Italian Supercars: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati

Italian Supercars: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati — page 3
Price Tag Spares there was a spare wheel under the hood These are NOT usually found on modern supercars The Lamborghini Miura the world’s first supercar 764 were built between 1966 and 1973 when production ceased When it first appeared in 1966 the Miura cost around 21,900 equivalent to 159,300 today Miuras are so rare though that they have gone up in value A lot In 2015 one was sold for over 2 million The Maserati Ghibli was launched in 1967 with sleek supercar styling ITALY WHERE SUPERCARS WERE INVENTED Italy is where the supercar was invented in 1966 Since then the country has produced more supercars than any other THE FIRST SUPERCAR In 1966 Lamborghini was a famous tractor manufacturer The company owner got so tired of his Ferrari breaking down that he decided to build his own car The result was the Miura The Miura was so good that it invented a whole new category of car the supercar The Miura is over 50 years old so it is very different from today’s supercars Even so many of its characteristics are shared with the most cutting-edge supercars ever built JUST WHAT IS A SUPERCAR There is no agreed definition of what makes a car a supercar In Italy though no car would be called a supercar unless it was really expensive made in tiny numbers as high-performance as possible very fast and probably very light tricky to drive not built for daily driving activities 4