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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85090091-13437479-image-m-19_1716192941089.jpg)
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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089535-13437479-image-m-21_1716192960703.jpg)
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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85090093-13437479-image-a-22_1716192985603.jpg)
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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2
024/05/20/09/85090097-13437479-image-a-23_1716192991542.jpg)
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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089495-13437479-image-a-31_1716193112647.jpg)
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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089525-13437479-image-a-30_1716193105878.jpg)
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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089497-13437479-image-a-35_1716193147882.jpg)
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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089501-13437479-image-a-36_1716193150194.jpg)
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'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089489-13437479-image-a-32_1716193117304.jpg)
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'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089473-13437479-image-a-27_1716193038713.jpg)
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'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089481-13437479-image-a-29_1716193062476.jpg)
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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089479-13437479-image-a-28_1716193059731.jpg)
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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089493-13437479-image-a-33_1716193126032.jpg)
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'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/20/09/85089487-13437479-image-a-34_1716193133788.jpg)
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.