1970 Lamborghini Miura P400 S

The color is Luci del Bosco Metallizzato (Light of the Woods) with Gobi (beige) vinyl upholstery and cloth seat inserts. It’s hard to envision a more appropriate—and appealing—color combination in the era of gold shag carpet and Harvest Gold appliances.

A total of 338 examples of the Miura P400 S were built between 1968 and 1971.

The Espada was the company’s four-seat grand tourer, less mythologised than the Miura but more usable and, in period, hardly a secondary product. By the time the Series II arrived, the model had gained a cleaner dashboard layout and mechanical development, but the basic appeal remained the same: Gandini styling, a front-mounted V12 and an unusually ambitious attempt to combine speed, space and…