1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV from UK and Ireland - Comments

Airconditioning useless - like I really care?

Front wheel bearings needed replacing - but they were a bargain at 800 GBP compared to 9500 GBP for supply and fitment of a new front bumper!

Car very quick - in a straight line; but easily upset by bumps at high speed (160+) and it gets scary.

Brakes ineffective, at best, and downright scary in the wet. At Spa, I was seeing Jesus so often at the end of the straight that I started to use him as a braking marker.

Cabin very noisy and hot - serves me right for getting the sports exhaust. Ear defenders needed for anything more than a 10 mile trip.

Overall, it gets beaten on the track by 355s and is actually slower in normal use than the NSX. I wouldn't change it though because it looks so silly. And it's purple metalflake.

I wouldn't get another because the dealer service has been APPALLING since Lambo UK changed ownership - 8 months to change a wing and fuel tank, after a minor bump?

Classic.

Hehe, my 98 SV is similar :) But who'd swap it? Interestingly, I owned an NSX previous to the Diablo. Check out www.exoticar.co.uk for more details :)

Oh dear, how much did you guys have 2 pay for them?

I'd buy a house instead.

You paid so much!! But you won't even buy the car again? Were you allowed to test drive it before you spent half a mill?

I'd buy a Maserati Spyder, 100,000 with a top speed of 180, and a nice luxurious car.

You could run a third world economy on the price you paid. Absolutely outrageous notion!

If I had that kind of money I would have been able to afford the surgery my late wife needed to stay alive : (

Well, I can't agree with this because so far, my 97 Diablo has been doing very well under my control. I love that car.

May I just ask?

I've been reading various reviews for McLaren, Ferrari and Lamborghini. Out of sheer enthusiasm really. There are just so many! You can't all surely own cars that only most of us can only dream about.

I hope its not a too rude question, but what occupations do you follow?? Can't all own oil companies or corporations surely?

Thanx!!

Sunil_mehmi@hotmail.com.

I actually believe, they are all NBA basketball players. I heard about one that bought a Lamborghini something or other, it was a manual, he wanted an automatic and the the transmission replaced. (something along those lines) If you're not satisfied with it, I would love to take it off your hands for you!

Listen all of you, the Diablo SV is a really nice car. It was my dream to own one when I was a kid, and guess what, I bought the Diablo SV and it was the greatest car I've ever driven. and I've driven the Diablo GT, and the SV Roadster. It has exellent control. And the air conditioner works damn well in my SV.

Simply amazing. Driving a Diablo down a dirt road? Are you using this thing as a daily driver? Grocery shopping? Sell the car, buy a nice house and a minivan. That's more your lifestyle.

I may still be 13 but it is my dream to own a lamborghini Diablo SV Roadster because it's fast comfortable it looks nice and it sounds nice and if I could have one it would be a metalic champagne colour and it would have all the avalable extras.

A Lamborghini Diablo after a Honda NSX...

Ummmmmm...why on why, this review smells a fake for me...