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Byline: Pete Lyons
They mean to reprise the Miura? One tall order.
The Slinky Siren of Sant'Agata: Even after 40 years, her mark on us is indelible. We'd seen nothing like her. Not even on racetracks.
Was she a racer? No, but her blood ran as hot, and her build was racier than most racers then. A monocoque chassis, mid-engined, the engine a quad-cam V12 set transversely to save space-it was all new to us in 1966. And all this modern muscle was sheathed in what seemed the living, glowing skin of a young athlete so lovely it hurt to look. But you couldn't... not.
Was she fast? Oh, yeah. Buck-seventy or so, and that was mind-blowing in the Psychedelic '60s. And was she steady and ...
Source: HighBeam Research, LAMBO'S ORIGINAL MIURA: A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.(News)