Three engineers at Lamborghini — Gian Paolo Dallara, Paolo Stanzani, and Bob Wallace — built the Miura’s chassis on their own time, without official company authorization, because they believed that a mid-engine sports car was the right direction and that the best way to convince Ferruccio Lamborghini was to show him one rather than explain it to him. They were correct. Lamborghini approved the project. Bertone’s Marcello Gandini, 26 years old, styled the body. The result was unveiled at the 1966 Geneva Show as a rolling chassis and sold as a complete car the following year.