{"id":300522,"date":"2017-06-16T04:10:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T04:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=300522"},"modified":"2024-03-10T15:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T15:18:44","slug":"lamborghini-miura-the-car-that-put-lamborghini-on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lamborghini-miura-the-car-that-put-lamborghini-on-the-map\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Lamborghini Miura &#8211; The Car That Put Lamborghini on the Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXHXlI9yU0w\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXHXlI9yU0w\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s the car that put Lamborghini on the map,\u201d says Dennis Varni, and we\u2019d have to agree.<\/p>\n<p>Owner of a stunning Miura P400 S since 1979, Varni is an enthusiast with varied tastes, from Bonneville Salt Flats racers to a Fiat Topolino. But the Miura\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1970-lamborghini-miura-svj-gallery-2\/\">the Miura is in a league of its own<\/a>. It\u2019s also something that he\u2019d lusted after since he first laid eyes upon one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese things were $19,000 new in those days, and I\u2019d just bought a house with my wife for $11,000 in 1966, and I said, \u2018I\u2019ll never be able to own one of these\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But less than a decade later, he did. And as a long-time owner who was originally into hot rods, he\u2019s enjoyed how the car has opened his eyes into a world of European sports cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most redeeming thing about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s=Lamborghini+Miura\">Miura<\/a>\u00a0is that\u00a0there\u2019s only so many of them. It\u2019s highly collectable, it\u2019s exciting because it\u2019s unusual, it\u2019s small, it\u2019s exotic\u2014it\u2019s still exotic today. And it was significant in its styling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope I get to stay around a long time, and play with all my toys, and then when I go someone else will have them,\u201d he says. With a vast appreciation for all things automobile, we hope that Varni continues to enjoy his beloved Miura for a long time to come<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s the car that put Lamborghini on the map,\u201d says Dennis Varni, and we\u2019d have to agree. Owner of a stunning Miura P400 S since 1979, Varni is an enthusiast with varied tastes, from Bonneville Salt Flats racers to a Fiat Topolino. But the Miura\u2026the Miura is in a league of its own. It\u2019s also something that he\u2019d lusted after since he first laid eyes upon one. \u201cThese things were $19,000 new in those days, and I\u2019d just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":300523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,12919],"tags":[86,5185,430,8441],"class_list":["post-300522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lamborghini","category-videos","tag-lamborghini","tag-lamborghini-videos","tag-lamborghini-miura","tag-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lamborghini Miura - The Car That Put Lamborghini on the Map<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cI think it\u2019s the car that put Lamborghini on the map,\u201d says Dennis Varni, and we\u2019d have to agree.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lamborghini-miura-the-car-that-put-lamborghini-on-the-map\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lamborghini Miura - The Car That Put Lamborghini on the Map\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI think it\u2019s the car that put Lamborghini on the map,\u201d says Dennis Varni, and we\u2019d have to agree.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lamborghini-miura-the-car-that-put-lamborghini-on-the-map\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-16T04:10:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-10T15:18:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Download-Aston-Martin-Vulcan-Wallpaper-Tablets-and-iPads-17.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"947\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"529\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Leofe Capayas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Leofe Capayas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lamborghini-miura-the-car-that-put-lamborghini-on-the-map\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lamborghini-miura-the-car-that-put-lamborghini-on-the-map\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Leofe Capayas\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/257cd15ebb06ba3ddb7fcdcc4316d46b\"},\"headline\":\"VIDEO: Lamborghini Miura &#8211; 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