Original invention or plagiarism, real or fake is the hypercar of the young engineer Ahmed Merchev . The model, produced in the Rhodope village of Slashten, was officially presented at the end of last week - with the promise that it can develop over 580 kilometers per hour. Many people supported the young engineer, while others doubted the car's capabilities, BNT reported.
The hypercar is a cardboard model; why the car has no glass; the logo is stolen; the shape is taken from another sports car model – the internet was filled with various findings and questions about the super car of engineer Ahmed Merchev. And he explains – presented a basic - pre-production prototype of the car.
"The benefit for us from the initial prototype was to test the basic technologies and to have a mold for the exterior of the car, so this initial prototype, although it is a functional car, will not be driven to maximum speed," explained Eng. Ahmed Merchev.
The hypercar has not been tested on a track, but Merchev is convinced of the undertaking they have set themselves – the hypercar has a power of 2,221 horsepower and develops over 580 km/h.
"For everything we have shown as developments and claimed as parameters we have carried out extensive engineering simulations, so we are fully confident in the parameters we have claimed, even though they sound fantastic and have not yet been achieved by anyone else.. "Soon we have the first tests on the runway, and in the meantime we have already started the first initial tests within the perimeter of our factory," said Eng. Merchev.
Although the car is very similar to another sports car model, engineer Merchev claims that they did not copy it.
"They come closest to our vision, to what a hypercar would look like with sharp edges, with aggressive shapes. Yes, they are similar, we were inspired by him, but absolutely every shape on the car is ours, our individual shape," added the engineer.
About the hypercar logo, which is very similar to the one used by an American video game company, Eng. Merchev explained that trademarks are registered by class - he held a patent to use the logo on cars, the American company – on computers.
"Years ago they filed a lawsuit against us at the European Patent Office. The European Patent Office came out with a categorical opinion that they have no right to interfere in our activity and categorically rejected the requests", Eng. Merchev also said.
For financial reasons, the base prototype of the hypercar would remain without a windshield and with a cheaper steering wheel and rims, but these would be corrected in the next three pre-production cars, which were currently being produced at the base in the village of "Tukhovishta" . Our team was not allowed there.