Did they crash a real Miura in the Italian job?
The trick is, it wasn’t the same Miura. The movie actually borrowed two Miura models from Lamborghini. However, one was already wrecked before the movie, so it made for the perfect stunt car. The Lamborghini Veneno Roadster, priced at $8. Lamborghini ever made.In fact, a 1971 lamborghini miura sv once sold at auction to an avid collector for a jaw-dropping $3. Lamborghini veneno roadster once sold for $8.Just 25 Miuras may not sound many, but then Lamborghini built fewer than 800 of these iconic coupés between 1966 and 1973. Only 400 are still believed to be in existence, and the cars here are some of the very best.The Miura SVR is the rarest Miura and the closest one to the legendary Jota. The Jota was developed by Lamborghini’s test driver at the time, Bob Wallace, but due to a crash, the one and only original car was lost and never rebuilt.The Lamborghini Egoista, a radical one-off concept car unveiled in 2013 to commemorate Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary, has reportedly been sold to a private collector for an astonishing $117 million. This record-breaking sale cements the Egoista’s place in history as the most expensive Lamborghini ever sold.
What is The Italian Job 1969 about?
The film’s plot centres on Cockney criminal Charlie Croker, recently released from prison, who forms a gang for the job of stealing a cache of gold bullion being transported through the city of Turin, Italy, in an armoured security truck. He later goes to the St. Mark’s Square to meet with Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg), a professional thief and his protege, where they discuss about their latest plan; to steal 35 million dollars worth of gold plates from a group of Italian gangsters who stole them a few days ago.