Classic Lamborghini once owned by Jamiroquai's Jay Kay and featured on 最高の,を越す Gear is tipped to sell for £2.75m

A classic Lamborghini 'supercar' which was owned by Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay and taken for a spin on 最高の,を越す Gear with Richard Hammond is going up for auction - tipped to sell for as much as £2.75million.

The red 1972 Miura P400 SV was bought by pop 星/主役にする Kay at the 高さ of his chart fame and formed part of his 広大な collection of vintage モーターs.

The rare Lamborghini - dubbed the first supercar - was one of just 150 models made, with a V12 engine 許すing it to go from 0-60mph in just five seconds and reach a 最高の,を越す 速度(を上げる) of 172mph.

Kay, 54, showed the 乗り物 off in a 2004 episode of BBC モーターing show 最高の,を越す Gear, 運動ing it with Hammond in the 乗客 seat.?

The pop 星/主役にする was filmed 説 as he drove: 'This car was so ahead of its time - it's a wonderful, wonderful thing.'

The red 1972 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV is being auctioned by RM Sotheby's

The red 1972 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV is 存在 auctioned by RM Sotheby's

Funk band Jamiroquai's singer Jay Kay, pictured at Windsor Great Park in July 2009, is a former owner of the supercar which has now emerged for sale

Funk 禁止(する)d Jamiroquai's singer Jay Kay, pictured at Windsor 広大な/多数の/重要な Park in July 2009, is a former owner of the supercar which has now 現れるd for sale

Auctioneers have tipped the vehicle to sell for as much as £2.75million

Auctioneers have tipped the 乗り物 to sell for as much as £2.75million

The 177mph car's V12 engine allows it to go from 0-60mph in just five seconds

The 177mph car's V12 engine 許すs it to go from 0-60mph in just five seconds

Other proud owners of Lamborghini Miuras have 含むd Frank Sinatra and Sir?棒 Stewart.

Kay's old one is 存在 sold by RM Sotheby's, whose 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing reads: 'It is legend that "supercar" - the 肩書を与える bestowed upon all of today's highest-業績/成果 automobiles - was first 適用するd in print to the Lamborghini Miura.'

The auctioneer 引用するs English モーターing 新聞記者/雑誌記者 L. J. K. Setright 述べるing a 1,000-mile 運動 in a then-new Miura from Modena in Italy to English capitan London in 1967.

Setright wrote: ' The exultant whoop of a thoroughbred V12 is like nothing else in モーターing. It is 即座の, 緊急の, peremptory.

'The Lambo idles at about 800 rpm and a gentle blip up to 2,000 produced a sort of instant 生き返らせる of everybody in the square, like a WO calling parade to attention.

'It might develop 87.5bhp per litre, but from ridiculously low revs it would pull as 滑らかに and inexorably as a Silver Ghost.

'明確に this was going to be an astonishing モーター car.'

The London-based auctioneer RM Sotheby's 追加するs: 'In the 早期に 1990s the car was 購入(する)d by a collector in Hong Kong, who (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限d the Modena Group to 完全にする a 十分な 復古/返還.

'Afterward the car passed to the 公式文書,認めるd musician and vintage 業績/成果 car collector, Jay Kay of Jamiroquai, and in his 所有権 was featured in a 2004 episode of 最高の,を越す Gear.

Jay Kay was seen driving the Lamborghini in an episode of Top Gear in 2004

Jay Kay was seen 運動ing the Lamborghini in an episode of 最高の,を越す Gear in 2004

The singer has enjoyed chart success with hits such as the single Virtual Insanity in 1996

The singer has enjoyed chart success with 攻撃する,衝突するs such as the 選び出す/独身 事実上の Insanity in 1996

He was accompanied during his Top Gear drive by the show's co-presenter Richard Hammond

He was …を伴ってd during his 最高の,を越す Gear 運動 by the show's co-presenter Richard Hammond

Jay Kay called the car 'a wonderful, wo
nderful thing' during his Top Gear appearance

Jay Kay called the car 'a wonderful, wonderful thing' during his 最高の,を越す Gear 外見

The auctioneer's listing quotes a 1967 magazine review describing the Lamborghini Miura as 'an astonishing motor car'

The auctioneer's 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing 引用するs a 1967 magazine review 述べるing the Lamborghini Miura as 'an astonishing モーター car'

Car reviewer L. J. K. Setright said of the vehicle in his 1967 article: 'The exultant whoop of a thoroughbred V12 is like nothing else in motoring'

Car reviewer L. J. K. Setright said of the 乗り物 in his 1967 article: 'The exultant whoop of a thoroughbred V12 is like nothing else in モーターing'

Jay Kay himself said in 2004 of the Lamborghini: 'This car was so ahead of its time'

Jay Kay himself said in 2004 of the Lamborghini: 'This car was so ahead of its time'

Other owners of Lamborghini Miuras have included Frank Sinatra and Sir Rod Stewart

Other owners of Lamborghini Miuras have 含むd Frank Sinatra and Sir 棒 Stewart

This rare Lamborghini Miura was one of just 150 to be manufactured

This rare Lamborghini Miura was one of just 150 to be 製造(する)d

The vehicle is thought to have been the first to be given the label 'supercar'

The 乗り物 is thought to have been the モミ st to be given the label 'supercar'

'Soon thereafter it was acquired from him by the 井戸/弁護士席-known British collector Michael Cotter.'

The auction of the Lamborghini?is scheduled to take place in Toronto in Canada on June 1.

Kay 以前 put three 乗り物s from his 110-strong collection of supercars up for sale five years ago for a 連合させるd £2.5million.

He 申し込む/申し出d up a?1973 Porsche 911, a 2016 Ferrari F12 and a 2004 Porsche Carrera GT.

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