Lamborghini
Miura P400 chassis 3586 (The Italian Job opening-scene car)

Why it matters

The Miura seen in the opening minutes of The Italian Job is one of the most famous film appearances of any Lamborghini. For decades its identity was unclear, and many assumed the car had been destroyed in the tunnel crash; in 2019 the factory's Polo Storico department confirmed that chassis 3586 was the car used on set.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

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Production

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Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

Lamborghini supplied a new orange Miura P400 almost straight from the production line for the film. Factory employee Enzo Moruzzi delivered it to the set and drove it in all the shots across the Great St Bernard Pass; because it had to go back to Sant'Agata in perfect condition, its white leather seats were swapped for black test seats during filming. The car that hits the bulldozer in the tunnel was a different, already-wrecked Miura.

In 2014 Iain Tyrrell of Cheshire Classic Cars traced chassis 3586 as the film car by comparing hand-made interior details with film stills. A later owner asked Polo Storico to verify the claim, and after examining the car and the factory archive, and consulting Moruzzi, Lamborghini certified it in May 2019. The car is in a private collection.

Technical specifications

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Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

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Sources

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1. 1
   Lamborghini Polo Storico Certifies The Identity Of The Miura P400 Used In The Italian Job (Petrolicious) Level C

   • 1 running Miura used for filming; the car destroyed on screen was a separate, already-wrecked Miura

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   Lamborghini Polo Storico Certifies The Identity Of The Miura P400 Used In The Italian Job Level C Petrolicious · 2019-05-07

   • Polo Storico ... confirmed #3586 as the film car

   Accessed 2026-11-12
3. 3
   Lamborghini History - Miura Level A Automobili Lamborghini

   • V12 transversely mid-mounted
   • 400 the 4-litre displacement
   • 350 CV at 7,000rpm in the original P400
   • maximum height of the car was just 110cm

   Accessed 2026-11-12