"In the beginning, there was the 1966 Lamborghini Miura. And it was good." That’s the standard dogma, the canonical story. But does the evolution of the supercar really begin with the Miura...or end there?
The Miura was a groundbreaking car, for sure; it was luxurious, fast, mid-engined, cutting-edge and a high-end exotic. Sounds like the first supercar, right? But that configuration wasn’t created fully formed from an Italian’s rib. It started out in a primordial soup of ideas...this legendary Lamborghini was ultimately shaped by its environment. And the truth is, the Miura may be much closer to the end of its evolutionary line than the beginning.
Supercars have long come to represent the razor’s edge of technology. They’re not just the fastest or most luxurious cars on the road; supercars above all else represent the latest and greatest technologies on offer. They drive the progress, the evolution of all automobiles by throwing the latest mutation into the crucible of competition, ensuring that only the strongest of ideas survive.
In this article, I’m going to trace the evolution of the supercar all the way from its primordial form up to the carbon-fiber, hybrid monsters on offer today. Along the way we’ll visit that "first" supercar. But really, the Miura is just a newer branch on one very tall evolutionary tree. This story ends where others might begin it...and begins at the end of an era.
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