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According to a reliable source at Automobili Lamborghini SpA, the production of the Diablo SV and the Roadster will be discontinued for the Diablo Model Year 2000, only the Diablo VT specifications will still be available. The Diablo VT will however be modified again into a restyled MY 2000 edition and two different versions will…
A very strange looking Lamborghini Diablo VT was created by the Swiss based Rinspeed, this car was repainted in a special rainbow metallic color scheme. Custom made 18 inch rims replaced the original ones, similar to the Strosek tuned car. Nothing much is actually known about this car, I do have information that the engine…
The duPont Registry, a major monthly car magazine launched back in 1985, filled with collectible luxury and exotic automobiles for sale has conducted a survey among it’s readers worldwide and the visitors to their web site, to compile a list of the most notable cars during this century. Participation was possible from January 1999 to…
April 1999 marked the day that Automobili Lamborghini SpA finally got to their senses and they contacted the Bertone Design Studio’s to design the eagerly awaited successor to the Diablo super car. A contract was signed stating Bertone would design a prototype for the new Diablo, this car should be completely ready to be shown…
Toward the end of 1998, a rather exclusive Diablo was built, a Diablo with a twin-turbo charged engine, pumping out nearly 900 Bhp. This car was built by the Swiss based Uwe Gemballa Design Studio’s, run by a man who became world famous with his Porsche based tuning like the Avalange and the recent Extremo,…
Someone had the bright idea of converting a Lamborghini Diablo into a convertible model, this was however never a factory built Roadster. The looks of this specific car were much like the Diablo SE 30 Anniversary edition, but with five-spoke multi-piece wheels mounted with 18 inch tires. The interior was a leather upholstered one with…
During 1999, Lamborghini would continue to develop a successor for the famous LM002 off-roader, and the targa styled Jalpa. The Cala prototype would be completely redesigned and altered before entering production toward the end of 1999. The Jalpa successor would probably be powered by an Audi V-8 engine, according to an interview with Ferdinand Piech,…
In 1972, Doug Call of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., ordered a very special car from a small shop in Bologna, AMS. This car is probably the nearest Lamborghini ever came to racing in these early years, the AMS was actually powered by a Miura V-12 engine. This engine was mounted on a tubular chassis…
On April 21, 1988 at the Turin Motor Show, the Genesis was first shown to the public, after some 30,000 man hours had been invested in it by Bertone. Marc Deschamps, chief designer of Centro Stile Bertone, mostly designed the Genesis and it looked like a sporty mini-van. However, the overall impression was one of…
