June 25, 2025 • 34 mins
THE DARK KNIGHT OF BULLETPROOF CARS | Ferris Rezvani on Designing the World’s Most Insane Supercars
In this episode of The BASIC Show, Viktorija sits down with visionary car designer Ferris Rezvani — the creator behind the world’s most extreme armored vehicles that have taken the internet by storm.
From Knight Rider and James Bond fantasies as a kid, to building fully armored supercars driven by billionaires, celebrities, security forces, and even featured in viral MrBeast explosions (450+ million views!), Rezvani shares the wild story behind his brand.
Inside this episode:
· The insane features packed inside Rezvani’s bulletproof cars: EMP protection, smoke screens, electrified doors, pepper spray dispensers, magnetic deadbolts & more.
· How the “Dark Knight” model was inspired by Batman’s world.
· Behind-the-scenes of collaborating with YouTube giants like MrBeast to literally blow up his own cars.
· The challenges of blending design, military tech, and luxury into one of the world’s most sought-after vehicles.
· What makes Rezvani Motors one of the most viral luxury car brands on the planet.
If you love wild inventions, viral stories, luxury design, and entrepreneurship — this episode is for you.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
I look at myself as kind of like a conductor in an
orchestra.
SPEAKER_01 (00:02):
This is the most striking car I've ever seen.
SPEAKER_00 (00:05):
Pepper spray dispenser, electrified door
handles, magnetic deadbolts.
SPEAKER_01 (00:10):
Dispenser like for nail polish.
Major names like Chris Brown andJamie Foxx and The Weeknd.
SPEAKER_00 (00:15):
Customers like Cristiano Ronaldo, you know,
Daymond John from Shark Tank.
SPEAKER_01 (00:20):
Wild desire.
Oh, I'm just going to start myown name car brand.
SPEAKER_00 (00:24):
I wanted to design cool looking cars.
Approved by Ferris B's money.
Design and military.
Women wear heels that aremilitary-based.
Cars are the closest thing thata mechanical thing can be to an
organism, to a living organism.
SPEAKER_01 (00:38):
It's just driving something from out of the sci-fi
SPEAKER_00 (00:42):
movie.
Maybe an alien, actually,sitting next to you.
SPEAKER_01 (00:46):
Ready for the apocalypse.
SPEAKER_00 (00:47):
Where there's a will, there is definitely a way.
The money will follow.
SPEAKER_01 (00:51):
Just going to go against these billion-dollar
companies who have so muchfunding.
SPEAKER_00 (00:55):
The automotive industry is second most
expensive after aerospace.
and there's a reason why theycost that much
SPEAKER_01 (01:02):
it looks so sexy to me i would definitely own the
vengeance
SPEAKER_00 (01:05):
mr beast is just has a humongous product i'll be
honest with you i was a littlenervous
SPEAKER_01 (01:08):
not even a scratch welcome to the basic show Hi,
Ferris.
Hello.
Welcome to The Basic Show.
(01:29):
So my first question is that youare such an inspirational figure
in the car world.
You built a boutique brand thatblends luxury design with
military-grade defense.
So what was the moment or yourmindset that first sparked the
idea of building the vehiclesthat look like ready for the
(01:50):
apocalypse, but also inside theyfeel like a private jet?
SPEAKER_00 (01:54):
Yeah.
You know, I think it goes backto my childhood.
I grew up, my dad was a fighterpilot.
So I grew up on the Air ForceBase in Lackland, Texas.
And just seeing the power ofsome of these aircraft and
military vehicles, I was alwaysawed by them.
They had this very strong,powerful energy to them.
And they also had some design toit as well.
(02:15):
Aircraft have some design to it.
So that really sparked myinterest.
And ever since then, you know,when I was even in class, I
would be looking at militaryvehicles and airplane books and
things like that.
And as I got older, I fused thetwo, design and military,
inspired by that.
(02:37):
And I think it creates...
You know, an emotion that's verypowerful.
I think they're very powerfulthings.
And, you know, I feel that carsare the closest thing that a
mechanical thing can be to anorganism, to a living organism.
SPEAKER_01 (02:54):
Well, I never thought that way.
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (02:56):
So we connect to cars, you know, and I really
connected to them.
So that's how I really, youknow, from my childhood is where
it really, really started.
SPEAKER_01 (03:04):
Do you remember your first time behind the wheel?
What was that and what did youfeel the first time you ever
found yourself behind the wheel?
