The invention discloses high-carbon hot-rolled automobile diaphragm spring steel. The high-carbon hot-rolled automobile diaphragm spring steel is prepared from the following constituents in percentage by weight: 0.70-0.90% of C, Si smaller than or equal to 0.10%, Mn smaller than or equal to 0.80%, P smaller than or equal to 0.008%, S smaller than or equal to 0.003%, 0.010-0.030% of Alt, 1.20-1.80% of Cr, 0.10-0.30% of V, 0.002-0.006% of Ca, and N smaller than or equal to 0.004%, and is prepared by the following production steps: molten iron desulphurization, smelting in a converter, refining in an LF (Ladle Furnace) furnace, processing in an RH vacuum furnace, continuous casting to form blanks, pit type slow cooling after cutting of cast blanks, cast blank heating, segmented hot rolling, reeling, slow cooling, annealing, quenching, tempering, and inspection for standby. The steel disclosed by the invention is quenched and tempered to achieve tensile strength of 1600-2200 MPa, HRC (Rockwell Hardness) of 47-57, high limit of elasticity, high limit of yielding, high fatigue limit resistance and longer service life, and can be used for manufacturing various vehicle clutch assemblies for large engineering machinery.