro all-wheel drive.