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LO V T, 1998
hini nasce nel 1985, quando
olognese, di proprietà del-
a ipotizzare la vettura per
Non sono anni facili per la
questo, per lo sviluppo del
utilizzate le risorse miglio-
lista Marcello Gandini, della
studio della linea. Gandini,
Miura e della Countach, non
uesto il nome scelto per la
tutti fin dal primo momento.
co della Diablo non è frutto
el 1987, Automobili Lambor-
rysler e gli stilisti di Detroit In the course of its long life, going out of production in
he che arrotondano la for-
nto della presentazione, il 21
nta la vettura da avere e, nel
scirà di produzione nel 2001,
à diventata di proprietà di
eccanica e verrà aggiornata
re, però, la sua connotazione
a in asta appartiene alla se-
4 ruote motrici, costruita in
93 ed il 1998. Questa vettura
chiaramente riportato nella
borghini, è stata ordinata dal
Lamborghini’s 132 project was started in 1985, when the
Sant’Agata Bolognese-based company, owned by the
Mimram family, started to think about developing a car
to replace the Countach. Although these were not easy
years for Lamborghini, the very best resources were re-
cruited to develop the new model, including designer
Marcello Gandini of Carrozzeria Bertone, who was asked
to design its lines. Gandini, who had given shape to the
Miura and Countach, did not disappoint, and everyone
loved the Diablo being this the name chosen for the car
from the outset. In truth, the aesthetics of the Diablo
cannot be attributed solely to Gandini given that, in 1987,
Automobili Lamborghini was taken over by Chrysler and
the designers in Detroit made some changes that gave
it rounder contours. From the moment it was unveiled,
on January 21st, 1990, the Diablo was a must-have car.
2001, by which time Lamborghini had already been tak-
en over by Audi , its mechanics and lines were modified
and updated a number of times, yet it never lost its orig-
inal character. The model being offered for sale on this
occasion is a four-wheel drive car belonging to the VT
series, one of around 400 produced in this particular con-
figuration between 1993 and 1998. This one, however, is
unusual because, as the Lamborghini production sheet
clearly shows, its wealthy first owner, from Monaco, or-
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