Feeling brave? This twin-supercharged Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster is up for auction

Are you one of those people that occasionally likes to feel thoroughly terrified behind the wheel of a supercar? Good on you, we say. Way to live a little, and have we got just the car for you.

This is a 1999 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster that’s currently for sale on US auction site Bring a Trailer. It’s finished in excellent Giallo Super Fly yellow paint and of course features those all-important scissor doors. Oh, and in the early 2000s the 5.7-litre V12 was fitted with not one but two Eaton M90 roots-type superchargers by Platinum Motorcars.

Estimates suggest that Bizzarrini V12 is now producing around 600bhp, with all of that power being sent to all four wheels through a five-speed manual gearbox that comes complete with an open-gate shifter. Ooft.

We’re told the facelifted Diablo (complete with those Nissan 300ZX headlights rather than pop-ups) has covered 17,000 miles in its time on this earth, with 2,400 of those being added by the current owner since it was acquired in 2007. Clearly not a daily driver, then.

The interior looks in rather good nick as a result, though, with black leather and yellow stitching. The superchargers aren’t the only modifications either – we very much like the sound of the aftermarket Borla exhaust, and very much don’t like the look of those Maya 19in front/20in rear wheels. 

Still, if you fancy a whole lot more excitement in your life, the auction ends on Friday 7 June and at the time of writing bidding stands at a nice round $100,000. Expect it to climb from there…