The Lamborghini Diablo – The story of Lambo Cars

If any sports car on the market truly deserves the designation “supercar”, it’s the Italian-built Lamborghini Diablo.

The Lamborghini Diablo is a high-performance mid-engined sports car that was built by Italian automaker Lamborghini between 1990 and 2001. It was the first Lamborghini capable of attaining a top speed in excess of 200 miles per hour (320 km/h). Diablo is "devil" in Spanish, which is diavolo in Italian.

Lamborghini Diablo was launched in 1990 as successor to the legendary Countach, carrying on Lamborghini's tradition of naming its cars after breeds of fighting bull. With more money, no wonder the Lamborghini Diablo was better developed than any other previous Lamborghini. In the words of Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, the Lamborghini Diablo was designed "solely to be the biggest head-turner in the world". Eventually, it survived for 11 years and 2884 cars were built, breaking the record held by Countach. Like Countach and many other Lamborghinis, it was designed by Italian styling maestro Marcello Gandini. No wonder the car had strong resemblance to its predecessor, such as slant front end, steeply raked windscreen and scissors doors.

Lamborghini Diablo GT 2011

Its styling meant velocity, acceleration and power. Even in standstill, its appearance told you it was a 200mph supercar, no, perhaps 250mph! If you let me name the most successful supercar design during the 1990s, Lamborghini Diablo will always be the first one I would think of.