A Countach replica that deserves some credit

Normally i laugh at replica car owners and mock them because they are poor people that want to look rich without the effort of working hard, earn money and save up for the real thing.  But this one’s a little different. Ten years ago Ken Imhoff started building a Lamborghini Countach in his basement. Ken’s basement has no outside access. He hired a contractor to dig down to basement level, tear down a basement wall, and pull the Countach out.

10 years of hard working, creating a very nice Countach replica deserves some credit: Well Done Ken!

>> Ken’s page

>> LamborghiniReplica.com’s page on Ken’s Countach

>> Jalopnik’s post on Ken’s Countach

>> Geekologie’s page on Ken’s Countach

Let’s set something straight…

A couple of days ago i met somebody who had been selling fake RayBan sunglasses for quite a while. He claimed that fake Raybans were made in the same factory as the real one. I laughed at him in his face ofcourse, knowing that this is an ‘excuse’ a lot of sellers of fake products use to ease the minds of their buyers. His girlfriend had one of these fake Raybans and luckily my girlfriend had her real one (bought at Bloomingdale’s SoHo NYC) so i could show him that the fake ones could in no way be produced in the same factory as the real Ray Bans… Quickly he stated that he meant that they come from the same region. This is also untrue. Real Ray bans are manufactured in Italy. The fake ones are made in china, and there’s printed ‘Made in the USA’ on them’, which is untrue… no Rayban has been manufactured in the USA for ages…

>> How to spot FAKE ray bans

Lamorghini Reventon replica by Polish company seems… Polish

“Poland’s Veno Automotive has released images of its yet-to-be-named supercar, but it may as well be called the Lamborghini Reventon II. Veno claims that its supercar has a unique design and – surprise, surprise – was inspired by fighter jets, just as the Reventon was”

>> More here

A gallery of UK based lamborghini replicas.

Need i say more? The gallery could be better. The cars are fake, but nicely done.

>> LamboReplica Gallery

German judge orders all German Shuanghuan CEO’s to be destroyed!

The Chinese Shuanghuan CEO that has a similar appearance to a model made by Germany’s BMW must halt all sales and destroy all its vehicles in Germany, a court in Munich ruled. The court ordered the importers, China Automobile, to pay compensatory damages to BMW, which is based in Munich. BMW alleges that the Shuanghuan CEO closely resembles its X5.

“We are pleased that the court has agreed with our views,” a BMW spokesman said after the ruling.

Karl Schloessl of China Automobile Germany said he would launch an appeal against the ruling, which is not yet binding, saying he was prepared to take the case to the European Court of Justice. It was impossible to ban a vehicle in Germany that was allowed to be on the road in the rest of Europe, Schloessl said, adding that there were more than 1,000 Shuanghuan CEOs on the road in Italy.

He added that the ruling was based on similarities to the BMW X5 dating back to 1998, describing it as “a very old car.” Schloessl said the appearance of the vehicle could easily be altered by changing “five or six elements.” BMW has not made clear whether it will seek the compensatory damages awarded by the court. In the face of protests from German manufacturers, Shuanghuan withdrew its CEO from the Frankfurt IAA international motor show held in September last year.

While on a visit to China in August last year, Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Chinese carmakers for blatant copies of German makes. Apart from the CEO, Shuanghuan has drawn criticism for its Nobel, which bears a resemblance to Daimler’s Smart, an ultra-compact two-seater.

Sources:

>> Chinacartimes.com

>> Finalgear.com

>> Google

Make your Audi TT look like a R8 with down´s syndrome

So you´ve finally managed to get the money together to buy yourself that nice new Audi TT. But since the R8 showed up the TT isn’t a real conversation piece anymore. So what to do? It’s simple. Get yourself a 3rd party bodykit that makes your TT look just like real audi R8….. with down’s syndrome.

>> Audi R8 Bodykit for TT by Niche Tuning

>> Audi R8 Bodykit for TT by B&B Tuning

>> For comparison: The B&B TT R8 Versus a real R8

Same look, half the price, completely plastic

So you’re an 4×4 enthousiast with a small dick and a even smaller budget? No problemo! Just get a cheap donor 4 x 4 car and get yourself a Hummer replica kit! These ugly bitches will get you the status you always wanted… or the status of Eternal Loser. Tough luck!

>> Hummer Replicas @ Urban Gorilla

>> The Storm Warrior Hummer Replica Kit

>> Rhino Buggies Hummer Replicas

The fantastic world of Famiclones

Aah, the wornderfull world of Famiclones. For more than 20 years, millions of weird looking Nintendo NES clones have spread all over the world ofcourse originating from China. They all have one thing in common: they’re all based on the Nintendo 8-bit NES chip. A lot of famiclones (The first Nintendo console - released in Japan - was called the FAMICOM, which is short for Family Computer, hence the name Famiclone) also have built-in games which are blatant copies of, or really weird adoptions of, 8-bit NES games.

Back in the ’80s Russia didn’t get an official release of the famicom or NES and famiclones named ‘Dendy’ were the consoles the kids played with. There were even official Dendy stores selling their communist pirated wares.

Famiclones used to look like a NES or a Super Nes. Nowadays, although they still play those crappy 8-bit games, they often look like playstations and x-boxes.

It’s an intrueging sub-culture in the world of video-gaming industry….

>> The FAMICOM / NES Wikipedia page

>> The FAMICLONE Wikipedia page

>> The DENDY Wikipedia page

>> A HUGE collection of Famiclones

>> Another HUGE collection of Famiclones

Collection of odd fakes

If you’re gonna make the effort in copying a product, why not go all the way? I’m sure that these odd fakes infringe a copyright as well, so why not put the ‘real’ logo on it?

I can’t imagine someone buying a ‘Abcids’ bag in the hope people with very bad eyesight will think it’s a Adidas bag….

>> Check out this collection of odd fakes

How low can you go?

Driving a Mazda Miata / MX5? Loserrrr! Driving a BMW Z3? Hairdresserrrr!!! Driving a Mazda Miata /MX5 converted to a BMW Z3? Ultimate Hairdressing Loserrrrrr!!!

How do people come up with this Sh*t? People who don’t know the actual Z3 won’t care, and people who know the actual Z3 will laugh at you, because of the obvious fakenes.

>> More BMW replica / fake / tuning disasters here!