Makes / Lamborghini / Diablo
Diablo
Lamborghini · on record 1998 to 2025
The Lamborghini Diablo succeeded the Countach as the marque's V12 flagship, retaining a mid engine layout and dramatic proportions while bringing greater speed and a somewhat more usable cabin. Later versions added 4 wheel drive and increasingly developed aerodynamics. Built before Lamborghini reached modern production volumes, the Diablo is now firmly collectible, with preservation driven by rarity, 1990s supercar nostalgia and the significance of its V12 lineage.
GROWING
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
18
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
36.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed
43
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 50 in 2002 · +0 vehicles a year, five year trend
Population history
Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. The filters below apply to the family population, MOT and registration figures. They do not alter the generation history above.
Licensed
SORN
Latest census observation
Inside the surviving fleet
AutoCensus parses every DVLA variant description, so the fleet can be read by fuel and specification rather than as one number.
First registrations by year
When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.
Recent UK first registrations
This family is no longer sold new. These figures are imports and historic vehicles joining the British register for the first time.
MOT reliability
DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.
Pass rate by year
| Failure reason | Failures | Share of all tests |
|---|---|---|
| During the 2nd fast idle test the carbon monoxide (co) exceeds the vehicle specific or default limits continuously for the last 5 seconds of the 30 second countdown: | 34 | 1.5% |
| During the idle test, the level of carbon monoxide (co) exceeds the vehicle specific or default limit continuously for the last 5 seconds of the 30 second countdown. | 28 | 1.2% |
| When the brake is fully applied there is no possibility of further travel of the lever because the lever is at the end of its working travel on the ratchet | 22 | 1.0% |
| A registration plate with characters which are obviously not the correct height, character width, stroke width, not of equal width along their entire length or incorrectly spaced | 20 | 0.9% |
| During the 2nd fast idle test the lambda (l) exceeds the vehicle specific limits continuously for the last 5 seconds of the 30 second countdown | 20 | 0.9% |
| The windscreen washers do not provide enough liquid to clear the windscreen in conjunction with the wiper(s) | 19 | 0.8% |
| The calculated parking brake efficiency is too low | 16 | 0.7% |
| A fluid leakage serious enough to indicate that the fluid seal of the shock absorber has failed | 16 | 0.7% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.
Where the Diablo remains
Based on MOT test locations, 2025. Test location is a proxy: a vehicle is counted where it was last tested, not where it is kept.
| Postcode area | Vehicles tested | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| RH | 15 | 73% |
| TN | 6 | 83% |
| BN | 4 | 75% |
| NW | 3 | 100% |
| WD | 3 | 100% |
| CM | 3 | 100% |
| HP | 3 | 100% |
| KT | 2 | 100% |
| GL | 2 | 100% |
| ME | 2 | 100% |
| MK | 2 | 100% |
| CO | 2 | 100% |
| SW | 2 | 100% |
| EN | 2 | 100% |
| TQ | 2 | 100% |
| WF | 2 | 50% |
| NP | 2 | 100% |
| PE | 2 | 100% |
| HA | 1 | 100% |
| LU | 1 | 100% |
| SK | 1 | 100% |
| IG | 1 | 100% |
| B | 1 | 100% |
| PL | 1 | 100% |
| SO | 1 | 100% |
| TA | 1 | 100% |
| SN | 1 | 100% |
| HU | 1 | 100% |
| NN | 1 | 100% |
| DN | 1 | 100% |
| OX | 1 | 100% |
| DA | 1 | 100% |
| CF | 1 | 100% |
| BR | 1 | 100% |
| RG | 1 | 100% |
| WN | 1 | 100% |
| TW | 1 | 100% |
| CV | 1 | 100% |
| WR | 1 | 100% |
| BA | 1 | 100% |
| CB | 1 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONLAMBORGHINI DIABLO
PROCESSED20 Sep 2026
Full methodology
Population history combines DVLA VEH0120 Q4 census observations through 2013 with the annual VEH0220 census from 2014 onward. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Historical VEH0120 is used only when its overlapping UK observations reconcile to the current canonical family definition. Vehicles are grouped into this family using the DVLA GenModel together with durable routing rules for known inconsistencies.
Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Configuration is only assigned where the model description explicitly identifies it; a blank configuration is not treated as a two door Wrangler. Blank transmission fields are shown as manual because DVLA records the field for automatic vehicles.
MOT figures count tests, not vehicles, and geographic figures count each vehicle at its most recent test location. The decline projection is a straight line fitted to the latest five years and is illustrative only.