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I currently have a 360 spider and I'm looking at changing next year. I'm thinking Diablo. I'm loving the GT but there dont seem too many for sale. are these really rare? how many different model variations are there and what differs them (sv, gt, vt)? what are the running cost like compared to a 360 baring in mind it would be used most days. also was there a GT roadster made?
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Bob.
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Bob.
Bob
that's a book's worth of information you are asking for right there!
Any Diablo used as a daily driver will be a challenge far beyond almost any car you care to name... they were certainly never intended to be used in that way and all are mostly still not, 'horses (bulls!!) for courses' applies!
Owning and driving a Diablo, any kind, has a certain sense of occasion that is only matched or equalled by another Lamborghini - but then, I would say that!
Despite the gloom-mongers and media-led muppets of the world that abound these days, even when very far down the slope of age and depreciation, Diablo values are starting to rise again.
Diablo GTs ARE incredibly rare, are all lhd and were never Roadsters, ever. Some people (no names no pack drill) may try to sell you something that they might claim is a Diablo GT Roadster - my advice would be to treat such a claim with some scorn and run, as fast as your legs will carry you to door with the sign that says 'exit' - wherever you are!!
Diablo variants include the original rear wheel drive 5.7s, the all wheel drive VT 5.7s, the rear wheel drive SV 5.7s, the limited edition rwd SE30 which are also 5.7s, the awd Diablo Roadsters (again 5.7s), the 1998 spec. SV and VT Diablos - again with our chum the 5.7 but with glassed in headlamps and then from 2000 the Diablo was fitted with the 6.0 version of the V12 based on the engine of the GT which was launched in 1999. There are a few 6.0 liter cars out there, usually all well-bedded in with their current owners!
There were a number of racing SVR's in the 1990's and racing GTRs.
In essence, there were never that many actual Diablos of any specification built. Total production numbers are probably less than the amount of Toyota Corollas built since you started reading this post...
I'm (ahem) - somewhat duty bound to suggest and recommend you join Lamborghini Club UK at this time.
You'll notice the lack of the word 'owner' in the Club's name. This is because we actively wish to include people like yourself who are new to the Lamborghini scene (like yeh, man
!!) and like to try to help you buy well and not make too many potentially expensive mistakes.
You can join using Paypal or by contacting the Club's Membership Secretary, or me if you want - numbers are on the website!
I'd also recommend taking as much time as you can to look around at everything before you purchase a Diablo. They may not be as expensive as they once were to buy but they are almost certainly as expensive as they once were to maintain - especially so if you buy a car that's not been properly maintained!.
Hang around here a while and look out for the Lamborghini owners who post here - see what they have to say.
Also, don't be afraid of the evil doctor fish... he is not that evil and doesn't look like a skinny sardine with devil horns, at least he didn't last time I looked... He's had his bright blue Diablo for a few months now and took at least half a year to find it - he bought well and may one day be able to not think about it from waking up to collapsing in a heap...
here y' go:
www.lamborghiniclub.co.uk
that's a book's worth of information you are asking for right there!
Any Diablo used as a daily driver will be a challenge far beyond almost any car you care to name... they were certainly never intended to be used in that way and all are mostly still not, 'horses (bulls!!) for courses' applies!
Owning and driving a Diablo, any kind, has a certain sense of occasion that is only matched or equalled by another Lamborghini - but then, I would say that!
Despite the gloom-mongers and media-led muppets of the world that abound these days, even when very far down the slope of age and depreciation, Diablo values are starting to rise again.
Diablo GTs ARE incredibly rare, are all lhd and were never Roadsters, ever. Some people (no names no pack drill) may try to sell you something that they might claim is a Diablo GT Roadster - my advice would be to treat such a claim with some scorn and run, as fast as your legs will carry you to door with the sign that says 'exit' - wherever you are!!
Diablo variants include the original rear wheel drive 5.7s, the all wheel drive VT 5.7s, the rear wheel drive SV 5.7s, the limited edition rwd SE30 which are also 5.7s, the awd Diablo Roadsters (again 5.7s), the 1998 spec. SV and VT Diablos - again with our chum the 5.7 but with glassed in headlamps and then from 2000 the Diablo was fitted with the 6.0 version of the V12 based on the engine of the GT which was launched in 1999. There are a few 6.0 liter cars out there, usually all well-bedded in with their current owners!
There were a number of racing SVR's in the 1990's and racing GTRs.
In essence, there were never that many actual Diablos of any specification built. Total production numbers are probably less than the amount of Toyota Corollas built since you started reading this post...
I'm (ahem) - somewhat duty bound to suggest and recommend you join Lamborghini Club UK at this time.
You'll notice the lack of the word 'owner' in the Club's name. This is because we actively wish to include people like yourself who are new to the Lamborghini scene (like yeh, man
!!) and like to try to help you buy well and not make too many potentially expensive mistakes.You can join using Paypal or by contacting the Club's Membership Secretary, or me if you want - numbers are on the website!
I'd also recommend taking as much time as you can to look around at everything before you purchase a Diablo. They may not be as expensive as they once were to buy but they are almost certainly as expensive as they once were to maintain - especially so if you buy a car that's not been properly maintained!.
