VIDEO: Super Replicas' Lamborghini Reventon clone isn't fooling anyone
Follow the jump to see footage of the Super Replica Lamborghini Reventon
Dictionary.com has two definitions for "replica": 1. a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision; 2. any close or exact copy or reproduction. The work of Super Replicas barely falls under the second definition, and even then it helps if you're standing far away or -- better yet -- you've never seen the original in the first place.
While Super Replicas' Lamborghini Reventon won't fool anyone, in the company's defense (if that's possible), they only charge about $20,000 for their rides -- $1.58 million less than the real deal -- and they provide three-year, 75,000-mile warranties. Follow the jump to see the video (whose quality rivals the replica itself) and decide if that's close enough to a Reventon for your liking.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Steve 12:08PM (4/26/2009)
I thought the original Reventon looked like a Batmobile... This looks like the Tumbler. Ungainly, high centered, and un-proportioned at every angle.
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Quantumphysics 2:22PM (4/26/2009)
What's sad is that right under the video is the AOL auto's banner showing the real $2 Million dollar car.
What sucks is that there were only 12 or so Reventons in the entire world, so even If I had $10 Million dollars right now on me - cash... I probably couldn't get one.
And what sucks more is that the Reventon is just a reskinned Murcielago with higher cost parts - mostly carbon fiber - and the coolest rims I've ever seen.
Frankly, I'd rather take my $2Million to Buggati. The Veyron eats this cow alive.
But still, I'm entirely against copying a car. I'd rather build one from the ground up and have a one of a kind.
Quantumphysics 2:34PM (4/26/2009)
I don't have $2 million for a Reventon, but I do currently have a project in waiting that I'm doing out of my garage.
I'm going to buy a Cadillac CTS-V Coupe and put these rims on it
http://www.inetlocate.com/inetlocate_upload/927/QT1103.jpg
I already have the wheels and tires. My girlfriend doesn't like driving with them on her new CTS.
cajunking 2:53PM (4/26/2009)
@Quantum
Actually that's just a gray Murcielago.
Jared 3:08PM (4/26/2009)
Their website makes me lol
http://www.supereplicas.com/disclaimer.htm
Quantumphysics 3:40PM (4/26/2009)
I was reading their website's cloned cars availability page and I couldn't stop laughing.
"Now you can drive away in a convertible Ferrari 460 clone for only US$20,000 built on a MR2 Toyota donor chassis."
I've driven the real F430 and I'm trying to figure out how they get around the lack of the sound.
"The prestigious Ferrari 599 can be built with the powerful BMW V12 engine on a tube chassis."
This is just madness.
toronado455 3:58PM (4/26/2009)
That website is a joke! Their "BENTLEY CONTINENTAL" includes "electric chairs"! How shocking! LOL!
chconline 3:59PM (4/26/2009)
+1. This thing is hideous. The Mazda3 that appeared in the beginning of the video looks simply drop dead gorgeous compared to this "thing".
Coco 12:17AM (4/27/2009)
looks like something out of the "Shanghai knock-off show"
Stephen 9:13AM (4/27/2009)
From their disclaimer:
"Thirdly it is clear that the body designs of our replicas are identical to the original car; however there are distinct details that are not the same."
I suppose "distinct details" is one way to put it...
jon 12:16PM (4/26/2009)
hahah
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Taglane 12:16PM (4/26/2009)
That is NOT funny. ew.
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energystrom 12:18PM (4/26/2009)
Simply hideous.
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petee209 12:56PM (4/26/2009)
Cmon man you gotta love those 15" dubs and 7" wheel gap on these HOT cars.
I wonder what piece of crap car this was originally.
Berto 4:45PM (4/26/2009)
Agreed. I just couldn't believe it when I was watching the video. Who would they even fool?
Also, where was this filmed? Tijuana?
jcar302 12:23PM (4/26/2009)
I really can't put what i think into words.
I guess this is what happens when you copy a car that you don't actually have access to.
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Protzenegger 12:44PM (4/26/2009)
I was thinking the same. I'm guessing this isn't the Reventon replica of which we saw work-in-progress pics some months back? I compared that one to the original, and it was pretty darn close. This one, on the other hand, literally hurts my eyes. The folks who made it must be some of the guys that got rejected from design college. "Super" Replicas? Optimistic at best.
Steve 12:23PM (4/26/2009)
I love the epic war music in the second video. That deserve an A++ from me.
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Steve 12:26PM (4/26/2009)
In THE video, sorry.
esteva03 12:31PM (4/26/2009)
this is bad. the wheels are so small compared to the body. and the body is way too long. besides if i am not wrong it rides on an air suspension. on the first shots the ride height is nothing like when they are cruising were the car is almost touching the road. i would like to know what the base car is. fierro?. . .
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