Forza Horizon 2: The Last Barn Find!

Horizon intellectuals told that the final barn find is located at the heart of Southern Europe and what heart of Southern Europe I was talking about? Nope. You're wrong because the heart of Southern Europe and everything in Forza Horizon 2 is the Horizon Festival of course!

Upon my investigation, my witness instincts told me that the final barn find in the game is located less than two miles to the Festival, depending on your navigational skills, and this final barn find is none other than the mythical Lamborghini Miura, the car that gave birth to the supercar craze.

This is it! The last barn find and I'm on my way to complete my barn find collections in FH2! Isn't it awesome! I've finally got ten out of ten barn finds scattered all over the Southern European landscape! It sure is one heck of a ride out there.

There's no need to tell me what in the world is the Lamborghini Miura because this is the mythical sportscar from Lamborghini first introduced the supercar trend. It's styled by the now-bankrupt Bertone and it's powered by a 4.0L V12 engine mounted sideways to keep it compact just like a Mini. When production ended in 1972, over 760 units were made and such numbers is what you called "exclusive".

With the final barn find unearthed and now in my hands, I decided to drive this one for a road trip back to where it all started: Castelletto! Remember, in a road trip, you have a lot of decisions; follow the path from your GPS or take chances by yourself. Since I'm more of a risk-taker in FH2, I decided to take my chances as I cross my way to Castelletto.




Now that we arrived back to where it all started, our journey to the Horizon Finale continues.

Forza Horizon: MORON 5 AND THE CRYING LAMBO

The senior bully vs. the junior bully

Autumn Fallout

Troublemaking Italians by night

Think of The Reunion meets Moron 5 but believe me, a V12-powered Lamborghini is more enough to be a "moron" because when you take a spin in one of these; the Miura, Countach, Diablo, Murcielago, and the Aventador, you'll becoming more of a moron who want to spend the rest of his lifetime making so much trouble in Colorado. I mean look at these;

Five times the trouble, right?! I mean hey, we all love a good troublemaking Lambo because they're more fun to drive than Ferraris. The feeling of driving a Ferrari is a bit serious, a bit emotionless, and a bit...well you get the idea. As for Lamborghinis, the feeling of driving a V12-powered Lambo really plant a smile on my face, acting like an idiot, and I'm becoming a moron like anyone else.

The Aventador, Murcielago SV, Diablo SV, Countach QV, and the Miura, they are what I called the MORON 5 but there's a Lambo that I like to call it the CRYING LAMBO. Why? It's rare, it's expensive, and they only made 15 of them. That's the Reventon Roadster.

The very rare Reventon Roadster

Here's a good story about the Roadster version of the Reventon; it was launched at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show and it is limited to 15 units available, five less than its hardtop equivalent. Sadly, it's proven to be less quicker than its hardtop equivalent; its top speed is 205 mph and it takes just 3.3s to reach 62 mph. Still, it's more than enough to call this one THE CRYING LAMBO. It always out there to hunt those five V12 Lambos that we all love but hey! Moron 5 and the crying Lambo! Ha ha ha ha ha.....

V12 Lambos are more on fun, more on laughter, and more on ridiculous adventures in Colorado. I'm starting to get my nose bleeding...Sorry about that. As I said, those V12 morons like the Aventador, Murcielago, Diablo, Countach, and the Miura, they're like five friends who are morons back when they were kids and they when they grow up, they went to something that they thought it was some kind of audition of some reality show but turned up to be application to some nightclub...as macho dancers. (laughing)

Just as I thought, the dumb can't get even more dumber every time when you set foot in one of these V12 Lambos.

Forza Horizon: Miura Concept reward

For 4,000MSP, the Season Pass on Forza Horizon covers only DLC Packs launched from November 2012 to April 2013. Aside from that, you'll also get a bonus DLC car for Season Pass owners and the first of the five Season Pass bonus DLC cars is this...the 2006 Lamborghini Miura Concept.

Miura Concept

That's right, if you have a Season Pass active, this is what you get; the Miura Concept, the first of the six bonus DLC cars for those who have Forza Horizon Season Pass. If you haven't got the Season Pass, don't fret, if you have 4000MSP remaining on your XBOX Live account, this is the best time to get one so you'll have six DLC packs for free as well as bonus DLC cars for Season Pass owners. They're available on the third Tuesday of the month so the next month's Season Pass bonus car...well let's wait until further notice, will be on the day the Rally Expansion is out. Until then, time to savor this bonus DLC car...

Forza 4 Head to Head: Which Miura is the Miura?

There are two Miuras!

Let's face it, I loved playing Forza Horizon all day long but despite that, I'm still breaking out my copy of Forza Motorsport 4 because if I want to get to know the car, always turn left. Turn Left? Sorry, it's too wibbly wobbly timey wimey about this but anyway, about the Miura.

It has been the basis of modern supercars of today and the Miura that was from the 60's, served as the good example of what supercars are made of. With the 4-litre V12 engine mounted sideways at the middle and the doors shaped like the bulls of the horn, it has been the most outrageous classic car I have ever seen.

