Lamborghini Miura chosen and featured in the company's newly created badge. The car gained the worldwide attention of automotive enthusiasts when it was chosen for the opening sequence of the original 1969 version of "The Italian Job". In press interviews of the time Ferruccio Lamborghini was reticent about his precise birth date, but stressed that he was born under the star sign Taurus the bull. The earliest model of the Miura was known as the P400 (for "Posteriore 4 litri"). It was powered by a version of the 3.9 L Lamborghini V12 engine used in the 400GT at the time. The engine
1990 Australian Production Car Championship 1990 Australian Production Car Championship The 1990 Australian Production Car Championship was an Australian motor racing title for Group 3E Series Production Cars. It has been recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the fourth Australian Production Car Championship. After Production Car racing was dominated by the turbocharged Mitsubishi Starion, Mazda RX-7 and Toyota Supras from 1984 until 1989, CAMS banned turbo and V8 engined cars from 1990 in a bid to bring public interest back into the series. The dominant competitors in the championship were the Australian built Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons powered by naturally aspirated