Even today, Lamborghini has still very rarely tested the waters of sportscar racing, with virtually no successes to speak of. But in the 1970's, Lamborghini engineeers toyed with the idea of taking their innovative Miura racing. Their finished prototype was this - the Jota SVR.

While sharing the basic body and components, the Jota was a completely different bull from the Miura. The chassis was significantly lightened, the engine beefed up, and massive tires fitted all around. Not to mention the various vents for cooling and engine air intake. Unfortunately, the Jota SVR was never raced, and remains an intriguing footnote in Lamborghini's history.

This is Hasegawa's recent release of the Jota, and is a fairly good kit. Some reworking needs to be done to the interior, and the engine is normally not visible without taking off the body, as a result of allowing an electric motor to be fitted to be made into a slot car.