The Lamborghini Miura was built in Italy by Lamborghini between 1966 and 1973. A mid-engined layout had been used successfully in competition. The Miura was a trendsetter, the one that made the mid-engined layout de rigueur among two-seater high performance supercars. It is named after the Spanish ranch Miura, whose bulls have a proverbial attack instinct.
Sangatsu no Lion (３月のライオン) é o mangá seinen de Chika Umino, autora de Honey & Clover (ハチミツとクローバー ) e Kentarou Miura é o autor de Berserk (ベルセルク). A autora já está desenhando uma capa comemorativa para Berserk e, agora, o ANN anuncia que Miura fará o mesmo pelo novo manga de Chika Umino. O traço dos dois me parece tão antagônico que fica dif
The car’s history has been chronicled in a new book, “The Lamborghini Miura Bible” by Joe Sackey. Follow the jump to read the full press release, and click the thumbnails below for a small gallery of images of the Miura Spyder. …
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This was where it all started - the Miura was the first car to prove itself worthy of the "supercar" tag. Prior to the Miura's arrival in 1967 many sportscars had offered high levels of performance and handling - but the Lamborghini was the first built around the criteria that define our modern concept of the supercar: massive speed, jaw-dropping design and technical innovation - together with a w
{mosgoogle right}LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A hearing on whether to throw out an arrest warrant for a Japanese businessman in the 1980s murder of his wife has been postponed until several documents are translated.In a Thursday order, Superior Court Judge Steven R. Van Sicklen says three exhibits are in Japanese and need to be translated before the hearing.No new date was not set for the hearing, originally scheduled for April 2.The 60-year-old Miura was arrested last [...]
In much the same mold as Ford's reinterpretation of the legendary GT-40, Italy's raging bull, Lamborghini has mined one of its most endearing supercar designs, to create a modern counterpart. Different in every way, yet instantly recognisable as a Miura, the concept met with a warm reaction from a typically jaded press. The unveiling was a dream realized for Lamborghini design bigwig Walter DeSilva, and apparently for a few press people as well.
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{mosgoogle right}LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Japanese man accused of killing his wife does not have to be in a Los Angeles courtroom when his attorney argues for the charges to be dismissed, a judge said Friday.Kazuyoshi Miura, 60, is in custody in Saipan, a U.S. territory where he was arrested in February. Authorities say he had his wife shot during a visit to Los Angeles in 1981. She died in Japan a year later, and in 1994 Miura was convicted of murder in that country; a Japanese court [...]
{mosgoogle right}Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura, made it to the summit of Mount Everest on Monday morning, achieving the feat at the age of 75, overcoming two earlier heart operations.Miura reached the summit at 7:33 a.m. on Monday (10:48 a.m. Japanese time). It was the first time in five years for Miura to reach the top of Mount Everest, and his second ascent since he turned 70."The conditions are
