Iran Has Built A Copycat Lamborghini Murcielago With A Hyundai V6

An Iranian company has built an incredibly dodgy copy of the Lamborghini Murcielago SV, but admits it hasn’t done any actual testing…

An Iranian firm has reverse-engineered a Lamborghini Murcielago in an attempt to kick-start a domestic supercar industry. Only… we’re not sure you’d want to drive it yet.

Said by its makers to be a perfect copy of the original, just without the badges, its production involved disassembling an actual Murcielago and basically copying its homework. The chassis and mix of carbonfibre and composite plastic panels are supposedly interchangeable with the originals. The windscreen was originally a third-party item made for the Murcielago, but it got smashed and was replaced with a copy of the copy.

Only specialists and the original designers could tell the difference, according to Massoud Moradi, director of the project. Unless, perhaps, people look into the engine bay where there’s a 3.8-litre Hyundai V6 linked to a matching gearbox. The thinking is that this engine is easily serviceable across the safer areas of Iran, as opposed to a high-revving Italian V12.

The engine bay, naturally, can fit a V12 and the team behind it want to fit a V8 or a V10 to the next example. But we might have reached a slight problem in that the company spent “no time planning or testing the car.” By Moradi’s own admission they simply copied the original designs and now assume everything will be fine. Right, then.

The complete lack of speed testing is apparently down to Iran’s lack of usable infrastructure. To be fair, in the war-torn country there probably is a shortage of well-surfaced runways that aren’t being used by one military or another. Despite this, Moradi is sure the Murcielag-no will fly past 175mph.

Moradi’s ultimate aim is to start an Iranian supercar-building industry. If someone is mad enough to plough money into this venture then 50-100 knock-off Murcielagos could be built per year. The price hasn’t been announced, which, whichever way you slice it, isn’t terribly surprising.

Sources: RT.com, STnews via Carscoops

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Comments

Elliot James

Not related to the car, but it seems you have confused Iran with Iraq, as Iran, although they have their problems, is not a war torn country.

10/16/2018 - 18:13 |
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Anonymous

Iran isn’t a war-torn country. Last invasion was in the 1940s…

10/16/2018 - 18:45 |
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Elliot James

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Exactly, think they confused it with Iraq

10/16/2018 - 19:10 |
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TheStigsAmerican Cousin

Im in.

10/16/2018 - 18:59 |
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Anonymous

Its just like those china watches look at my Lamborghini oh its broken

10/16/2018 - 19:11 |
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5:19.55

‘’fly past 175’’

10/16/2018 - 19:56 |
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lukalukic1

The point of that Lamborghini was V12 engine! The main reason why people sis buy it… And they just revers engendered body of it? And not to Mantion it is more Than 10 years old car?

10/16/2018 - 20:14 |
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Sword_Az™
10/16/2018 - 20:45 |
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Yeah lol

10/16/2018 - 22:16 |
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Lukas Hohenegger

I am not even mad. Actually this is perfect. Over 90% of all Lambos are driven slowly and only used to flex on people. So this thing could replace 90% of all real Lambos.

10/16/2018 - 20:50 |
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Anonymous
10/16/2018 - 20:56 |
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TumTuned

I’m surprised the engine isn’t EXTERNAL combustion…

10/16/2018 - 21:11 |
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Patience…

10/17/2018 - 14:08 |
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