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At 549,995, it"s more expensive than the recently updated Lamborghini Aventador S by some margin, but then this is infinitely rarer, and also, quite purple.It"s also starred in a music video and been in the custody of a man who likes fast things. Today"s insanely desirable exotic comes courtesy of Auto Trader, who have a 1996 Lamborghini Diablo SE30 formerly owned by Jamiroquai front-man Jay Kay up for sale.What does 549,995 of your finest English pounds buy you? A 5.7-litre V12-engined brute, that"s what. The SE30 was a celebration of Lamborghini"s 30th anniversary, and Lamborghini celebrates its anniversaries in the best way possible: more power.So that 5.7-litre V12-engine now kicked out around 523bhp up from 472bhp thanks to a remapped fuel system, better exhaust, and magnesium intakes. It was also rear-drive only, featured plexiglass side windows, and got a bit of a facelift too.Performance? There is a lot of that. Figure on 0-62mph in around four seconds and a top speed of over 200mph. Performance that was aptly displayed on screen it was one of two Diablos used for Jamiroquai"s 1996 Cosmic Girl music video, and the only one that emerged relatively unscathed.The first car was written off in a crash, which this second one replaced. During filming, a camera fell onto this car, knocking out its windscreen. Jay simply carried on with the shoot sans front window.It"s covered 17,266 miles (27,804km on the clock), gets a suede blue interior, has unkerbed alloys (seriously, this is a selling point), and looks, frankly, excellent.So, at 549,995, it"s more expensive than an Aventador S by some margin. But it"s one of just 150 SE30 Diablos built. And it"s purple.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 1 Aug 2017
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At 549,995, it"s more expensive than the recently updated Lamborghini Aventador S by some margin, but then this is infinitely rarer, and also, quite purple.It"s also starred in a music video and been in the custody of a man who likes fast things. Today"s insanely desirable exotic comes courtesy of Auto Trader, who have a 1996 Lamborghini Diablo SE30 formerly owned by Jamiroquai front-man Jay Kay up for sale.What does 549,995 of your finest English pounds buy you? A 5.7-litre V12-engined brute, that"s what. The SE30 was a celebration of Lamborghini"s 30th anniversary, and Lamborghini celebrates its anniversaries in the best way possible: more power.So that 5.7-litre V12-engine now kicked out around 523bhp up from 472bhp thanks to a remapped fuel system, better exhaust, and magnesium intakes. It was also rear-drive only, featured plexiglass side windows, and got a bit of a facelift too.Performance? There is a lot of that. Figure on 0-62mph in around four seconds and a top speed of over 200mph. Performance that was aptly displayed on screen it was one of two Diablos used for Jamiroquai"s 1996 Cosmic Girl music video, and the only one that emerged relatively unscathed.The first car was written off in a crash, which this second one replaced. During filming, a camera fell onto this car, knocking out its windscreen. Jay simply carried on with the shoot sans front window.It"s covered 17,266 miles (27,804km on the clock), gets a suede blue interior, has unkerbed alloys (seriously, this is a selling point), and looks, frankly, excellent.So, at 549,995, it"s more expensive than an Aventador S by some margin. But it"s one of just 150 SE30 Diablos built. And it"s purple.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 1 Aug 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8688
