The Lamborghini Diablo GT is a rear wheel drive vehicle, with its engine mounted amidships, and a 2 door coupé bodyshell designed by Marcello Gandini.
The 12 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 6 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 567 bhp (575 PS/423 kW) at 7300 rpm and 630 Nm (465 lbft/64.2 kgm) at 5500 rpm respectively.
This power is transmitted to the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1530 kg.
The Lamborghini Diablo GT is said to be able to achieve a maxiumum speed of 338 km/h, or 210 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | Marcello Gandini | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2650 mm | 104.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1650 mm | 65 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1670 mm | 65.7 inches | |
| Length | 4430 mm | 174.4 inches | |
| Width | 2040 mm | 80.3 inches | |
| Height | 1115 mm | 43.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 110 mm | 4.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.67 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1530 kg | 3373 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 40% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 100 litres | 22 [26.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Lamborghini | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 12 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 6 litre 5992 cc (365.654 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 87 × 84 mm
3.43 × 3.31 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.04 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 48 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
575 PS (567 bhp) (423 kW) at 7300 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
630 Nm (465 ft·lb) (64.2 kgm) at 5500 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
70.6 kW/litre 95.9 ps/litre 94.6 bhp/litre 1.55 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
105.14 Nm/litre
1.27 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.7:1 | ||
| Fuel system | LIE fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1321.2 kPa (191.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 7 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.33 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 4.4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 8.7 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 12.4 s
@ 123 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | 21.6 s
@ 246 km/h |
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| Maximum speed | 338 km/h (210 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 375.74 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.38 PS/kg 276.35 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.28 kW/kg 370.59 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.37 bhp/kg 0.17 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 3.62 kg/kW 6.04 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | mid | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 8½J x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 13.0J x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | 245/35 ZR 18 | ||
| Tyres rear | 335/30 ZR 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 355 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 335 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.68 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.66 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 74140 | ||
| Production total | 83 | ||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 56.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1999 Lamborghini Diablo GT added 2000-01-26. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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