Lamborghini has decided to take an Alabama-based replica car company to court claiming that the kits offered by the replica car company are rip-offs of its Lamborghini Gallardo and Lamborghini Murcielago supercars.
The company in question is called CARKITINC and was founded by Jackie Johnson after he first got the idea of building replica Lamborghini’s after seeing a white Lamborghini Murcielago owned by Shuan White. Upon discovering that the car costs almost half a million dollars, Johnson exclaimed that no car could ever be worth so much (he obviously has no appreciation for the work which goes into creating a car like the Murcielago) and consequently decided to start making Lamborghini replica kits.
The company is based in Albertville, Alabama and their Lamborghini kits can be fitted to Toyota MR2s, Porsche Boxsters, Dodge Neons and even the Pontiac Fiero. CARKITINC claims that fitting one of their horrible Lamborghini replica kits can take about 4-6 weeks.
However, if Lamborghini itself has anything to do with CARKITINC, no more blatant Lamborghini rip-offs will be manufactured by CARKITINC. Lamborghini has filed legal documents in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama in order to put an end to the small company and before doing that, they even gave Johnson the opportunity to film himself cutting up the Lamborghini design molds and sending the tape to them for confirmation.
http://youtu.be/YTedZL9ghBg
As you would expect, Johnson is defending his company claiming it’s a form of artistic expression and just a bit of fun and that no true Lamborghini customer would mistake his Lamborghini replicas for the real thing.
[Via NY Daily News]
well if they have legal grounds to sue, then by all means sue the shit outta them.
This article was apparently written by a douche bag. Nobody cares about your personal opinion! You call these "horrible Lamborghini replicas" so now why don't you explain what's horrible about them? Considering your relatively low level of intelligence I'd bet I've seen replicas that were so clean you wouldn't be able to tell the difference based on the exterior looks if one were parked right next to the real thing! I hope Lambo loses this suit, these replicas aren't stilling any business from them, these are middle class American Lambos and are marketed to a completely different market. Nobody who has the money to afford the real deal and has a huge passion for these cars is going to buy a replica, and I don't think you should have to be a millionaire to drive a car that looks like one! Get of Lamborghini's jock K