Hang around here a while and look out for the Lamborghini owners who post here - see what they have to say.
Also, don't be afraid of the evil doctor fish... he is not that evil and doesn't look like a skinny sardine with devil horns, at least he didn't last time I looked... He's had his bright blue Diablo for a few months now and took at least half a year to find it - he bought well and may one day be able to not think about it from waking up to collapsing in a heap...
here y' go:
www.lamborghiniclub.co.uk
Edited by XXVIII on Thursday 11th September 16:39
Expect a VERY different beast!
I've not driven a later Diablo with all the nasty PAS, (etc) added into it so it could well be as dull to drive as everything else (!) (ok I'm being a bit extreme!)
I've driven (briefly) a 360S and while it was indeed an awesome car but I am not used to pas, traction control, light clutches, light gearboxes etc etc etc - for me it is a *completely* different experience to the Diablo and one that has more in common with an everyday car.
For all I know, later Diablos may be the same?
Whereabouts in SE London are you? If you're not too far (I'm near Greenwich) and can find somewhere suitable, you'd be welcome to give mine a quick go?
You WILL find it a huge culture shock as the clutch and steering are as heavy as elephants but you get used to it a lot quicker than you think and suddenly everything else feels like driving a blancmanche - or just plain 'lacks feel'!
It's a serious occasion and gets more attention than even a 360s!
I still feel nervous / excited in anticipation for about 20 minutes before and after I start driving it each time! No other car - even my Esprit has been able to do that to me.
I'm no Diablo expert and nor would I claim to be but as far as I know the main Diablos are:
Diablo (Rwd like mine, very raw - fast! Has a big dashboard! lol )
[iirc from here on, they get pas etc! ...and the smaller instrument binnacle]
VT (4wd pas etc - heavier so a *little* slower... harder to make let go. Many have the front diff removed. Also available as a Roadster.)
SV - (Rwd - about 4 more horses, lighter? Faster!
)
6.0 - (4wd more torque and horses, even nicer dash)
SE30 - (Light, fast, rare & expensive!)
GT - (ditto that haha!)
AHA!
Here's a page with the main cars explained:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/5849/diablo.htm...
GT info:
http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/Diablo/DiabloGT...
I've not driven a later Diablo with all the nasty PAS, (etc) added into it so it could well be as dull to drive as everything else (!) (ok I'm being a bit extreme!)
I've driven (briefly) a 360S and while it was indeed an awesome car but I am not used to pas, traction control, light clutches, light gearboxes etc etc etc - for me it is a *completely* different experience to the Diablo and one that has more in common with an everyday car.
For all I know, later Diablos may be the same?
Whereabouts in SE London are you? If you're not too far (I'm near Greenwich) and can find somewhere suitable, you'd be welcome to give mine a quick go?
You WILL find it a huge culture shock as the clutch and steering are as heavy as elephants but you get used to it a lot quicker than you think and suddenly everything else feels like driving a blancmanche - or just plain 'lacks feel'!
It's a serious occasion and gets more attention than even a 360s!
I still feel nervous / excited in anticipation for about 20 minutes before and after I start driving it each time! No other car - even my Esprit has been able to do that to me.
I'm no Diablo expert and nor would I claim to be but as far as I know the main Diablos are:
Diablo (Rwd like mine, very raw - fast! Has a big dashboard! lol )
[iirc from here on, they get pas etc! ...and the smaller instrument binnacle]
VT (4wd pas etc - heavier so a *little* slower... harder to make let go. Many have the front diff removed. Also available as a Roadster.)
SV - (Rwd - about 4 more horses, lighter? Faster!
)6.0 - (4wd more torque and horses, even nicer dash)
SE30 - (Light, fast, rare & expensive!)
GT - (ditto that haha!)
AHA!
Here's a page with the main cars explained:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/5849/diablo.htm...
GT info:
http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/Diablo/DiabloGT...
Edited by evil_dr_fish on Thursday 11th September 16:49
Just to rub it in, here's a few more photographs of the elusive and rarely seen GT.
Click here for photos
Click here for photos
One of DIW35's pix above from the 07 Italy trip shows the yellow ex-Rod S. Roadster as driven by Carlo McC and Caroline in front of the DIW35/Lambochick GT...
Roadsters look best with the roof on in my 'umble opinion - differenterishness than any of the others and with the glass headlamps as well that's
Roadsters look best with the roof on in my 'umble opinion - differenterishness than any of the others and with the glass headlamps as well that's
Edited by XXVIII on Friday 12th September 09:46
You total barstand!
Posting car-envy-porn!
I wanted a Countach all my life but went for the Diablo for the speed!
It's even an anniversary, in red, with a tan interior - *exactly* the same as the model my brother made when I was a kid!
I still prefer the outrageous styling of the Countach and the mandatory 747 wing!
Posting car-envy-porn!
I wanted a Countach all my life but went for the Diablo for the speed!
It's even an anniversary, in red, with a tan interior - *exactly* the same as the model my brother made when I was a kid!
I still prefer the outrageous styling of the Countach and the mandatory 747 wing!
Edited by evil_dr_fish on Friday 12th September 13:43
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