SPEAKER_00 (03:11):
I learned how to drive on an old Datsun, manual
transmission Datsun.
SPEAKER_01 (03:15):
On the manual?
SPEAKER_00 (03:16):
How old were you?
So I was 15 and a half.
SPEAKER_01 (03:19):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (03:19):
And yeah, so learning manual and learning how
to drive on a 1979 Datsun, thatwas my very first car to learn.
And so, yeah, I still rememberthat moment.
Did you
SPEAKER_01 (03:30):
crash it?
No?
SPEAKER_00 (03:31):
No, I didn't crash it.
But it was, yeah, it was a senseof freedom.
you know, you get and you can,you know, go faster than, you
know, you normally can.
SPEAKER_01 (03:41):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (03:42):
So, uh, yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (03:43):
So what was your experience?
I cannot imagine leaving on the,you know, in the military
environment.
I mean, do, Women wear heelsthere on the military base?
Tell me, walk me through thatday when you lived.
SPEAKER_00 (03:54):
Well, when we were growing up, the families on the
base were very close together.
The kids always played togetherand the families interacted
together.
But yeah, that was during the70s.
SPEAKER_01 (04:08):
Which state was it?
SPEAKER_00 (04:09):
It was in Texas.
In Texas.
SPEAKER_01 (04:11):
And how old were you when you moved to California?
SPEAKER_00 (04:13):
Well, I was nine when we first moved to
California.
But I was around four, five, andsix on the base.
So
SPEAKER_01 (04:23):
your company has been featured on Jay Leno and
Mr.
Beast and even mentioned on JoeRogan, which was a massive
visibility for what started as aboutique company.
Take us back to the beginning.
How did you start?
What kind of investment did youhave to start a car company?
UNKNOWN (04:41):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (04:41):
Well, you know, the automotive industry is second
most expensive after aerospace.
So it is a very expensiveindustry to, you know, to get
into.
And so, you know, we started,you know, sort of by developing
a really beautiful design andthe market really, you know,
loved it.
And I remember we got an orderfor one and it was really just a
(05:06):
render at the time.
We hadn't built it.
So I'm like, gosh, now we got tobuild it.
Was it The Beast?
It was The Beast, yeah, it wasThe Beast.
And so I just basically learnedhow cars are made and how to
make cars and hired the rightpeople.
So did
SPEAKER_01 (05:23):
you have first like a proof of concept, right?
SPEAKER_00 (05:26):
Yes, yes, we did have a proof of concept.
And also, I look at myself askind of like a conductor in an
orchestra.
I don't play any musicalinstruments, but I know what
sounds good.
and you have each individualinstrument play and you know
what it sounds like.
So that's kind of howentrepreneurial I think are,
entrepreneurs are.
(05:47):
We don't ever get into theminutia of everything, but we
know what overall, what soundsgood and we kind of get all the
resources.
And so I kind of look at myselfas that and that's really what I
did.
You just have this kind ofinstinct for whatever area
you're interested in as anentrepreneur.
And yeah.
And you're able to bring thosethings in.
SPEAKER_01 (06:08):
Right.
Well, you had a vision, right?
Because you can find people havecertain skills in very narrow
niches on something veryspecific, but you had that grand
vision.
You probably knew what youwanted to do, but you might not
didn't know how, right?
SPEAKER_00 (06:22):
Exactly.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And you know, when you have thatdrive, you figure out how, you
know, you figure out how to doit.
And, you know, if you make amistake or you fail at something
at any time, then you justfigure out, you know, one more
way you can't, it doesn't work.
Right.
So you
SPEAKER_01 (06:36):
just- Sometimes when you have too much information,
you kind of get scared and yousay, oh my God, this is too much
to do.
I will never be able to do it.
But when you just have thatobsessive idea, you don't even
care how and you don't thinkabout the funds or how you're
going to accomplish it.
You're just going to go for it,
SPEAKER_00 (06:54):
right?
Yeah, that old term, wherethere's a will, there's a way.
And it really is true.
Where there's a will, there isdefinitely a way and you can
find a way to do it.
So anyway, that was kind of howI started and It was definitely
a lot of failures, and you getback up, you learn.
And that's kind of exciting,too, when you're learning
something new as you're doingit.
(07:16):
And you don't get bored.
Some of my previous engagementsor jobs that I had, I would get
bored after a while.
So
SPEAKER_01 (07:25):
what did you do before, Rizwan, if you might
share?
