The automotive world has seen its fair share of Frankenstein builds, but what Morgan Clarke Design—known online as MCD1—has cooked up takes the cake. Picture a Range Rover Velar body stretched over a Baja Class 1 buggy chassis, with a twin-turbo Lamborghini V10 mounted behind the driver. Yes, that sentence is every bit as bonkers as it sounds, and it has gearheads across the internet absolutely drooling on their keyboards.
The project kicked off several months before it hit the spotlight, with fabricator Morgan Clarke starting from a complete running and driving Hall Designs Baja Class 1 buggy. Most builders would have left well enough alone, but Clarke and his team promptly sliced the chassis down to nearly nothing just to make room for the luxury SUV body. In the early build videos, you watch the buggy get reduced to bare tubes—a bit like watching someone dismantle a perfectly good race car to chase an even crazier dream.
Next came the Range Rover Velar itself. It arrived on a flatbed looking almost factory-fresh, though a nose impact and a less-than-healthy engine meant it wasn't quite as pristine as it first appeared. Even so, there's something deeply cathartic about seeing a luxury SUV stripped to its shell and then chopped apart, because all Clarke really needed was the outer skin and select interior bits. Everything mechanical under that elegant body was destined for the bin.
The real fireworks start when the twin-turbo V10 out of a crashed Lamborghini Huracán gets lowered into the back of the tube-frame chassis. With the Velar body dropped on top, the contraption transforms into a rolling chassis that looks ready to eat dunes. Massive off-road tires hang a foot beyond the factory bodywork, giving the truck the stance of a junkyard dog with a designer collar. Up front and out back, giant King shocks with bypasses and remote reservoirs handle the rough stuff, while fully custom suspension arms keep every wheel moving along the correct axis.
What's truly surprising is how much of the stock Land Rover Range Rover Velar interior survives. The factory dashboard sits in place, right in front of a driver strapped into a seat borrowed from a McLaren 720S. The center console—complete with rear HVAC vents—is also installed, which might just make this the only luxury trophy truck in existence. It's a bizarre mix of Baja bruiser and Mayfair lounge, and somehow it works.
Key specs for the build:
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🚙 Body: Range Rover Velar shell with widened fenders
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🛠️ Chassis: Hall Designs Baja Class 1 buggy (heavily cut and modified)
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🏎️ Engine: Twin-turbo Lamborghini V10 from a crashed Huracán
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⚡ Output: Roughly 1,900 wheel horsepower (Underground Racing Stage III)
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🔧 Suspension: King shocks with bypasses and remote reservoirs; custom control arms
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💺 Interior: Factory Velar dash and center console; McLaren 720S seats
According to MCD, the engine originally cranked out around 1,700 wheel horsepower before the Huracán met its end. Now fitted with larger turbos as part of an Underground Racing Stage III setup, the V10 is said to produce roughly 1,900 horsepower at the wheels. Clarke himself has joked that it ought to be able to pull wheelies—hardly an empty brag when you're talking about a mid-engined, four-wheel-drive trophy truck with the heart of a supercar.
By the time the sixth installment rolled around, the truck was starting to look properly finished. Wide fenders were being bolted on, the cabin was being sealed up, and small details were being ironed out. Even the power hatch actuators remained in place, though they weren't wired in just yet—proof that Clarke sweats the little things.
Morgan Clarke isn't your average backyard fabricator. He studied transportation design before breaking out on his own to build incredible off-road machines. His YouTube channel, MCD1, documents these wild projects with a mix of engineering savvy and genuine joy, and this Lamborghini-powered Range Rover Velar trophy truck is quickly becoming his masterpiece.
As of 2026, the build continues to circulate online as one of the most outlandish custom vehicles of the decade. Whether it ends up tearing through desert whoops or simply sitting pretty at a show, this Frankenstein fusion of British luxury, Italian fury, and American off-road grit is proof that no idea is too insane if you've got the skills and the nerve to see it through.