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Written by Tom Harrison
People of the Internet, the orange Lamborghini Miura that appeared in the opening sequence of The Italian Job has been found. Effectively lost since the film"s release 50 years ago (insofar as of all the orange Miuras in the world, nobody knew which one had actually appeared in the movie), chassis #3586 has finally been officially certified by Lambo"s Polo Storico department as the same car actor Rossano Brazzi drove up the Great St Bernard Pass for the film"s opening sequence. Of course, the car in the film appeared to meet a somewhat sticky end, when it was involved in a fiery crash in a tunnel then hurled off a cliff. For a time people thought the producers had destroyed a perfectly good Miura, but it was soon established they"d used two - a pre-crashed Miura the factory had laying around, and an identical, pristine example plucked straight from the production line.
Date written: 7 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15623
People of the Internet, the orange Lamborghini Miura that appeared in the opening sequence of The Italian Job has been found. Effectively lost since the film"s release 50 years ago (insofar as of all the orange Miuras in the world, nobody knew which one had actually appeared in the movie), chassis #3586 has finally been officially certified by Lambo"s Polo Storico department as the same car actor Rossano Brazzi drove up the Great St Bernard Pass for the film"s opening sequence. Of course, the car in the film appeared to meet a somewhat sticky end, when it was involved in a fiery crash in a tunnel then hurled off a cliff. For a time people thought the producers had destroyed a perfectly good Miura, but it was soon established they"d used two - a pre-crashed Miura the factory had laying around, and an identical, pristine example plucked straight from the production line.
Date written: 7 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15623
