Classic Lamborghini once owned by Jamiroquai's Jay Kay and featured on Top 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 Top Gear with Richard Hammond is going up for auction - tipped to sell for as much as £2.75million. The red 1972 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV is being 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 Auctioneers have tipped the vehicle 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 Other proud owners of Lamborghini Miuras have included Frank Sinatra and Sir Rod Stewart. 'Afterward the car passed to the noted musician and vintage performance car collector, Jay Kay of Jamiroquai, and in his ownership was featured in a 2004 episode of Top Gear. Jay Kay was seen driving the Lamborghini in an episode of Top Gear in 2004 The singer has enjoyed chart success with hits such as the single Virtual Insanity in 1996 He was accompanied during his Top Gear drive by the show's co-presenter Richard Hammond Jay Kay called the car 'a wonderful, wonderful thing' during his Top Gear appearance The auctioneer's listing quotes a 1967 magazine review describing the Lamborghini Miura as 'an astonishing motor 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' 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 This rare Lamborghini Miura was one of just 150 to be manufactured The vehicle is thought to have been the first to be given the label 'supercar' 'Soon thereafter it was acquired from him by the well-known British collector Michael Cotter.'