Lamborghini Spent Three Years Restoring This 1972 Miura SV to Exact Factory Spec

Few cars carry the cultural weight of the Lamborghini Miura. Unveiled in 1966 and built through 1973, it established the rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive supercar blueprint that every performance brand has been going by ever since. It’s why Lamborghini’s Polo Storico heritage division, committed itself to a three-year factory spec restoration to make sure they got everthing right.

Making its public debut at the inaugural Anantara Concorso Roma in Italy for the Miura’s 60th anniversary, the car in question is a 1972 Miura SV from the final model year, and it’s the most stunning iteration we’ve seen.

THE CUSTODIANS

Polo Storico was founded in 2015, born out of Lamborghini’s recognition that classic owners needed factory-backed access to original production records, period-correct materials, and the kind of institutional knowledge that only Sant’Agata Bolognese can provide. The division has since become the gold standard for Lamborghini restoration and certification, and this Miura SV is a textbook example of what that means in practice.

When the car arrived at the factory in late 2023, it wasn’t in correct factory configuration. What followed was a meticulous, document-driven deconstruction and rebuild starting from the original production sheet. Every exterior element, from the front fender grilles to the door handle fins with their rounded edges tothe rear louvers, was returned to period-spec. Even the exhaust tips were corrected to the “Bob-type” design, named after legendary Lamborghini test driver Bob Wallace.

THE Super VELOCE STANDARD

The SV stands for “Super Veloce” , which translates roughly as “faster” or “more tuned,” was always the definitive Miura. It arrived in 1971 with wider rear bodywork, revised suspension, a stronger chassis, and a tuned version of the transverse 3.9-liter V12 pushing about 385 hp, the most capable version of the platform Lamborghini ever produced.

The headlight eyelashes of earlier models were gone, giving it a cleaner face, and later SVs gained independent lubrication for the engine and gearbox. With only around 120 to 150 examples ever made, a documented 1972 car like this one occupies serious territory in the collector world.

The interior restoration matched the exterior’s rigor, ith air conditioning preparation reinstated, hazard lights re-fitted, a more compact steering wheel installed, and the extended handbrake lever put back in its rightful place. The color alone required deep historical research. The “Luci del Bosco” brown exterior shade evolved across Lamborghini models over time, and pinning down the correct chromatic specification for a 1972 production date took some effort.

When In Rome

The Anantara Concorso Roma event, which was held for the first time this month, was designed as a world-class concours focused exclusively on historic Italian marques. The city hadn’t hosted an event of this kind since 1960. Lamborghini’s presence extended beyond the restored SV; three additional historic cars entered by private owners were on hand, including a pair of 1989 Countach 25th Anniversary editions and a 1968 Miura P400 featured in the opening scene of the 1969 film The Italian Job.

SPEC SHEET

PRICING & AVAILABILITY

This is Miura SV was a private commission restoration by Lamborghini, not a production release. For inquiries about Polo Storico’s restoration and certification services, contact Lamborghini directly through their After Sales division.

Recap

1972 Lamborghini Miura SV Polo Storico Restoration

Lamborghini’s heritage division, Polo Storico, just unveiled a painstakingly restored 1972 Miura SV at Rome’s inaugural Anantara Concorso Roma. The three-year project returned the car to its exact factory configuration, down to the period-correct exhaust tips and a brown exterior shade.

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