Two Lamborghini Miuras Shine At The Anantara Concorso Roma

The Miura, Lamborghini’s first mid-engine supercar, just celebrated 60 years. This is also the inaugural year of the Anantara Concorso Roma, which took place at Casina Valdier April 16-19, 2026. The event showcased two Miuras — including one that starred in a beloved 1960s movie — that were returned to their former glory by Lamborghini Polo Storico (LPS), the Italian automaker’s classic model restoration division.

“The House of the Raging Bull” unveiled the Miura P400 at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1966. With its seductive Bertone-penned lines and 4.0-liter V-12 transversely mounted behind the passenger compartment, the Miura led to a number of orders that surprised even Ferruccio Lamborghini and Nuccio Bertone. According to Lamborghini, “Between 1966 and 1968, 265 P400 cars were produced.” The P400 S followed in 1969 and ran until 1971. Lamborghini delivered 150 units of its successor, the Miura SV, between 1971 and 1973.

Flash forward 50 years to 2023 when LPS received a 1972 Miura SV to restore. Like many classics, it had been altered from its factory condition. LPS’s experts consulted several resources, including the production sheet, to determine the correct, historically accurate parts that needed to be added. “Particular attention was dedicated to the paintwork, with the restoration of the ‘Luci del Bosco’ (brown) shade, combined with the ‘Senape’ color for the interior. This required further in-depth historical research, necessary to identify the correct chromatic specification in relation to the year of production of the car, as it is a shade that evolved over time and across different Lamborghini models.”

LPS addressed details such as the size of the fins above the door handles and the rear louvers. It even restored the octagonal center-lock hubs and installed the correct “Bob-type” — as in Lamborghini test driver Bob Wallace — exhaust tips. Inside, LPS swapped out the steering wheel for a smaller one and bolted in a longer handbrake lever.

The ’72 SV had company. A private owner entered a 1968 Miura P400 in the concours’ Class XIV, which is focused on 1960s GT cars. If this vehicle looks a little familiar, that’s because it is the same Miura driven in the opening scene of the 1969 heist film “The Italian Job.” Contrary to what the movie shows, that Miura wasn’t destroyed. Not only did it survive, but it also was revived in 2019 by LPS. At the end of the Anantara Concorso Roma, the cinematic legend became even more distinguished by winning first place in its class.