It’s a question that has made a few rounds on the interweb: did the Lamborghini Diablo, in fact, use headlamps from the Nissan 300ZX? Lamborghini owner Rob Dahm answers the question posed, with some accompanying background detail.
The answer to that question is yes. In the Diablo’s twilight years, Lamborghini was transitioning to a new design language that called for fixed, flush-mounted headlamps which followed the previous pop-up design, and when the company progressed with the update, their own revised headlamp design could not be approved by the US Department of Transportation in time for use on the updated Diablo.
To get around that obstacle, Lamborghini went looking for a headlamp of their desired style which was already approved by authorities and in production, which was how the company arrived at the 300ZX’s headlamps. Check out the video for Dahm’s explanation.
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but the previous lambo, the Countach had flush headlights too…
Our Perdana shud get S-Class headlights & CLA backlights too…..
Dont look so far, our RM500k Lotus uses so many parts from Proton. Even the side mirror got Proton logo on it and words “Made by Proton” written on it.
Imagine spending RM500k on a car but your parts come from a Persona. Don’t know what else parts Lotus shares with Proton
So apa bashers nak kata with lotus sharing parts with P1. Oh wait P1 do is tabouleh but Lembukini do is okays…
Interesting …. at least my Proton has its own headlights
Yes ..i realised that a long time ago…rolls royce is using jeep grand cherokee headlights and many-many years ago beetle headlights were used by almost every sportscar manufacturers…just google
i realised some yrs ago MINI & Subaru used P2 teh tarik hooks ….
Fulamaaak! Caya la.
Got my Nissan Almari genes in Lambo
if this was a PROTON case…(well, you know how Malaysians are)
Same case like Evora 400 with Saga FLX, side mirror sharing.. ahahah
heyyyy, Lamborrrgheeneee…
It’s normal for manufacturers to share parts either within their own or from another manufacturer especially low volume producers.This is to save cost and to a lesser extent time. It’s only become an issue when a top supercar manufacturer employ the same method simply because we expect them to do better than just using a part from a mainstream manufacturer.If it works and looks good at the same time,why not.At least it can save you some bucks when changing spare parts.
Of course the Lambo owner will shudder once he knows some of the parts came from a lowly manufacturer.
Evora has old persona side mirrors
Lotus evora use saga’s side mirror
Has anyone found a video explaining why the proton pondana looks like a butchered and mutilated 2008 honda accord?
Prius have Myvi side mirror