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Lamborghini Miura P400 Black Maxichamps 1:43

Lamborghini Miura P400 Black Maxichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Manufacturer
Maxichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
940103000
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About the Lamborghini Miura P400 Black Maxichamps 1:43

TL;DR: The Maxichamps Lamborghini Miura P400 in black is a 1:43 diecast replica of the 1966 mid-engine coupe. The body is a sealed one-piece casting, so stance, bodywork curves, and paint carry the display. About 10 cm long, it suits supercar chronologies and 1960s Italian shelves.

Few cars changed what a road car could look like as quickly as the Miura. Putting the engine behind the driver and across the chassis, Lamborghini shaped a low, curved coupe that still sets the template for the supercar shape. At 1:43, the Maxichamps Lamborghini Miura P400 turns that profile into a shelf piece you can judge in one glance.

Maxichamps Lamborghini Miura P400 in Sealed Black Diecast

Mass in the Hand, Continuity on the Shelf

Lift this Miura from its packaging and the mass tells you it is diecast: dense, cool, and solid for something this small. The body is one sealed casting, with no moving panels, and that suits the car. A Miura is all about continuous surfaces, the low nose rolling into the front arches and the roofline falling to a tapered tail, and a fixed shell keeps every shut line a single crisp cut rather than a seam with play in it. Diecast also gives paint a hard substrate, so the finish stays even over the curves, and metal keeps its geometry on the shelf for years. The trade-off is plain: no interior access, with all detail carried on the outside.

Why Black Tests a Casting

Black is the hardest color to photograph and one of the best for revealing a casting. Under a shelf lamp, dark paint exposes every surface: a wavy panel shows as a distorted reflection, and a clean curve shows as one unbroken highlight. Check the glass-to-body transition first, then the headlight surrounds, which are among the real car's most recognizable details, then the wheel proportions and stance. At 1:43 the Miura is about 10 cm long, so these checks happen up close. A good casting still holds up when you bring it to eye level.

A 1966 Coupe That Rewrote the Supercar Layout

Transverse V12 Behind the Driver

The P400 carried a V12 mounted transversely behind the cabin, a packaging solution borrowed from racing and, at the time, rare on a road car. That layout is why the car sits so low and why the cabin is pushed so far forward. It also explains the proportions a collector sees on the shelf: short nose, compact greenhouse, a tail that drops away behind the rear wheels. Lamborghini revealed the chassis in late 1965 and the finished coupe in 1966, still a young company taking on established Italian names. The P400 is the first version of the Miura, which makes a 1966 model a natural starting point for anyone tracing how the car developed afterward.

Bertone Bodywork and the Collector's View

Bodywork came from Bertone, with Marcello Gandini credited for the shape, and the result is as much sculpture as car. Collectors tend to treat the Miura as the point where the supercar stopped being a front-engine grand tourer and became a mid-engine statement. In a 1960s Italian lineup it pairs naturally with front-engine contemporaries, and the contrast in layout is visible even at 1:43 across the width of a shelf. That contrast is the real collecting argument for this model: it explains a turning point in one glance.

Fitting the Miura into a 1:43 Cabinet

At 1:43 the Miura is the kind of piece that anchors a small cabinet. It pairs with other mid-engine supercars to show how the layout evolved, or with 1960s Italian coupes for a period shelf. Keep it out of direct sunlight, which can fade printed details over time, and dust it with a soft brush rather than a cloth that can snag fine parts. Because the body is sealed, there is nothing to loosen with handling, so the model tolerates being picked up and examined. Buyers weighing larger scales should expect less surface detail but a far smaller footprint, with several 1:43 cars fitting where one 1:18 piece would sit. Order it as a focused addition to a supercar or Lamborghini run.

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