What we're looking now are two kinds. There was the 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 and the 2006 Lamborghini Miura Concept. Question is, which Miura is the Miura? Let's start with the one from the decade Lamborghini was born.

1967 Lamborghini Miura P400

Like I said, this is the genesis of what supercars evolved through the years. We always dream about it, some kids have these as a bedroom wall pinup, die-cast, auctions, whatever, this is still Lamborghini's own Mona Lisa painting. When Richard Hammond reviewed this on Top Gear back in 2003, the year when Lamborghini celebrated its 40th year, he said that because of such old-schoolness, it's not practically an easy car and it's HARD TO DRIVE! But frankly, as a car enthusiast, I couldn't care how challenging the Miura's handling is because driving the Miura as well as hearing the sound of the 4-litre V12 engine always tell you how Lambos are made. They really are the maddest car company of them all. Lamborghini loves to throw everything they've got to create such amazing masterpieces. No wonder Jamiroquai front runner Jay Kay, the dude who's gone crazy as Tom Cruise in Oprah when he beat Simon Cowell's lap time in Top Gear Season 11 finale, has one but in SV trim. Anyway, enough analogy for now, START THE CLOCK!!!

The Miura did it in 1:30.891.

2006 Lamborghini Miura Concept
Walter de Silva, who is responsible for Volkswagen's design DNA of today, was the man responsible of conceptualizing the Miura with this 2006 concept car as seen in the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. Although it is strictly a concept and no plans for production because Lamborghini doesn't have time to "turn left" to the past and "turn right" to the future, the Miura Concept really is a modern take to the iconic Lambo we've adorned through the years. No one really knows what powered the Miura Concept but in the game, it was powered by a 6.5L V12 engine from the Murcielago LP640. 0-60? Nobody knows! Top Speed? Nobody knows! Lap time on the Top Gear Track? Let's find out!



The Miura Concept did it in 1:20.132, over ten seconds quicker than the classic Miura.

The Miura Concept maybe fast but you can't have one because it's a concept car. However, despite the classic Miura is slower than the modern 2006 concept car, it's still a wonderful Lamborghini. This car passed the baton to the Countach, then Diablo, then Murcielago, and then the current leader of Lamborghini, the Aventador LP700-4. Without the Miura, there is no Lamborghini and we wouldn't have the world's most insane carmaker based in Italy. We could have sucked with Ferraris and Paganis.

The origin of the supercar - The Lamborghini Miura

It's rare to see a Miura in Tokyo, Japan

This is the origin of Lamborghini as we know it today but it's more than that. This is where the modern supercar begins. The first of its kind. The Lamborghini Miura. It was 1963 when Lamborghini was founded by Ferrucio Lamborghini and they've created earlier models such as the 350GT and the 400GT. Then in 1965, they've announced the TP400 platform at the 1965 Torino Motor Show and then the Miura was born at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show. The Miura wasn't really an official project name, but a lesson learned from Top Gear knows that seven people were behind the creation of the Miura and they were at their 20's. One of them who's aged 22 back then was Marcello Gandini the then-chief designer of Bertone. Imagine what are you doing at the age of 22, you wouldn't realize that you have to give birth to the supercar that sparked a revolution.

The Miura turning the tides at Tsukuba

Most exotics come with big powerful engines but the Miura set a centerstage when it comes with a 4.0L V12 engine that produces 345HP of power and 271.2lb-ft of torque. This V12 engine was placed at the rear, setting the template of midship rear-wheel drive supercars. They also mounted the V12 engine sideways rather than lenghtways to keep it compact and oh, they got that idea from the Mini but we're not talking about that. What they didn't put was a three-seater layout like the McLaren F1 and the glass engine cover like the Ferrari but the surprising fact that when the Miura's doors are opened, the doors really shaped like the horns of the bull. Nice touch, that. Because this was made in the 1960's where traction control and ABS hasn't invented yet, the Lamborghini Miura isn't an easy car HARD TO DRIVE! WOOOH! But who cares? It's still a great car! The engine sounds so great especially the engine start up noise. Now that's classic!

Hope he's not late for the show...

However, the Lamborghini Miura has a very small lifespan, produced from 1966 to 1972, with over 760 units built but the Miura is the exotic that established the birth of Lamborghini in style. If that wasn't enough, it became the first car to win the first ever Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Polyphony Digital Trophy in 2008. That's right. The Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Prototype CN.0706 was handpicked by Gran Turismo creator, Kazunori Yamauchi at the first ever Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Polyphony Digital Trophy in 2008, setting the standards of classic cars.

An instant classic

My journey with the Miura is somewhat very difficult at the beginning. For a car that costs 15,000,000 Cr, that car is definitely the most expensive Lamborghini in Gran Turismo 5 but when I had my hands on it, I am highly impressed about the Miura's heritage and styling but when it comes to driving, IT'S HARD TO DRIVE! HOO HOO! Although I might be scared to drive the Miura, I felt more mature as I'm driving this classic car that gave birth to the exotic car scene.

"Concorde did it for planes. The Miura did it for supercars. As a car, it was floored but as a concept, it was truly a masterpiece" - Richard Hammond, Top Gear