Miura bull Antonio Miura Fernandez from 1869 to 1893 and then the younger brother, Eduardo Miura Fernandez until his death in 1917. In his book "Death in the Afternoon", Ernest Hemingway wrote: Bulls from the Miura lineage have a reputation for being large, fierce, and cunning. It is said to be especially dangerous for a "matador" to turn his back on a Miura. Miura bulls have been referred to as individualists, each bull seemingly possessing a strong personal character. The name Miura is best known outside the world of bullfighting thanks to Ferruccio Lamborghini's sports car maker, Lamborghini, and its classic Miura
Lincoln-Zephyr V12 engine for 1942. Yet this V-12 never shed its reputation for service troubles, though the postwar versions were actually quite reliable. The V12 was eventually replaced by the InVincible 8, simply a version of the flathead V8 found on Ford's truck line. The Zephyr V12 was also used by Allard, Atalanta, and Brough Superior in England. Allard made three V12 cars, using the Ford V8 for all other cars at that time, Brough also made only one V12 as his others were Hudson 6 or 8 powered, and Jensen made one called the HL. The first Lincoln-Zephyr models of 1936 used