Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout followed by the first De Tomaso, the Vallelunga, which mated a tuned Ford Cortina 1500 Kent engine to a VW transaxle with Hewland gearsets. Introduced at Turin in 1963, 58 were built 1964-68. Finally, in 1966, the Lamborghini Miura was the first high performance mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive roadcar. The concept behind the Miura was that of putting on the road a grand tourer featuring state-of-the-art racing-car technology of the time; hence the Miura was powered by a V12 transversely mounted between the rear wheels, solidal to the gearbox and differential. This represented an extremely innovative sportscar at a time when all
V12 Design Riva1920’s modern CNC machines, carving solid walnut wood. Almost 2 tons of weight and hundreds of hours of milling and finishing, make this sculpture a unique tribute to hard working and talent. Since 2009, Valerio Cometti is car design columnist for important magazines published by Mondadori Group. V12 Design Valerio Cometti+V12 Design is an Italian industrial design firm. It was founded in late 2004 by Valerio Cometti in Milan, Italy. Cometti and V12 Design create products such as TV sets, pieces of furniture, coffee machines, portable computers, eyewear, lamps, mobile phones. In a short amount of time, bringing together the