Lamborghini Diablo; is the first version the best driving Diablo of all?

but welcome to a new video from Harry's Garage and today's car that I'm really excited about because it's not a Lamborghini Diablo or any old Diablo. This was the

first

one that came out. This is car number 65 off the line. Now the story of Diablo began in 1990 when they

first

appeared. I showed the car, it was the replacement for the Countach. In fact, I brought my couldn't get the ashes out too just to compare the two and they knew they had to update the contacts. The contacts were getting pretty old. They had been in production for 17 years and it was just Feeling like it's getting old, we say, and also Ferrari had released a Testarossa and obviously I know them very well too and the one thing about the Ferrari Testarossa is that it's much more usable and much easier to use than the Countach that still has the performance.

Lamborghini had been bought by Chrysler in '87 and they were still on the path to getting the replacement. They couldn't get paid at the time, but it really revitalized the development of the diabolo - this had to be a world car, yes, no. that testosterone for the Wiis, but keep the excitement of the Countach and add the usability too, which I think they nailed. Take a closer look now you will see the badge in the size of Gandini's design and he made the contesse and did that too. the Miura and he was Lamborghini's favorite designer, but unfortunately when Kaiser came into this, oh no, we want to celebrate this revised contest replacement design and they tried internally to come up with a design for the Diablo and it didn't work.

It didn't really work. Gandini was a bit upset that Lamborghini had not adopted his design and quickly made a design for Suzette that Steen was very close to the Diablo and a Lamborghini. The guys at Eastern weren't too happy about this because it came to fruition but they thought that was his design but he said well Lamborghini you turned it down I can use it in the end the screams that his eyes just didn't cut the mustard so Gandhi Nia was rehired and he was did this happen and what is it What a striking car, look at that slanted rear glass, the amount of glass compared to the contact is remarkable, you can actually see it on a Diablo, but I also wanted to make the rear vents like the LP 500 , this is the Countach concept that wanted that look. and he did it with these big blades here, this one feeds the engine here and this one here feels the radiators that are right at the back.

I don't know if we can see them. I'll put a light on it in a moment, but The radiators sit right in the back here and then they vent in the back, so now you see the grille there. The really clever touch I always thought was that you had to put impact bumpers on it and you can barely tell it had an impact. bumper after this type of plastic bolt on the horrors of Yeah. but I had to grow because of the contacts and it had to be a world car. They shouted that they insisted that this was a car for the world while the contest in the last days of contests they made a federal

version

with an injected engine and catalysts and horrible bumper on it trying to making sure it was centralized for the states.

There are many people in the states who are now returning them to Europe. He inspected the downdraft carburetor

version

like this and they are now highly sought after in America in the carburetor. contest, but I think Dandini did an excellent job designing this one, you can tell it's one of the first Diablos, because of these mirrors, you see how here they're actually not black leather, this weird metallic color, now , this had still been a red or yellow or white Diablo, those mirrors would be the same color, that's how you tell an early Diablo and an early one like this has two-wheel drive, always in the plan for Diablo was to do wheel drive. four wheels, that was the At the end of the 80s they had seen the success of the Quattro, they had seen Porsche introduce the 959 and then four-wheel drive in their 911, but also later a new factory was being built and they were removing personal to Lamborghini and that was Bugatti, the EB 110, was going to arrive and this was going to be a four-wheel drive supercar, so Lamborghini, like I said, our next cars had to have the four-wheel drive option and they wanted to introduce it before wheel drive, but unfortunately they did not succeed.

The development was done on time, but they needed to replace the contacts because it was being banned in all types of markets, so they introduced this first devil in two-wheel drive form. First, unknown, they introduced a four wheel drive, the VT in 93, not a big change. for Diablo it was the wheel size we went up to 17 inches. Countach had gone all the way with 15 inch wheels and that severely restricted the tires and also meant the brake discs had to be smaller than ideal for only 200 miles a year. time but the Diablo had 17 inch c.split wheels and also a new type of tire and it was 335 35:17 at the rear and those were donated by the Ferrari f40 so it has four identical tires at the front and 335 On the identical rear tires as the F40 a spoiler was available, but none of the engineers liked it because it actually slowed the car down slightly and offered no downforce.

It was just a marketing ploy to extract a little more money from customers, so I really like the fact that this car doesn't actually have that junk wing, another thing that's been cleaned up already is the design, the way it that went through the air, while we all loved the way the contact looked, we put it in a wind tunnel and it's quite a disaster, since the CD factor is 0.4 0.4 1, while the diabolo, very slippery, had a slightly larger frontal area but very slippery, oh it's 0.3 1 in fact, which was pretty good for this type of car in 1990, so overall then , the diabolo was about a foot longer than a Countach and 10 inches of that 12 inches was a growth in length, actually on the copic a longer wheelbase to give it a better interior and it is dramatically better within the actual interior space compared to the Countach.