SPEAKER_00 (07:27):
Yeah, so before I was actually in software.
SPEAKER_01 (07:29):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (07:30):
Yeah, and I got bored.
Very exciting job.
Yeah, very exciting.
So I got bored out of that, andthis was way more exciting than
that.
SPEAKER_01 (07:37):
So one day you're just like, okay, I want to build
a car.
I'm just going to go againstthis billion-dollar company.
So I have so much funding, hugeteams, and I'm just going to
build this company.
Because what you've done, it'sreally incredible.
I don't think you realizeyourself how incredible of a
work you've done, especially insuch a short time.
SPEAKER_00 (07:55):
Yeah, it was for me, you know, I wanted to design
cool-looking cars that come outof a video game, your
imagination, that inspireemotion.
And I was always like, why arethey so expensive?
I wish they were moreattainable.
And so that was one of my goalsto go into it, is to make it
more attainable.
And there's a reason why theycost that much.
(08:20):
It's the price of that type ofthing, because there is so much
that goes into it.
Yeah.
But that was the reason I reallystarted it and was driven to
that
SPEAKER_01 (08:30):
thing.
So speaking of the specifics, alot of people ask, like, what is
the chassis?
What's the engine?
Can you talk us, I mean, for thegeeks, you know, I mean, I don't
get any of that, but maybe foryour geek followers, can you
tell us a little bit what's onthe inside of your cars?
SPEAKER_00 (08:46):
Yeah, absolutely.
So we build on productionplatforms because it is so
expensive nowadays to, you know,go to develop a ground up.
Mm-hmm.
(09:13):
You know, when I had a picture,you know, a poster on my wall,
it was a cool looking car.
It was the design that capturedme.
You know, it was the designthat, that's why they, you know.
Do you remember
SPEAKER_01 (09:23):
what was it?
Which poster was it?
SPEAKER_00 (09:24):
Well, I had some Porsches and Lamborghini.
Of course, Lamborghinis arealways, you know, extravagant
and so forth.
And so.
So the design was really what Iwanted to focus on because
that's, in my opinion, what madeit different.
Everything else you can dopretty easily.
So we based it on a productionchassis.
So Tank is based on the JeepWrangler platform, Vengeance on
the new Escalade platform.
(09:46):
And then, of course, we upgradethe engines, the drivetrain.
We supercharge, turbocharge, putnew engines in them.
you know, to create, you know,the sound and the fury and the
design to the eyes andeverything else.
And we have several new modelscoming out, and those are also
based on, you know, talkingabout the top of the line, best
of breed, proven platforms, youknow, that are...
(10:10):
you know, that are engineeredproperly and proven.
SPEAKER_01 (10:12):
Well, you definitely achieve your goal because this
is the most striking car I'veever seen.
And I one time accidentally sawit in Beverly Hills and I just
looked at the people like, whatis this car?
It's just driving the somethingfrom out of the like sci-fi
movie.
You just look at this car andsee it on the road.
Like, I can't believe this isactually a real vehicle created,
you know, like what, eight yearsago, eight, 10 years ago.
(10:34):
It's incredible.
SPEAKER_00 (10:35):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And really the challenge isreally to be, You know, a car
should look like a car and itshould look like it belongs on
the road.
So the challenge is really topush the design envelope as much
as we can, but still make itlook like it belongs.
You know, there are some carsout there.
There's one particular car outthere that just doesn't look
like it belongs on the road.
It just looks very odd, youknow, but that's the key.
(10:57):
So that's a key is to make it...
So it belongs on the road, butit's different and extreme and
exclusive and unique.
SPEAKER_01 (11:04):
So again, like we discussed, you cars blend art,
engineering, and defense tech.
So can you tell us a little bitmore about the team who's behind
building these amazing beasts?
SPEAKER_00 (11:19):
Absolutely.
A lot of the team are, you know,obviously they're enthusiasts of
cars.
They love cars.
And they love being involved insomething new and different.
That's more exciting.
You know, a lot of cardesigners, they're siloed and
they live a very lonelyexistence because, you know, in
big car companies, you know, onedesigner just does a headlight.
(11:41):
Another one does the taillight.
Another one does, you know, theside, you know, and they all do
one piece.
And then the overall designdirector kind of looks at it as
a whole.
So, yeah.
their dream is to design theirown car.
So, you know, they love workingwith us because we can really
bring their, you know, vision tolife.
It really makes them alive ascreators and as artists to be
(12:03):
able to do that.
