Miura, the original supercar

this thread should never die..i am very impressed by miura´s lovers

Sports Car International listed Miura on the 4th place by choosing top ten sports cars
miura has got the better place than 300SL

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'parently none of the miura sold - either guide prices of $400,000 seemed to put off prospective buyers

or

there is a credit crunch after all

or

there was no-one at the Monaco sale

or

the cars weren’t good enough.

My contact tells me the sale did well so it looks like it wasn’t for the lack of punters or cash.

mbax

 

4th place, like Sports Car Whatever has a clue.

Nice car, looks like someone finally got the grab bar right ROFL!

Should still be yellow.

 

Me likely!.

 

Not to be too biased because of their local proximity to me, but I think SCI is a pretty good rag. The writing leads me to believe that they are not as swayed by advertisers, so you don't get as many "Golly Gee Willikers this car is grrRRREAT!" like you do with many other US publications. They also frequently do stories on important collector cars, which offers a nice balance to all the new stuff they write about. They did a feature article on Miura 5018 which I re-read from time to time.

The "Top Ten" series was done decade by decade, and was voted on by a cast of non-editors - Winston Goodfellow and Peter Brock, among others. I would actually argue that the list was biased towards foreign cars - not that I mind, because my own biases tend to sway this way as well. I think it's safe to say that they know what they are talking about, but perhaps we don't all agree with how they each independently voted.

 

I think you are referring to SCM - And yes, they are Anti-Lambo-Alfa-Biased, I'd agree. I'm referring to the magazine Sports Car International. ;^)

 

Lot 219 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 (3192) 247,810 euros.

 

i think the blue P400 one in Italy sold some time ago for quite more than this

 

Yes, I agree Joe, they ought to know the market, especially the Lamborghini market.

SCM has been very anti-lambo (notoriously anti-countach), I think because of Sheehan's involvement. Sadly, I've found that most vintage Ferrari "experts" absolutely hate vintage Lambos. (dont' know about Sheehan, but I've met a number who gag at the mention of a Lambo)

But recently, as the vintage Lambo prices rise, SCM has been slowly (I'm sure out of necessity) coming around. This April they actually mentioned the Lambo 350/400GT market when they noted "Sales of Early Lamborghinis Heat Up":

>> discusses the recent sale of 400GT 2+2 #1327 for $256,100, "overall a solid example"

sidebar mentions how early Lamborghini examples like the 350GT, 400GT and 400GT 2+2 are now rising.<<

I guess when it comes to rising prices, they have to notice or they will lose subscribers.

Cheers,

Fred

 

I've found that Dave Kinney's price guide is a little more fresh than SCMs. He seems to be within a few months of current with each publication. I'm sure he has his favorites, too, but his guide seems to give a more unbiased view of the marketplace.

Kinney is also a much tougher grader of cars than pretty much anyone else I've met. A Kinney "1" is worthy of Pebble Beach, whereas a Richard Hudson-Evans "1" does not appear to carry the same meaning, for example.

 

In Las Vegas with RR Drophead and Reventon.
By comparing with Reventon and RR, Miura looks so cute.

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