Rare Lamborghini Jota Looking for a Home
There’s a wing up there. Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. But even if the looks aren’t the usual thing you are used to in a Lamborghini, this 1968 Miura Jota SVR is an incredible sight.
Though the original Jota (pronounced ‘HYO-tah’) was created in the early 1970s by racer and then Lamborghini engineer, Bob Wallace, sadly this creation was crashed and the results of the impact were deemed beyond repair.
So how does a Muira that pre-dates the original Jota become a Jota? Beats me, but the reasons for change are similar. The Muira, despite it’s heavenly body shape, was prone to aerodynamic lift. Now mate that with an astronomical top speed (for the time) and very little concern about driver safety.
One of the main concerns with the Miura was its ability to create lift while approaching the car’s top speed, and that’s where some extra aero bits were placed on this car, albeit in a questionable place. It may seen unconventional now, but in the midst of the F1 championship in that era, wings were all the craze.
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