Few - if any - 1990s supercars were crazier than the Lamborghini Diablo, but the Diablo GT was something else
by Tudor Rus, onLamborghini only concocted the Diablo GT late in the supercar’s career but ask any Lambo nut and they’ll tell you it was well worth the wait. The GT had a radically tweaked body kit, a bigger engine, and a spartan interior.
Sadly, the U.S. didn’t get the GT as it was an Europe-only affair, but some eager owners imported a few examples Stateside. The car we’re showing you today is not a pure Diablo GT, but one that was redesigned to look like it.
We must admit, this looks a lot like the real thing
As per the car’s sheet on Bring a Trailer, the build started life as a 1991 Lamborghini Diablo. The GT-esque body panels (hood, fenders, bumpers, side skirts, rear wing, and diffuser) you see here weren’t added until the early 2010s by a previous owner. Well, at least they’re made of carbon fiber, so that counts for something, right?
Since this is not a Diablo GT, it packs the smaller, 5.7-liter DOHC naturally-aspirated V-12 twinned to a five-speed manual transaxle. The V-12 inside the real Diablo GT had its displacement bumped to six liters (stroke went from 3.1 inches to 3.3 inches) and was later used in the Diablo VT 6.0 swan song.
By the way, Car and Driver took the VT 6.0 for a spin back in 2000 and called its 543-horsepower, 457-pound-feet of torque V-12 “the baddest we’ve ever tested in a Diablo.”
| Engine | 5.7-liter DOHC naturally-aspirated V-12 |
|---|---|
| Horsepower | 543 HP |
| Torque | 457 LB-FT |
| 0 to 60 mph | 4.4 seconds |
| Quarter mile | 12.4 s @ 123 mph |
| Top Speed | 210 mph |
Coming back to the car at hand, the list of mods continues inside with Diablo 6.0 dashboard and seats and custom carbon fiber bits and bobs.
We can’t tell you what Marcello Gandini would think about this GT-ified Diablo, but the overall project looks like it’s been carefully executed in order to pay a proper tribute to the actual Diablo GT.
We also kind of like the Work Meister S1 wheels shod in Pirelli P Zero tires, but the hardest question to be answered is reserved to you, the reader.
Would you pay $165,000 (the current bid at the time of writing) or more for it?
Source: Bring A Trailer
