Contents Italy Where Supercars Were Invented Ferrari 488 GTB Spider Ferrari F12 Berlinetta 4 6 8 10 Ferrari LaFerrari 12 Lamborghini Centenario 14 Lamborghini Huracán Lp 610-4 16 Lamborghini Veneno Roadster 18 Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale 20 Pagani Huayra BC 22 Pagani Zonda Revolucion 24 Alfa Romeo 4C 26 The Italian Supercar from France 28 Other Italian Supercars 30 Historical Italian Supercars 31 Glossary and Index 32 Further Information Words highlighted in bold can be found in the glossary
Price Tag Spares there was a spare wheel under the hood These are NOT usually found on modern supercars The Lamborghini Miura the world’s first supercar 764 were built between 1966 and 1973 when production ceased When it first appeared in 1966 the Miura cost around 21,900 equivalent to 159,300 today Miuras are so rare though that they have gone up in value A lot In 2015 one was sold for over 2 million The Maserati Ghibli was launched in 1967 with sleek supercar styling ITALY WHERE SUPERCARS WERE INVENTED Italy is where the supercar was invented in 1966 Since then the country has produced more supercars than any other THE FIRST SUPERCAR In 1966 Lamborghini was a famous tractor manufacturer The company owner got so tired of his Ferrari breaking down that he decided to build his own car The result was the Miura The Miura was so good that it invented a whole new category of car the supercar The Miura is over 50 years old so it is very different from today’s supercars Even so many of its characteristics are shared with the most cutting-edge supercars ever built JUST WHAT IS A SUPERCAR There is no agreed definition of what makes a car a supercar In Italy though no car would be called a supercar unless it was really expensive made in tiny numbers as high-performance as possible very fast and probably very light tricky to drive not built for daily driving activities 4
172 Seating two seats very few supercars have room for more than one passenger Drive rear-wheel drive which is harder to control but allows a faster car with more grip 277 km h TOP SPEED172 mph 0 60 MPH 7.0 seconds MAX POWER 262 kW MAX TORQUE 369 Nm 350 bhp 7,000 rpm 262 lb ft 5,000 rpm Engine mid-mounted shares the engine’s weight between all four wheels more equally than a front-mounted engine and helps the car grip the road Body shape styled by famous car-design company Bertone Speed the Miura was the world’s fastest production car able to reach almost 180 mph 290 km h Max RPM Engine Weight 7,850 3929 cc 2,480 lbs 21 liters 5-speed rear wheels aluminum Main body Gearbox Fuel use per 60 miles estimated Drive Steel doors The 1947 Ferrari 125 S was the start of Ferrari’s supercar story Frame steel Braking hydraulic discs
