Moses Ngobeni's work began to garner attention on social media last year.
Moses Ngobeni is a South African electrical engineer who, like many of us, spent much of his childhood browsing car magazines. For decades, this 41-year-old South African has nurtured the dream of building his own car – the first drawings were made at age 19 – a dream that began to take shape in 2013 and which at the end of last year finally became a reality. .
“Since I was 7 years old, I was convinced that one day I would build my own car. I grew up loving sports, even though no one in my region has the money to buy them”.
Although currently working with electrical systems, Moses had no mechanical experience, but that didn't stop him from "throwing in" on a project that few would say could be completed.
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The body was molded by himself using metal sheets, and was later painted red, while the 2.0-litre engine, transmission and fog lamps come from a BMW 318is, purchased exclusively for that purpose.For the rest, Moses Ngobeni used components from other models to build his car – for the windshield of a Volkswagen Caddy, rear window of a Mazda 323, side windows of a BMW M3 E46, headlights of an Audi TT and the taillights of a Nissan GT-R. This frankenstein sits on 18-inch wheels, and according to Moses Ngobeni, the car is capable of reaching a top speed of 250 km/h.
Inside, covered with soundproofing material, Moses Ngobeni added an on-board computer (from a BMW 3 Series), but that didn't stop there. Thanks to a remote ignition system it is possible to start the car remotely via the mobile phone, as you can see below: