Chinese men build replica Lamborghini

Chinese race car enthusiasts, Wang Yu and Li Lintao, both in their 30s, have made two replicas of the Lamborghini Diablo, which can reach the top speed of 310km/h.

The duo is currently working on a replica of the T-Rex motorcycle.

They spent approximately 5 million Yuan (around USD811,899) to buy parts and hire workers, and about six years to assemble them with the knowledge they gained from studying mechanology for nearly a decade abroad.

Yu and Lintao became popular after showing their first handmade replica of Lamborghini Diablo at the Beijing International Automobile Exhibition in 2012, and sold their second Lamborghini replica to Alibaba as a collection.

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Shahid Khan

Aug 22, 2014 06:40pm

hardwork, dedication, and loyalty............

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Amarnath

Aug 22, 2014 07:14pm

"Yu and Lintao became popular after showing their first handmade replica of Lamborghini Diablo at the Beijing International Automobile Exhibition in 2012, and sold their second Lamborghini replica to Alibaba as a collection." celebrating plagiarism is encouraging plagiarism. today there are companies that steal designs of branded clothes to high end smartphones to cars and cause loss to the creators.

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Ganga Din

Aug 22, 2014 07:52pm

He should start a company of hand made cars like Bentley and RR used to be.

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ROBIN- New Delhi

Aug 22, 2014 08:13pm

Great!!!- iam Sure it also has a LED Torch, bottle opener and laser light :-)

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Beg

Aug 22, 2014 10:07pm

@Amarnath Has the car maker valid design patents for these car designs in China?

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Heisenberg

Aug 22, 2014 10:43pm

A more expensive replica? Doesn't make any sense. The real one costs USD 300K to 500K.

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Muhammad Omer

Aug 23, 2014 01:59am

@Amarnath boo hoo. This is what free market is. Look at micromax and all the other mobile companies. All replicas made in china. Yet they do a lot of business

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Muhammad Omer

Aug 23, 2014 02:00am

@Heisenberg thats sad. And they are mentioning just the manufacturing cost.

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Tamilselvan

Aug 23, 2014 05:39am

@Amarnath yes, Chinese are good in copying and it's in their blood. Every fighter jet, air craft carrier is a copy of the west. But several of their inventions were copied by west such as rockets, gun powder and medicines. What goes around comes around

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Ahmed USA

Aug 23, 2014 09:32am

Long live Pakistan China friendship!!!

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weq

Aug 23, 2014 09:42am

Pakistan will buy it, Govt. officials will now roam around in Lamborghinis, we like theft dearly, itsbactually preferred, from pirated software to our nuclear bomb design, everyhing is of theft, yet we believe in our forgiveness for solely being Muslims by birth. Shame has no name its a part of game

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Moiz Omar

Aug 23, 2014 10:11am

Very cool!

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Saj king khan

Aug 23, 2014 11:20am

Why spend that much on a replica! When you can get the real thing for less ! Also may I point out they just assembled the parts! Here in uk there are many replica kits available . From ferraris to lambos etc etc

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Abraham

Aug 23, 2014 03:59pm

Cheap Chinese products. We know how reliable they are.

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Buddy

Aug 24, 2014 04:41pm

This shows how much China can pirate.

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Joe Tanto

Aug 24, 2014 11:24pm

They spent over $800,000 to build a Diablo Clone?? This is poorly built considering they spent over 8 times what a second market genuine Lamborghini Diablo costs. I have seen better quality Lamborghini clones built for a tiny percent of what they spent. Poor job.

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Aug 24, 2014 11:49pm

Yes, they can even make a replica of space shuttle if provided with the right resources. Nevertheless, what happens to R&D and billions of dollars invested in it?

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??????

Aug 25, 2014 08:30am

Important issue is speed and 0-310 mph pick up and durable and reliable performance . rest is not so important. If Chinese duo can master the techno part of the auto world - rest is easy - Soon they can market their own brand . Lambor is only good as their is no other car can complete - If once their another car - be it Chinese or Sudanese - does not matter to the public - Public wants speed - pickup - performance - that all it counts. Congratulations ! Seems Italian high speed days over . Now general public can ride on magnetic high speed train 300 mph from Shanghai airport to center of city - without spilling your coke or coffee .. smooth ride.

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ROHIT PANDEY

Aug 25, 2014 03:46pm

Expensive copy at $800,000!!!!!

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khanman

Aug 25, 2014 05:58pm

bravo

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Shahryar Shirazi

Aug 26, 2014 11:52am

@ROHIT PANDEY how much is the original ?

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Amarnath

Aug 26, 2014 03:17pm

@all those who encourage copying... how do you view when Pritam copying a tune and winnng a filmfare for it?

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Usman Asif

Aug 27, 2014 12:47am

Awesome! Why spend $250K to buy two REAL Diablos when you can spend $800K to build two FAKE ones. Phenomenal!

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m@x

Aug 27, 2014 05:21am

@weq easy tiger!! :)

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a_writer

Aug 27, 2014 07:13am

The 'great Super Power' ! All it can do is steal and copy a design from a small European country! Be it Apple products, Microsoft windows, Gucci, Louis Viton, Rolex .... you name it, the great Chinese Super Power is just a glorified counterfeiter - nothing more. Other than Soy sauce there is nothing original that came out of that country !

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Amir Khan

Aug 27, 2014 01:05pm

Flagrant disregard for numerous patents owned by various companies. They should be sued instead of being celebrated for making knock offs of the original thing.

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Rameez Sarwar

Aug 27, 2014 02:48pm

Well West had Copied once the "Chinese Paper" centuries ago...Chinese have complete right to replicate any thing from any place in the world. Because what "Paper" has given to us? Has no parallel.

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Ganga Din

Aug 27, 2014 03:02pm

@a_writer : Soy sauce is Japanese. LOL but on a serious note: Didn't they invent the gun powder? Wasn't tea their original discovery, just like coffee by a bedouin shepherd.

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