Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Lamborghini
- Production
- 1990–2001 , 2,903 built
- Assembly
- Italy: Sant'Agata Bolognese
- Designer
- Marcello Gandini (initial design) Tom Gale at Chrysler Styling Center (final design) Luc Donckerwolke (Diablo VT 6.0)
- Class
- Sports car ( S )
- Body style
- 2-door coupé , 2-door retractable hard-top convertible (roadster)
- Layout
- Longitudinal , Mid-engine , rear-wheel drive / all-wheel drive
- Doors
- Scissor
- Related
- Vector M12
- Engine
- 5.7 – 6.0 L Lamborghini V12
- Transmission
- 5-speed manual
- Wheelbase
- 2,650 mm (104.3 in)
- Length
- 4,460 mm (175.6 in)–4,470 mm (176.0 in)
- Width
- 2,040 mm (80.3 in)
- Height
- 1,105 mm (43.5 in)–1,115 mm (43.9 in)
- Predecessor
- Lamborghini Countach
- Successor
- Lamborghini Murciélago
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- car model
- Subclass of
- supercar
- Followed by
- Lamborghini Murciélago
- Follows
- Lamborghini Countach
- Sport
- auto racing
- Manufacturer
- Lamborghini
- Designed by
- Marcello Gandini
- Image
- 12-10-25-autostadt-wolfsburg-by-RalfR-31.jpg
- Height
- 1100
- Width
- 2040
- Length
- 4460
- Speed
- 325
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- Commons category
- Lamborghini Diablo
- total produced
- 2903
- powered by
- gasoline engine
- wheelbase
- 2650
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Encyclopedic overview
The Lamborghini Diablo (meaning "devil" in Spanish), is a series of high-performance V12, longitudinal, mid-engined sports cars in the supercar market segment, built by Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini from 1990 through 2001. It is the first production Lamborghini with a top speed in excess of 200 mph (322 km/h).
In 1993, the Diablo VT (for 'Viscous Traction') became Lamborghini's first all-wheel drive production sportscar. The car retained its rear-wheel drive character, but a computer-modulated system could direct up to 25% of the engine's torque to the front wheels in case of rear-axle slip, to improve the car's handling. In 1995, Lamborghini also began building their first open-top V12, in the form of a Diablo roadster. During the later years, a number of special editions were built, typically in very small numbers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lamborghini Diablo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.