The downside to the extra length etc. was that the car was heavier. I now weigh my cars here and interestingly, when I weighed the diabolo it came out at 15 33, which is about 120 kilos lighter than the declared weight. Let me again point out Lamborghini 1655 and these. The two wheel drive Diablos have always caught my attention, they move fast, they don't move like they have mass and now I put them on the scale. I have to believe the weight because I weighed the contacts at the correct weight, 1430 kilos. one hundred kilos lighter than that diabolo. I also weighed the Testarossa just out of interest.

I think it weighed 1615 kilos, so I always knew it was a little heavier than a Countach, but this one doesn't weigh as much as Lamborghini claims. I have a suspicion. that 1655 was woken up for the VT instead of the two wheel drive because they wanted to release the VT and maybe there was a little Italian confusion and a big lunch and they put a weight that is not correct or they did it with a full tank because this one has half a tank but it has a hundred and so things, a 120 liter tank and this one is 22 gallons, whatever crunchy it actually has a 26 gallon tank, maybe that's the difference but anyway I stopped in the silver car and He correctly put my weight at 75 kilos, so I have no reason to disbelieve the 1533.

I actually shook it twice, so I thought this was ridiculous, but there you have it, it's three hundred and twenty kilos lighter than the declared weight on my scale. This is actually Made of competent, we'll turn the car around, but they were just starting to use carbon fiber and this boot the ladies requested it and there's a big hole that we can't see and this was part of the usability. Nice enameled metal of this type. Blue background enamel. really nice and again, it's another use of this new technology, this composite engine cover here, like on the Kentucky V, this one is also composite and the engine is now very different on the early Diablos in the contest because the carburetors have the EE's.

The federalized version of the contest used a similar system with this fuel injection: this is a fairly sophisticated multi-point sequential fuel injection, since in its day it had 5.7 liters compared to 5.2, i.e. 500 CC plus 492 horsepower instead of 455 and that represents a big step forward. power and usability that we will get when we hit the road, you will see that it is a very different engine than the one in the contest, the other things that you can see down here are again the air intake that comes in here and then feeds these big The air boxes, the left and right banks, are treated separately for the throttle bodies.

One, there's a throttle body, there's also a throttle body there and also when you come and actually come back, it looks like a trunk lid here, like you're on the contacts. Not that it can only be removed if you are doing someone with the exhausts or something so there is no trunk in the back, but what engine is this and yes, a truly spectacular car and 202 miles per hour declared Thomas is something extraordinary, right? Take it outside and take it for a spin, of course you get the crazy scissor doors to get in and out. Something I noticed during the contest is that when you go to open them you make the covers like this and then you can't. push them up with your elbows, count on the Countach, these two arm works and go up, they just feel a little heavier than in the contest.

I think all the glass and motors in their storage and the stuff inside was behind the seats, there's a little flap. you have something there and then you hide it here that sometimes it's a little reluctant to open. There's a little bit there too. I have them manuals and things like that, but yeah, mainly you have this huge big tunnel, no. glove compartment nothing in the door and this distance to the windshield which is very different from anything else the other thing

diablo

was famous for what is known as the cliff: this is the clip here and the capsules are right up here, so little thing in damn the belt they are saving the bat comes from the middle out like this but you have this very simple: I can see what I have, oil temperature, fuel battery, three little dials on the bottom, I look through the wheel got hit and above the wheel I have a speedometer of 340 kilometers per hour, oil pressure, water temperature and rpm, which turns yellow after 7000 rpm, goes up to seven thousand five hundred rpm, now it started, there are always a lot of fans, all the devils like that and bats. check the engine check the engine lights on the right or my old left and right banks, separate checks have been done it is because it has catalysts etc. always in development to have four wheel drive, so it has an outlet in the front which is obviously not used in this one, thanks to the shock, no power steering, a big car, power steering, not yet available in the first Davalos, came a little later with VT, so there you go, I have sensory overload before you barely settle in.

I'm going to get out of there and you'll join me later, while the next surprise there will be better roads when you get out, them in stone, the real stems. Same as the contacts are from some British Leyland car dissidents so I have to turn off the fan you have to go one, two, three and then the officers make a bit of noise but yeah exactly the same stalks are on the online contest. I have stickers on them because I have right hand drive and stop, the symbols are upside down, they put stickers on them and under the sticker are these symbols upside down, but yeah, and I have electric mirrors.

