Diablo

The V12 survived every takeover

The Diablo carried one V12 platform through Chrysler, Indonesian and Audi ownership. Early rear-drive cars are the simple proposition; SE30, GT and final 6.0 models occupy separate collector tiers rather than behaving like trim packages.

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Market value · road

$274K–$559K

Typical $381K · 59 sales · +172% vs ’19–’20

$106K$1.7M
Open Market & Price

Market value · road

$274K–$559K

Typical $381K · 59 sales · +172% vs ’19–’20

$106K$1.7M
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Market history · in the terminal
Open Market & Price
Top speed
325 km/h (launch specification)
Power
492 PS (5.7L V12 · launch specification)
0 to 100
4.5 s (factory retrospective)
Transmission
5-speed (manual · dogleg gate)
Drive
RWD / VT AWD (VT from 1993)
Production
2'903 (1990 to 2001)

Market & Price

The price and the proof

A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.

Records: 1994 Diablo SE30 · chassis 12061 — $1,627,500 · RM Sotheby's Miami · 27 Feb 2026; 75 documented road sales on file · 2010–2026. estimate band $274K–$559K · good road cars.

HCN:DIABLOLive model
$380'83812.8% · 12M
$100K$200K$500K$1M$2M20182020202220242026CovidRate shockS&P 500
Model curve · anchored to 75 documented salesnot investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarks75 documented anchors · last sale 2 mo ago

Compound annual growth

WindowThis car*S&P 500Gold
1Y+12.8%+18.8%+21.9%
5Y+9.3%+11.4%+17.6%
10Y-5.2%+13.3%+11.8%

*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends

Deepest drawdown · model window

This car*-87.6%May 2018 → Mar 2019 · recovered Feb 2026
S&P 500-20.3%Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023
Gold-39.3%Sep 2011 → Dec 2015 · recovered Jul 2020

Forecast ladder · model quantiles

HorizonP10P50P90
+6M$312K$379K$459K
+12M$288K$376K$492K
+24M$255K$372K$542K

Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice

Transaction ledger · documented sales

75 of 75 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record

Standard early Diablos moved from roughly $130'000 public results in 2017 to the mid-$200'000s by 2024–2025. Numbered and homologation-adjacent variants moved on a different curve.

Price range · road · openConfidence · mediumThe range covers documented standard, VT and 6.0 road cars rather than SE30, GT, GTR or other scarce derivatives. Public results are available, but specification, originality and service history divide the family into distinct markets.

Floor

$274K

Typical

$381K

Ceiling

$559K

Estimate band for good road cars. 59 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.

$103K$274K$381K$559K$1.7M
Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.

Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Typical road cars in USD. SE30, GT, GTR and exceptional low-mileage final editions sit above this range.

Road record

$1,627,500

1994 Diablo SE30 · chassis 12061

RM Sotheby's Miami · 27 Feb 2026

The wider market · Lamborghini at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors511 lots · 2003–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line
20032026Explore all 40,882 results

Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.

RM Sotheby's results include buyer's premium. Bring a Trailer records the winning bid before its separate buyer fee.

Overview

Project P132 survived every owner that shaped it

Development began in 1985 under technical director Luigi Marmiroli. Marcello Gandini drew the body; after Chrysler acquired Lamborghini in 1987, its styling operation softened the proposal before the production car appeared in Monte Carlo on 21 January 1990.

The original car used rear-wheel drive and a 5.7-litre V12. VT four-wheel drive arrived in 1993, the SE30 reduced weight and raised output, and the roadster opened the range in 1995.

Audi acquired Lamborghini in 1998. Luc Donckerwolke led the later restyle, replacing pop-up lamps and resolving the final VT 6.0 form. Production ended in 2001 after 2'903 cars.

Launch power
492 PS
0 to 100
4.5 s
Built
2'903
Designer
Marcello Gandini
Final road output
550 hp · VT 6.0 SE

Reference

Technical specifications

Original Diablo

Engine
5'707 cc 60° V1248 valves, naturally aspirated, multipoint injection
Output
492 PS / 485 hplaunch specification; period sources vary by unit and market
Torque
580 Nmlaunch specification
Transmission
5-speed manualrear transaxle, dogleg gate
Drive
Rear-wheel driveVT added four-wheel drive in 1993
Top speed
325 km/hfactory figure
0 to 100 km/h
4.5 secondsLamborghini retrospective; independent tests differ

Collector variants

VT
Viscous-coupling AWDintroduced in 1993
SE30
525 hp · rear-wheel drive150 built for Lamborghini's 30th anniversary
SV
Rear-wheel driveSuper Veloce road model introduced in 1995
GT
6.0L · 575 CV · rear-wheel drive80 constructed
VT 6.0
6.0L · all-wheel driveAudi-era final development
VT 6.0 SE
42 builtfinal numbered road edition

The records

0

Total production

factory figure · 1990 to 2001

0km/h

Launch top speed

factory figure

$0

Documented SE30 sale

RM Sotheby's Miami 2026

HICON BID

Buying interest, silently.

A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Lamborghini Diablo file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.

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The vault

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You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.

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The variants

One badge, 4 executions

The register separates the Diablo into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.

Lamborghini Diablo VT — reference silhouetteVT01
Reference in preparationSV02
Reference in preparationSE3003
Reference in preparationGT04

4 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard

The cars

The Diablo register

Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.

27 documented · public records

24 of 27 shown

The hands

The people behind the car

The people whose work shaped the Lamborghini Diablo.

Marcello Gandini

Exterior designer

Created the P132 wedge and the diagonal rear-wheel-arch cut that survived Chrysler's production revisions.

No free period portrait on record

Luigi Marmiroli

Project manager and technical director

Led the Diablo engineering programme from its mid-1980s development through the early derivatives.

No free period portrait on record

Luc Donckerwolke

Head of design

Led Centro Stile during the Audi-era restyle that removed the pop-up headlamps and set the final Diablo appearance.