Sputnik - Engineers showcased a reverse-engineered Lamborghini Murcielago SV clone earlier this month in Tabriz, an industrial hub in northeast Iran, painstakingly reverse-engineering and building the supercar copy after four-and-a-half years of research, design, modeling and manufacturing work.




The�copycat Lambo�was developed by�a team of�16, with�all of�its components designed and built in�Iran itself. The car has a six cylinder 3.8 liter Hyundai engine, allowing the vehicle to�accelerate to�up to�280 km/hour. For the record, the top speed of�the real Lamborghini Murcielago SV is 342 km/hour, but�that car has a V12. Not bad for�a clone!

Sputnik Persian got a chance to�speak to�Masoud Moradi, one of�the Iranian Lamborghini clone's creators, to�learn more about�what inspired the vehicle, and the future he and his colleagues see down�the road.
"We love cars, and Lamborghini is the best car. Lamborghini was our dream, and we created our own dream," Moradi�explained. "On the other hand, we are designers and would like�to one day design cars for�the automotive industry," he added.


"We began the project at�the digital design stage and the processing of�data. All the components were first designed in�Alias Design [a computer program for�industrial vehicle design], and modeled in�accordance with�this data. Then, we moved the component designs to�the production workshop, where parts were built based on�the original. After that, work was completed on�the vehicle's electronics, body assembly and trim. After that, the vehicle entered the road test stage," the designer said.
Asked to�assess the car's quality, and whether or not it has a future in�the export market, Moradi said that while he and his colleagues feel that quality is "at a very high level," there are still some things he and the team wants to�improve. "As far as�the production and sale of�this vehicle is concerned � either in�Iran or abroad, this depends on�a decision on�intellectual property which can only be made by�Lamborghini," he said.


In any case, the designer emphasized that the experience of�reverse-engineering and building a car from�scratch has been a highly worthwhile experience. "We believe that having reverse engineered one of�the world's best cars, we were able to�attain know-how on�the design and production of�supercars," Moradi said.
Finally, Moradi apologized to�the Italian supercar maker for "borrowing" the Lamborghini design. "But ultimately, we strive to�create our own brand, to�turn our own ideas into�reality�In the near�future, we will build the best supercar," the designer promised.