Ducati channels the Lamborghini Siàn’s design DNA into the 1260 Diavel

Lamborghini purchased Ducati in 2012, but the two companies waited until 2021 to produce a jointly-developed motorcycle. It’s a limited-edition variant from the 1260 Diavel inspired by the sold-out Siàn FKP 37.

Stylists from the Centro Stile Ducati and the Centro Stile Lamborghini – studios located inside a stone’s throw of one another – worked together to transfer a few of the Siàn’s defining styling cues to the 1260 Diavel. Fins, vents, and sharp lines characterize the Lamborghini, so the Ducati received redesigned air intakes on either side of the gas tank and reshaped radiator covers. The add-ons are created with carbon fibre, like the Siàn’s body.

Color forges the strongest visual links between the 1260 Diavel and the Siàn. It rides on forged, gold-painted wheels that echo the design of the car’s rims, and it’s painted within the same shade of green because the Siàn that was displayed in the 2021 edition from the Frankfurt Auto Show. Lamborghini pledged to make every example unique, so other colors are on the palette, but Verde Gea is the launch color that lots of enthusiasts associate with the car.

As wild like a V12-powered motorcycle could be, Ducati wisely kept the standard Diavel’s 1.3-liter two-cylinder engine. It produces 157 horsepower at 9,000 rpm and 95 pound-feet of torque at 7,500 rpm, which are hugely impressive figures for a bike that weighs 485 pounds. It’s less formidable to ride as it might sound thanks partly to electronic aids like Ducati Traction Control Evo, Cornering ABS Evo, and Ducati Wheelie Control Evo that are run by a six-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) platform provided by Bosch.

A total of 630 units from the Ducati 1260 Diavel Lamborghini is going to be available globally. Pricing starts at $31,995, so it’s about $11,000 more expensive compared to base model, and deliveries will start in January 2021. Enthusiasts who would like the entire assortment of Siàn-inspired products may also order a 4,000-horsepower yacht and a 1/8-scale Lego kit.

What’s a Siàn?

Offered as a coupe so that as a Roadster, and sold-out quickly, the Siàn sticks out as Lamborghini’s first series-produced hybrid, and because the most effective street-legal car the firm has ever released. Its powertrain consists of a mid-mounted, naturally-aspirated V12 engine and an electric motor built-into the transmission. It draws electricity from a supercapacitor to inject 34 horses in to the driveline, bringing the setup’s total output to 819 horsepower. Lamborghini quotes a couple.9-second sprint from zero to 62 mph, along with a 217-mph top speed.

Production is restricted to 63 examples of the coupe and 19 examples of the Roadster, numbers chosen because Lamborghini’s car-building arm began in 1963. Pricing allegedly starts at $2 million before options.