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As I walked around an all-new Lamborghini dealer in my neighborhood today, I stared at the all-new Aventador SV. It's a sight to behold and when it's the only one painted matte white it's even more staggering.

Hard to believe that this company building what is essentially race cars that look like spaceships started out as a tractor manufacturer.

As the company's founder passed in the early 1990s, there aren't many connections to its past. Especially since the Volkswagen Auto Group (VAG) influence has become even more omnipresent in its latest products. 

There is one living legend left, however, and he can speak to the early days of the supercar manufacturer. That man is Valentino Balboni — the raging bull's famed test driver extraordinaire. In a piece authored by a friend of AutoSpies, Alex Roy, he does an excellent interview with Balboni in which they discuss a Miura that's coming up for auction. While Miura's are treasured pieces, Balboni is the best source to reference the vehicle's importance. After all, he's driven — likely — more Lamborghini vehicles than anyone else on the planet.

To really understand the magic of the Miura, check out the full interview via the "Read Article" link below.

I never thought I'd see a Miura in the flesh but now that I have seen several I know when you hear that V12 singing past you, it's very clear that though it may be small in stature, it is a giant in character.


As a child, I cared nothing for cars designed before I was born. Now I dream of nothing else. And of all such cars, there is one that grips me like no other.

It is the Lamborghini Miura, and the one parked before me is a perfect example. I'm familiar with its specifications, and yet they are irrelevant. It is red, as it should be, like many Italian sports cars of the era. Its interior isn't merely tan, but the extraordinarily rare, one of only three (or five, depending whom one asks) with pelle cinghiale, or wild boar hide. As it should be.

Frank Sinatra ordered the pelle cinghiale. Allegedly...




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The Lamborghini Miura And WHY Cars May NEVER Be The Same — Valentino Balboni Explains

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