Eccentrica cut the roof off its Diablo restomod
Eccentrica has revealed the V12 Roadster, an open-top version of its acclaimed Lamborghini Diablo restomod, limited to the same 19 examples as the coupe and set for its public debut on 14 August at The Quail during Monterey Car Week
The Roadster keeps the coupe's entire recipe intact: a naturally aspirated 5.7-litre V12 and a gated six-speed manual, at a moment when neither exists anywhere in Lamborghini's own current range. But removing the roof was never going to be as simple as cutting away the top of a Diablo. Eccentrica commissioned a dedicated aerodynamic study to manage airflow around the now-open cabin, and reinforced the chassis in carbon fibre to claw back the structural rigidity a roof normally provides.
Losing the roof took more than a saw
The original steel spaceframe now carries carbon-fibre structural reinforcement, and the body itself combines steel and carbon fibre while keeping the Diablo's unmistakable proportions. Eccentrica also widened the track and revised the suspension geometry, fitting semi-active dampers, hydraulic power steering and modern Brembo brakes. Inside, Connolly leather, Alcantara, anodised trim and exposed carbon fibre update the cabin without erasing the analogue character the original car is known for.
The numbers stay defiantly analogue
The re-engineered 5.7-litre V12 produces 550 hp at 7,000 rpm and 601 Nm of torque at 6,500 rpm, sent through a gated six-speed manual with three selectable driving modes. Eccentrica quotes 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds and a top speed of around 335 km/h, with a curb weight of 1,540 kg. Every one of the 19 cars is individually configured for its owner, drawing on more than 3,500 bespoke components developed specifically for the model.
Built by the engineer who shaped modern Lamborghini
Styling came from Milan-based design studio Borromeo De Silva, while engineering development was led by Maurizio Reggiani, Lamborghini's former chief technical officer, whose credits include the Murciélago, Gallardo, Aventador and Huracán. That pedigree matters here: Eccentrica is not simply modifying a Diablo, it is re-engineering one with the same level of rigour Lamborghini itself once applied to those cars.
Three ways to spec one, after months of teasing
Eccentrica frames each build around three broad directions buyers can lean into: Sport, described as stripped for speed, Eccentric, its boldest and most attention-grabbing reading of the car, and Heritage, a tribute to the analogue soul of the original Diablo. We first caught wind of the Roadster when Eccentrica teased it ahead of Monterey, confirming only that the V12 and manual gearbox were staying. Pricing for the Roadster has not been announced, though the coupe on which it is based carries a 1,200,000 euro starting price. The wider trend behind all this is hard to ignore: as Lamborghini's own V12 flagship moves toward hybrid power, the purely analogue experience has quietly relocated to specialists like Eccentrica.
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Eccentrica founder Emanuel Colombini summed up the pitch himself: “The Eccentrica V12 was our opening statement. The Roadster is the next chapter; more exposed, more immediate, more demanding. No roof. No filter. Nothing between you and the machine.” That is a big claim for a car built on a three-decade-old donor, but the engineering effort behind it, a proper aero study, a reinforced chassis, a six-figure roster of bespoke parts, suggests Eccentrica is not treating this as a marketing exercise.
Nineteen cars is a vanishingly small number, and most people will only ever see this Roadster in photographs. That is precisely the point. When the company that built the Diablo will no longer sell you a naturally aspirated V12 with a manual gearbox, a small Italian outfit removing the roof from one is not nostalgia. It is the last place that specific experience is still available to order.
