The Running of the Bull  We drive Lamborghini's Miura P400SV;
owner manages not to have a cow. Would we steer you wrong?  The
Running of the Bull Pin It  Feature Article from Hemmings Sports
& Exotic Car  January, 2008 - Jeff Koch  There are few cars out
there that have singlehandedly created a genre, fewer still that
continue to define it decades later. Lamborghini's legendary
Miura does both of these things, with power and style to spare.
It seems hard to believe, but the mid-engined sports car for
street use wasn't always a given. The Miura launched at the
Geneva show in 1966, just months after a bare chassis stunned
showgoers at the '65 Turin show. Giotto Bizzarrini's 350hp 4.0L
V-12 engine mounted transversely, with the gearbox an integral
part of the engine (even sharing oil). (Later iterations, like
our '71 SV, were rated at 385hp.)  Granted, others had attempted
mid-engined street cars previously (we're looking at you, De
Tomaso Vallelunga), but unlike that machine, the Miura was an
instant critical