Pressing on in the celebration of the bull! We skip a couple models, the Silhouette and the Jalpa to bring us to the next Hot Wheels…The Diablo. First, let’s get an overview of the real car. Introduced in 1990 and remained in production into 2001, the menacing sounding Diablo was a model of the times. The 1990s saw a slight rebirth of muscle as manufacturers pushed little bits at a time. Where the Countach was edgy and made a bold statement, the Diablo reverted back to the more rounded shapes of its predecessors. The Diablo was a rounded edge wedge with minimal lines that took some styling cues from the Countach and added a few rounded bits. There were several versions of the Diablo including a GTR racing version, and the re-introduction of the SVJ back into the lineup. The diablo featured a V12 rear mounted and normally aspirated. It was a popular sports car for its time and gave us a vision of where the brand might be heading.
Lamborghini Diablo
The Diablo is a must for the
evolution of Lamborghini but is possibly the worst casting for the Hot Wheels
line-up of Lamborghinis. The Diablo was introduced in 1991 and ran until its
final run version in 2003. Oddly enough, the final run version is the nicest
version of them all. The lines of this casting are there, the fold out lights
are cast into the bodylines, the taillight is close but not close enough when
compared to the earlier Countach release. From a side view, the Diablo casting
does not mimic the real car at all. Several of the releases featured wild
decals and most had plastic wings that never matched the body color. The final
run featured a black accented spoiler that looks great, it should have been the
standard even though the real cars spoiler usually matched the body color.
In general, the Diablo casting just
didn’t hit the standards of other castings of that era which may be why the
Diablo is very easy to find and is always below market value. If the Diablo casting
was still around today, it would be a peg warmer. To end this post on an upbeat
moment, if you are a Lamborghini collector, the Diablo is easy to locate and
there are a couple releases that will be a nice addition to that collection. The
Diablo is also pretty good on the tracks so you can still do well racing them.
Thank you,
Collector
Quentin
I own the actual diecast pictured in
this post. However, all packaging artwork, Mattel or Hot Wheels logos, paint
descriptions and wheel descriptions in regard to the Hot Wheels versions are
copyrights of the Mattel toy company.
Lamborghini
and model names are property of Audi AG, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group.
https://hotwheelscollectors.mattel.com/
https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/models
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