2012 Ducati Diavel in India first ride..

Dieval. That's what the Italians wanted to name it. Except everyone outside Italy would pronounce it as Die-well. It's definitely a beauty that you'd die for but not quite the name you would want for a motorcycle. So the spelling was changed to Diavel (pronounced Dee-ah-vel). Technically that's how dieval' is pronounced in Italy too.

So much for etymology. Okay one more trivia. Diavel in the local Bolognese dialect means devil. One look at the motorcycle and you know why it's called that. Ducati have thrown conformity out of the window when it comes to the design. They took the best ingredients from a superbike, a naked bike, a cruiser, even an American hot rod and produced a mean sizzler. To put a twist on it, if Batman had to trade in his batpod for a motorcycle, he would buy the Diavel.

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