1990 Lamborghini Diablo from North America - Comments

Not much really, I once had a problem with the gear stick, but it was easily fixed.

Amazing car, better than a Mclaren F1, good turns, really smooth, fast and everybody takes a look at you as you drive down the street. Driving one makes you feel like a god.

I know what you saying, it's true.

I think you guys wish you had one.

All you say is, I wish!

If you would really own one, you would not even be on the Internet doing these things.

Anyways you have good taste in cars.

I test drove a 1993 Diablo in Chicago once. Backing up the car is quite an ordeal: you have to open the "scissor-style" door, sit on the wide ledge to the left of the driver's seat, and turn your head to look backwards, while keeping your feet on the pedals. No joke - this is what the dealer told me.

Once moving forward, the growl from the engine was lower and gruffer than that of my 1990 Ferrari Mondial T. Naturally, the acceleration was shockingly good, but you could have figured that out already.

Better than a McLaren F1? You are joking aren't you? To come out with a comment like that means you have never driven one! I have had the privilege of driving several supercars (F40, F50, Diablo, Bugatti EB110 and a few others) and I can honestly say that the McLaren F1 is the best supercar money can buy!

(Of course working for a car magazine and not having to pay for these cars may alter my view slightly, after all paying £650,000 for a McLaren F1 would create definite expectations, and no matter how good it is, it probably won't live up to all of them)

Worked for a car magazine eh? Well, considering how fanatical Bugatti, Ferrari and McLaren were against having the EB110, F50 and F1 compared, I would be surprised if a person from ONE magazine would be allowed to compare them! I understood that different people got different cars - if you drove say the F1, Ferrari would not give you the F50!!

For the dream battle, F1 -v- F50, Car magazine found that the owners of the F50 and F1 had been *cough* advised by the respective manufactures that any loaning of the cars for a comparison test would be severely frowned upon.

Sorry, but I think you WISHED you worked for a car magazine.

I've actually worked for several car magazines, in several countries and these tests weren't direct comparisons. In fact the Diablo, Bugatti and F40 were grouped together for a photoshoot of Italian supercars, and no comparison test was allowed in the magazine (although we were allowed to test them out on the airfield we were using, for a short while at least). The F50 was loaned to us when the car was launched, I drove it, but didn't officially review it, but still managed to form my opinion on it (you may have seen the photoshoot, it was pictured with Eddie Irvines race car) and the F1 was loaned to us for 5 hours (with various McLaren officials constantly scrutinizing what we were doing, and telling us how the car should be used).

I am sorry to point this out, but this review is obviously a fake. There are no 1990 Diablos, this model was 1991-on wards. And even if the "owner" did not remember correctly there were surely no 6.0L engines back then, they were 5.7 V12s. The bigger engines came only at the end of its career (2000-2002) after VW-Audi bought them out.

At least other "reviewers" take the time to research the history of the model they are "reviewing"...

Has anyone ever met a guy how drove 380.000 miles with his lambo?

No 1990 Diablos? Here's Your Proof..

http://www.supercars.net/cars/1990@$Lamborghini@$Diablo%202WDg.html

Yeah.. No 6.0 Litre.. I'll give you that much..

5709cc.. Which Translates into 5.7 Litre.. Just thought I'd Throw My $.02 In...

I was also wondering what was up with the 6.0 Litre V12 in the early 90's, on a stock Diablo. The last Diablo model before the Murcielago was launched, was a 6.0L, but that's it. I knew I hadn't missed anything in my reading:).

I work as a car tester and have driven one. Not too impressed, I prefer the new Hemi.