Lamborghini Diablo (95-02) - Review

The Diablo cannot hide its older design here as the cabin feels claustrophobic for a car that is so enormous on the outside. Earlier cars are worse, while 1998-on cars that are identified by fixed headlights rather than pop-up lights offer better padding in the seat and a little more space for heads and elbows. These later cars also came with air conditioning that actually managed to chill the air enough for the driver not to melt on warmer days.

Getting in and out of the car is tricky, parking is a nightmare due to zero rear vision unless you fit reversing cameras plus there's next to no storage space in the front boot and hardly any in the cabin. Then there's the whole starting procedure that needs to be observed every time the car is fired up to make sure it's warmed through. If you buy a Diablo, you’d better have a second car for nipping to the shops.

For some, there can be no better place to sit, but for anyone who places comfort high among their priorities, the Diablo is a car best avoided. It sticks to the old-style Italian driving position of bent knees and straight arms, which becomes tiresome on longer drives. There’s also a lot of intrusion from the front wheelarch that offsets the pedals to the left in right-hand drive cars. And as for the scissor doors? They look great but make getting in and out of a Diablo a real pantomime.