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By (author) Francesco Patti

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The story of theDiablo, the heir to the Countach, the Lamborghini supercar par excellence ofthe 1990s, the car that took the company from an artisan dimension to oneverging on the industrial, so much so as to be the company”s first modelavailable in two bodywork variants.

This was the carthat single-handedly made it through the marque”s darkest periods, succeedingin sustaining the company and keeping it alive. This was also the car that wasborn out of the inventiveness of Luigi Marmiroli and the art of MarcelloGandini, a car that was refined over time so that it always remained close tothe changing tastes of its clientele.

This book tracesthe model”s technical and industrial genesis, giving voice to several of theprotagonists of the time, while also presenting the road tests dedicated to theDiablo by the Italian monthly Quattroruote.

Biographical note:

FrancescoPatti was born in Palermo in1971. An enthusiast of all things motorized from an early age, he hascontributed to various specialist periodical, writing various articles dealingwith classic cars. He is also a committed photographer with a particularinterest in automotive events. In 2017, he wrote and interpreted a storydedicated to Dino Ferrari and the cars have carried his name. With Giorgio NadaEditore he published the book Lancia Delta (2019) and “LamborghiniCountach” (2022) for the Supercars series. He lives near Pordenone.