Lamborghini Miura concept de'Silva. The show car greatly resembles the original Miura while its underpinnings are that of the more modern Murciélago. Lamborghini president and CEO Stefan Winkelmann stated that the concept would not mark the Miura's return to production, saying that “The Miura was a celebration of our history, but Lamborghini is about the future. Retro design is not what we are here for. So we won’t do the Miura.” The Miura concept is now on display at the Lamborghini Museum in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy. Lamborghini Miura concept The Lamborghini Miura Concept is a retro styled Lamborghini presented at the Paley Center
V12 engine the advantages of lower centers of gravity and improved pilot visibility for single-engined designs. Only the pre-war origin BMW VI V12 of Germany was an "upright" engine. The United States had the experimental Continental IV-1430 inverted V12 engine under development, with a higher power-to-weight ratio than any of the initial versions of the German WW II inverted V12s, but was never developed to production status, with only 23 examples of the Continental inverted V12 ever being built. The only American-design inverted V12 engine of any type to see even limited service in World War II was the air-cooled Ranger V-770,