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REPRISING BEAUTY; Lamborghini Miura design concept marks original's 40th anniversary.
Byline: MATT DAVIS
Experts agree: The best thing ever produced by Automobili Lamborghini in both styling and image-if not on the road-was the Miura between May 1966 and December 1972.
For those counting, the Miura's 40th anniversary was celebrated throughout 2005, by, alas, overly eager party people. A naked Miura chassis debuted at the Turin exhibition in November 1965, but it wasn't until March 1966 in Geneva that Bertone coachwork mastered by Marcello Gandini dressed it up and changed the world.
When Miura went out of production in 1972 it was just the beginning of perpetual rumors that this evocative design would make a comeback. The question was when.
The answer is now.
The reveal for the new Miura concept was set for Jan. 5 for a small, invited group of hoity-toity at the Museum of Radio and Television in Los Angeles, before its public bow at Detroit's North American International Auto Show, alongside the Gallardo Spyder.
Why Detroit and not Geneva? There is no better way to tip its hat to Lamborghini's largest market. "It's a good way of thanking the U.S. for over 40 percent of our total business,'' Stephan Winkelmann, CEO and president of Lamborghini, told AutoWeek on an exclusive visit to its Sant'Agata Bolognese headquarters. "That, and we have something else planned for Geneva.''
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