DIY Supercars: Italian Builds Incredible Cars From Scratch

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An Italian coachbuilder has designed and built two supercars from scratch without the use of a computer or sketches. Moreno Filandi relies solely on his skills as a mechanic to build handmade custom cars from metal work with two incredible supercars already finished. Moreno’s second and most recent creation, the Moreno Ever S, was built on top of a red 1990 Mercedes.

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00:00What brand is it? They asked me what brand it is, what it is.

00:04It's a big deal made by a single person.

00:17Coach builder, Marino Ferlandi, has turned his hand to something a little more sporty.

00:22The 55-year-old mechanic completed his first supercar for just 12,000 euros.

00:30It weighs 1,150 kg and has a turbo Audi motor of 605 CV.

00:39The Huracan can reach 320 km per hour and 0-100 in 3 seconds.

00:48In 2009, the idea for his second car was born.

00:52For Everest, the inspiration is something special, a little red, a little red, a little red, a little red.

01:03And this idea of the wheels that cross these shapes, these shapes, these triangles that cross these shapes,

01:11that idea of something special and strange.

01:14Everest weighs 1.420 kg.

01:18It weighs 1.420 kg.

01:21The Mercedes-Benz 5.000 kg engine.

01:24And it weighs 340 CV.

01:29Everest has a speed of 270 km.

01:33And from 0 to 100 km.

01:35100,000, it puts 4,5 seconds.

01:39When people look at Everest, they are curious, they stop and they are curious.

01:54It's positive.

01:56Sometimes they ask if I can build a car for other people, but I don't do this.

02:07This is just an hobby and it's enough for me.

02:11My job is to live, this is just my passion, my hobby, my freedom to do what I feel.

02:26I'm Sean McDuffell.

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