I have large and adequate mirrors, the main thing. I can see the mirrors it's just a reminder why this car is in the back very much like thunder we look in the mirror bikers buffoons it's wide in the back it has wide hips that diabolo yes but Bobby's left hand Drives this mat at least you have good visibility compared to contacts. This is like a fitting room. Awesome. You have a fitting room or you go into this. You would be very happy for there to be sensory overload just because the sounds have more pops and buzzes.

It feels a little more intimidating than the Tesoro Silver. The straight steering is heavier and the cabin enters. I keep banging my head on this rail here. This is yes, to get that good CD is really wrapped around the cabin. This is enough. an angle on this side window, but look, I have it on. I have electric windows. In fact, I can roll the windows down almost all the way for a Countach owner. That's relevant. I can actually deliver things and I can talk to people through it. the screen says I feel like I'm in prison and trying to talk through a little slit, so that's really nice and the visibility from behind means he's normal too.

I don't have that carburetorstacked, neither the pierpass nor the big butt. The spoiler was also after that, so there are some real advantages from a usability point of view, that was important to Lamborghini and they did it well. Yeah, I guess climate control is important too. I said that the sliders that I have in the contest at least now I have a digital troll the lights are missing I have the other big scare breaks when you press the brake pedal you stop because the other big change they made they put a servo on the diabolo for first- The timing contacts never had a servo, but if it still feels a very solid pedal, everything feels very good.

I'm not complaining about getting it out on some proper roads and I just have to get out of here and then that's what we're going to do. Next, I also cut the seats and you have the hugely adjustable wheel, this shows that I'm

driving

, but this goes in and out completely, up and down and the clip: isn't there a bus and underneath and you can? make it higher too, right? It doesn't actually go up and down with the wheel, that's a separate issue. But I was actually able to obscure my vision even though I felt like it wasn't going to.

The other thing that shows us continuing with this village is the gearing and I know one thing that worries me is the sound. this video, but this car is very hard and noisy. I just hope you can listen to me about what's about to happen. Do I turn on the taps that go up this hill? They sound boring, but I'm in a bad mood. Zone 30 taking the red line. Do you have another noise? For you, right? Maybe you can still hear me. First it takes you to the legal limit. You've already passed one hundred. I'm only looking at about eighty miles an hour, so 670 miles an hour in first gear in Addy I'll do it, but unlike a culture or something like that and today you don't notice that it pushes you much, but now I know that the weight in empty is lighter than I expected, well that's why these things are also buying at Quigley's to always be weighing in Cleveland, which they are entitled to and particularly about the team b oh, it's an intimidating car, but what an event , my favorite stretches across a road, just look at what it's like down there, the pedals are pretty close together, it's pretty easy to just brush them, they break, what don't you expect him to write first?

Again, here we go, the tractions of the three before the fight and the dry and abundant attraction, the gaze fixed on the weight of the PTA, it simply intimidates us, the lawyer who jumped today or the 82 in McLaren, gets into this thing, the complete overdose direction is just a relevance. It is not power. I get a lot more information for free. This is Valentin, better than anyone. Someone like that who has put it all together. We go and he doesn't have much. 110% behind the wheel, this is what they told me, but gold, it's exciting, the hunters are done, shut up, let me hear the engine, such a deep roar, isn't it ISO?

Lamborghini, it is not noise, but some have finesse in speed, as if the tiger is leaving, but Amber Guinea means that this is square, with a short stroke, like ten points, just keep around seven points, enjoy the madness. I won't know anything, there is no speed skill. Antonia it's about the landscape, don't put so much pressure on it. I love this thing, well, the owner of this. The cars are quiet, I forgot about the cap resort and I just want to have fun. The owner of these cars had all kinds of cars and ASE came out.

I think I looked at the 650 and all this. This is all I want. That's why. After when my collision happens, bad timing why I remember why I fell in love, we are

driving

and I can completely see why after having driven this car I am now crazy and absolutely crazy, this is a beautiful example, there are only nine of them, well, We just got to ten thousand miles, you see, it's almost 30 years old, remember this car and I paid around 160,000, about five years earlier than an early Diabolo like this. I don't really want to say it in public, but I think it's an absolute bargain, take a Countach at 350 360. yes, it's more iconic the look of celebrities, please use something as practical as this, this is fun, so there it is have, hoping that gives me a better idea of ​​what Diablos hoodies are like.

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