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I can't think of a better video for Monterey Weekend. This week, Petrolicious took a look at the Lamborghini Miura, which is an absolute legend and arguably one of the catalysts for truly exotic supercars.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out, either. If you're at a BIG vintage auto show and a Miura pulls in, I guarantee the whole place will stop and just stare in awe. Most gearheads will just want to hear the V12, but others will want to get up close and personal to smell its interior and really check out its design.

Rather than continue writing though, I'll let the video do the talking. It's too good of a story.

So, sit back and click the "play" button.


“I think it’s the car that put Lamborghini on the map,” says Dennis Varni, and we’d have to agree.

Owner of a stunning Miura P400 S since 1979, Varni is an enthusiast with varied tastes, from Bonneville Salt Flats racers to a Fiat Topolino. But the Miura…the Miura is in a league of its own. It’s also something that he’d lusted after since he first laid eyes upon one.

“These things were $19,000 new in those days, and I’d just bought a house with my wife for $11,000 in 1966, and I said, ‘I’ll never be able to own one of these’.”

But less than a decade later, he did. And as a long-time owner who was originally into hot rods, he’s enjoyed how the car has opened his eyes into a world of European sports cars.

“The most redeeming thing about the Miura would be the fact that there’s only so many of them. it’s highly collectable, it’s exciting, because it’s unusual, it’s small, it’s exotic—it’s still exotic today. And it was significant in its styling.”

“I hope I get to stay around a long time, and play with all my toys, and then when I go someone else will have them,” he says. With a vast appreciation for all things automobile, we hope that Varni continues to enjoy his beloved Miura for a long time to come





VIDEO: The STAR Of Any Vintage Show, The Lamborghini Miura

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