The Lamborghini Miura Bible

I've been in love with these cars since I saw one on the cover of Road & Track magazine in 1971. I've understood for some time the cars were flawed and underdeveloped. But what they did good they did very, very good, indeed. Unfortunately I never achieved the financial means to own one, so this beautiful book (and my Ducatis) will have to do. If you love these cars too, then you need this book. It is a quality piece, has great pictures and very informative text. It is the best a book can be.

Like the Miura, this book is beautiful. Fittingly, it is a large, serious, heavy book with high gloss pages to fully capture the beauty of the subject, but also has detailed technical discussions of all the models, including rare factory test beds like the mythical JOTA. It isn't a puff piece, however. Joe takes an honest look at the Miura (certainly not a perfect car) from the standpoint of a lifelong enthusiast who has to deal with the practical realities of ownership. I highly look forward to Joe's upcoming Ferrari 288 GTO bible!! And any other book he writes, for that matter.

Excellent and numerous photographs, useful text containing much original information on the poorly-documented Miura, of which the writer owned three versions, all in the distant past, when the roads of Europe had no speed limits and little traffic. Although experienced with the Ferrari 250GT racing berlinetta, no road car of the time could match it. At 150mph (on the autobahn), it still had tremendous acceleration in reserve, literally leaping forward with no hesitation whatsoever! Congratulations to Mr. Joe Sackey, and thank you for all your do-dilligence. This book is long overdue...

Although the title is somewhat presumptuous, this is actually an excellent book. There are a couple of things that make this book unique among Lamborghini books. First, Sackey is not only a huge Miura enthusiast and evangelist, but has also owned and restored several Miura SVs, so his writing is based not just on great research (which he's obviously done) but experience in ownership and restorations. Second, he has taken a lot of effort to find period photos that haven't been published before. Most Lamborghini books recycle many of the period photos, but this book only reuses a few. It includes a serial number listing (uncredited courtesy of Jim Kaminski), which is more accurate than the one in the Coltrin book, but Sackey doesn't list which cars were reissued, nor which numbers were P400s, S's, and SVs, or total production counts (although it does list counts for the SV). Perhaps this is a very difficult goal given poor factory records and cars being changed over the years. I'd like to see more descriptions of P400 and S cars. Joe has owned SVs and the book seems biased toward that variant. Overall, a great book and a "must have" for Miura fans.

It's in my coffe table not just as a nice cover but I read it at least 2 times a year. The Muira is my favorite car of all time, this book does it justice

Great book on the subject, with more information and pictures than you'll likely to find anywhere else. Although the book was shrinkwrapped from Amazon there were obvious fingermarks and light bends on some pages. So not completely new as advertised, and that was a bit disappointing.

Beautiful photography and interesting text; the author certainly knows his subject.

A superb telling of the Lamborghini Miura story. Nicely written backed up by excellent research. Clearly a labor of love from a true enthusiast.

Excellent overview of the classic Miura in one fully dedicated book. Quality of printing, photos and text are first rate and will not disappoint.

プロトタイプから最終型のＰ４００ＳＶ、そしていまだに多くの謎でマニアを悩ませ続けている 真のイオタ＝ミウラＪまで解説されています。もちろんすべて英文ですが、今では億単位で 取引される貴重な名車の接写画像が豊富に見られるだけでも価値はあると思います。 しかし、「バイブルの名に相応な内容か？」と聞かれれば微妙です。理由を幾つか挙げると、メインで 掲載されている現存車体がアメリカの交通法規に法った無粋な改造が施されていて(前後カウルの コーナーに大型角型ランプが追加されていたりと実車の流麗なラインを損ねている等)、見る側と してはやや不本意な画像が少なくないのと、それ以外に掲載されている個体もラインオフから ４０年以上の長い間に歴代のオーナーによって修復によるモディファイやカスタマイズを 加えられているのが画像から見て取れるので、「オリジナルの資料」としての価値は期待できません。 さらに海外のサイトを巡っていると極稀に見られる、開発当時の各スポーツカーレースに参加した時 (レースに否定的だった創業者が社員の熱意に押されて渋々参戦を許可した時など)の各レーシング仕様の ミウラの画像は皆無で、最も残念なのがミウラの最強モデルたる「ミウラＪ」の当時の画像も両手で 数えるほどにしか載っていないのです。そういう派生車種のワンオフ個体の情報についても詳しく フォローされていないのに、「バイブル」などと名乗って良いものかと・・そんな感じで、分厚い本の わりにはページをめくってもめくっても似たような画像が多くて何か違うというか（シャシーナンバーの 解説に16ページも割くくらいなら、他にもっと載せるべき画像があるのではないかと思うのですが）。 先ほどアメリカで発見されたプロトシャシーを買い取ったほどのミウラ狂の著者が、そういった 普段あまり見ることのできない画像を持っていないとは到底考えられず、複雑な権利関係で 載せる事が出来ないか、出し惜しみしているか・・・おそらく両方だと思いますが、過去に海外雑誌に 掲載された画像も今ではその雑誌を苦労して入手しない限り、ネットでも見ることはほとんど不可能な ほど情報管理が徹底していて、日本の雑誌にも全くといっていいほど再掲載されることはありません。 あってもたまに数葉程度がカラーから白黒に画像加工して掲載される程度で、何ゆえそこまで 非公開に徹されるのかという点でも本当に謎の多い車です。単に画像の権利を持っている人が 「異常なほど独占欲の強いヒト」なだけなのかもしれませんが。 いつの日か、完璧なミウラ解説本が出版される事を切に願っています。 追記 2011.12に出版されたドイツ語版の表紙には「Bible」に相当する表記は見当たりません。やっぱり 内容を突っ込まれて自粛したのかも？

It's called a bible and that is just what it is. Full history of the model, some good photographs. Well worth buying for anyone with an interest in what was really the first of the Italian Supercars.

What a great book!!! Ottimo libro, completo esauriente e ricco di bellissime fotografie, lo raccomando anche per il rapporto qualità prezzo nettamente favorevole, unico appunto le dimensioni e il peso del libro che non rendono semplice la consultazione.

Joe Sackey est connu pour son commerce de Lamborghini et en particulier la Miura aux Etats-Unis, ce livre est très bien réalisé, fourmille de détails intéressant. Un must pour les amoureux de la première Supercar Italienne