On the 1971 Geneva Auto Show Lamborghini introduced the mind-blowing Countach, the full denomination was LP 500 Countach, where the LP stood for Longitudinale Posteriore 5000 cc, and the 5-Liter engine was put longitudinally in the back. This new 5-Liter engine, which was built using a lot of magnesium even for the gearbox and differential,…
I think most of us agree the sensual looking Miura from the Sixties was a stunning car that made Automobili Lamborghini SpA world-famous only a few years after the factory started producing the 350 GT, with a low riding body and a massive, 4 liter V12 engine mounted transversely behind the two occupants, the Miura…
Before the Diablo GT1 was built by SAT, Automobili Lamborghini SpA had a Diablo SE modified with the Jota performance option. This would allow the Diablo SE Jota to be legally entered into GT racing throughout the world, unfortunately this never happened, only about 12 SE were finished in Jota specification and all but very…
During 1996, Automobili Lamborghini SpA contacted SAT in France to design and build a race version of the Diablo to be able to compete in the GT championships, much like the Porsche GT1 from 1997, this was a car that needed to be based on a production car, but with a completely race oriented setup.…
Automobili Lamborghini SpA had built the Diablo SV-R type for the Phillipe Charriol Trophy series, details on these high-power race cars can be found on our Diablo SVR page, unfortunately only a limited amount of SVR were built in those days, most sources state about 30, and only a handful of these cars were later…
In 1997, Automobili Lamborghini SpA built a one-time special car for a single-marque championship, a Diablo Roadster in the VT-R edition. This car was based on the VT Roadster edition MY1995, but for some reason the race oriented car was equipped with two wheel drive only and used a highly tuned V-12 delivering nearly 600…
Recently these photos were taken at the official museum located at the Lamborghini factory in Sant’Agata, they show us another Diablo GT2 model based on the 6.0 model. At this moment it isn’t known if this car is an evolution of the Diablo GTR model or if it’s based on the VT model, what is…
Apparently Automobili Lamborghini SpA decided to enter racing back in 1998, so they built this special Diablo GT2 featuring a modified engine pumping out over 600 Bhp and having a displacement of 6 Liter, some sources even stated this would be the engine for the Diablo successor but this turned out to be incorrect. This…
When the new Diablo was presented to the public back in January 1990, the late Mr Malcolm Forbes was present in Monte Carlo, he actually was Grand Marchall for that occasion. He was so pleased with the Diablo, he ordered one to be finished in custom ‘money green’ over a gold leather interior. The car…
A Lamborghini Diablo VT-R started life as a ‘normal’ Diablo VT, but it was build on special demand only, production of this ‘factory custom’ was halted after only 3 cars were built, two LHD and one RHD car. The original intention was to have a production of only five cars, but after the third one…
