Example of Rare Miura SVJ Displayed by Lamborghini Polo Storico

Lamborghini’s restoration and preservation division displays an example of the rarest Miura at a car show in Paris.

Opened in 2015, Lamborghini Polo Storico is a new company division dedicated to preserving the heritage of Lamborghini. As Lamborghini has stated, Polo Storico was created to ensure “the preservation and the integrity of Lamborghini’s history and its vehicles”. As well as restoring and certifying all Lamborghini s built up to 2001, it reconstructs spare parts for classic Lamborghini models. More than 200 new catalogue items were added to the range in 2019 alone.

At the heart of Lamborghini Polo Storico, documentation of each historical model rest in an archive that include; technical drawings, materials, colours, pictures and various publications created by Lamborghini over its history. It’s the access to this archive that elevates Polo Storico to something much more than a manufacturer approved restoration service. In the middle of a cars restoration, original technical drawings can be sourced to perfectly recreate a component that may have long gone out of production avoiding the need to supplement or improvise.

So it’s no surprise that every aspect of each restoration is accurately documented too, and provided to the owner at the completion, along with certification. The process of certification is so thorough that it’s carried out by a committee who check over each item on the car and correlate them to the original archived information.

From 4 to 9 February, Lamborghini Polo Storico is in Paris for the Rétromobile classic car show, and is displaying an example of the rarest Miura: the SVJ chassis number 4860 which Lamborghini Polo Storico has previously carried out a restoration for. The car was one of just four original SVJs made by Lamborghini. The SVJs are exceptional vehicles that were inspired by the Miura Jota and built by special request. The Jota was a one-off that test driver Bob Wallace created with the goal of enabling the Miura to compete in races regulated by the FIA’s “Appendix J” for Touring Cars and GT Cars.

The SVJ chassis 4860 on display was built in 1973 for the German racing driver Hubert Hahne, who was the Lamborghini importer for Germany at the time. It was painted black, with a white-black leather interior. In 1977 Hubert Hahne had the SVJ repainted silver by Lamborghini but kept the black interior. It has sported the same colour combination ever since. The vehicle remained in Germany until the early 2000s, when it became part of a Japanese collection. It has not been exhibited in public since then.

On display alongside the Miura SVJ at the Rétromobile display, will be a Miura P400 S built from spare parts – including bodywork, engine and suspension. Lamborghini Polo Storico has taken especially great care over the reconstruction of the bodywork panels in order to ensure that the original shape is accurately recreated, with exactly the same dimensions. This is all part of the “Certified Lines” concept that will be showcased at the event. New genuine spare parts such as cylinder heads and bodywork are constantly being released by Lamborghini, providing ever great scope for the authenticity of classic Lamborghinis to be preserved while also allowing collectors to use their cars with complete peace of mind.

From 10 to 13 September 2020, Polo Storico is also organizing a tour for all classic Lamborghinis. It will start in Bruneck and offer participants the chance to drive their cars along a route spanning approximately 350 km in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, through the most stunning mountain passes in the Dolomites. During the event, there will also be celebrations for the 50th anniversaries of the Jarama and Urraco, and the 30th anniversary of the Diablo.