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
Kentaro Miura of "The Golden Age" story arc and ultimately the series became a huge success, making him one of the most prominent contemporary manga artists. At this time Miura dedicates himself solely to be working on "Berserk". He has indicated, however, that he intends to publish more manga in the future. In 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of "Berserk" that aired in the same year on NTV. Various art books and supplemental materials by Miura based on "Berserk" are also released. In 1999, Miura made minor contributions to the Dreamcast video game "". 2004 saw the release