Inspiration For The Lamborghini Miura
It is true that the idea design to build the Lamborghini Miura mid-engine supercar came from all over the world and the United Stated, where the Ford GT40 was first designed and built. When the Ford GT40 was first created it was practically unbeatable during it’s entry in the 24 hours Le Mans.
This specific type of car with the mid-engine placement inspired Lamborghini to build their own supercar for the road. The V-8 placed in the GT40 was however a little smaller than the massive 4.0 Litre V-12 Lamborghini engine that was used, and fitting it in a chassis wasn’t incredibly simple, but a genius idea was found to overcome this problem, let’s place the engine transversly in the chassis with the gearbox incorporated into the engine block, just like on the Mini Cooper engine.
After the chassis was shown with the engine in place, Marcello Gandini designed a sensuous body to fit the power of this very special car, way ahead of Ferrari in every aspect, they continued to build front engined cars up to the Boxer, which came years behind the fabulous Miura.