So that's been exciting to getthem involved.
And then on the engineeringside, of course, there are
plenty of best of breed, youknow, performance tuning and
suspension tuning, all kinds ofstuff like that as well.
And then, you know, hand built,you know, our cars are hand
built.
SPEAKER_01 (12:24):
Oh,
SPEAKER_00 (12:24):
wow.
Which is a really old dying art,you know, and nobody builds, you
know, cars by hand.
What do you mean
SPEAKER_01 (12:29):
hand?
You have like little dwarfs,little tools carving them up.
SPEAKER_00 (12:35):
Yeah, they're kind of, you know, because it's so
low volume, you know, in orderto, Maintain the
SPEAKER_01 (12:42):
quality.
SPEAKER_00 (12:43):
Yeah, it may include quality, exclusivity, and so
forth.
So they're all hand-built,hand-assembled, the interiors,
the exteriors, and so forth.
Do
SPEAKER_01 (12:52):
you do like a secret signature on each of the models
and like put little stamp likeof approval somewhere?
No?
SPEAKER_00 (13:00):
We have done that in the past.
Yeah, that is a great idea.
I mean, a few clients have askedfor that.
I think
SPEAKER_01 (13:07):
you should.
Like a secret one, you know,like in some unexpected place.
Nobody knows.
Just have like a little nicestamp.
SPEAKER_00 (13:14):
Like underneath the car somewhere.
SPEAKER_01 (13:16):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (13:17):
All right, you got it.
SPEAKER_01 (13:18):
Right?
Hey, you know, you're welcome.
And your cars...
It looks so massive andmasculine.
But they also look so sexy tome.
Do you have any female owners orwomen who actually are the
owners of Rizvani cars?
SPEAKER_00 (13:32):
Absolutely.
We have several female owners,actually.
We have a Vengeance owner whereshe drives her car, a heavily
armored one, too.
She drives it daily with herkids in it.
That must be the
SPEAKER_01 (13:45):
coolest childhood.
I mean, you're a kid in the backof the car from a sci-fi movie.
SPEAKER_00 (13:50):
To be picked up in school.
To be picked
SPEAKER_01 (13:52):
up in school.
Oh, my God.
SPEAKER_00 (13:53):
And then, yeah, we have another female owner in San
Diego, and she's really cool,very artistic, and she loves
design.
So yeah, we have several femaleowners, actually.
SPEAKER_01 (14:03):
Wow, that's incredible.
I aspire that I could be one ofthem in the near future.
I would definitely own theVengeance.
And speaking of that car, I'mactually going to read it out,
because when I saw the tour ofRizvani Vengeance on Instagram,
it blew my mind.
This is what it had.
So we're talking about...
Carbon fiber armor, bulletproofglass, explosive underbody
(14:28):
protection, run-flat tires,night vision, a smoke screen
system, pepper spray dispensers,I mean, and even electrified
door handles.
So it feels like it's from somekind of intense futuristic
movie.
How do you even begin designingsomething like that?
Do you imagine a scenario anddesign first or you start with
(14:50):
the tech first?
SPEAKER_00 (14:52):
So the inspiration came from Knight Rider.
As a kid, I used to watch KnightRider and, of course, James
Bond.
But Knight Rider was really coolwith David Hasselhoff.
And so a lot of that inspirationcame from those features.
So we would sit there and thinkabout what other feature can we
use, can we put in.
And there's a few features thatwe did put in the beginning that
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we had to remove because theywere just a little too much.
SPEAKER_01 (15:17):
I have some suggestions.
I think they should be like adispenser, like for nail polish,
you know, or like a specialcompartment for your lipstick.
Why
SPEAKER_00 (15:26):
don't cars have that, right?
SPEAKER_01 (15:28):
So let's say if I want that, can you customize
anything for your clients?
How crazy somebody can go?
We can.
SPEAKER_00 (15:35):
Absolutely, we can.
That's a great idea.
Let's put that together to seewhat
SPEAKER_01 (15:39):
options we can put in.
I'm definitely going to startmaking some wish lists on that.
Okay, my mind already is
SPEAKER_00 (15:43):
like...
The car industry is toomale-oriented, right?
Male-oriented, right, right.
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (15:47):
Sometimes I thought they're not even designed to
wear heels when you drive.
Like my foot sometimes doesn'teven reach the pedal.
SPEAKER_00 (15:56):
Okay.
There you go.
I think we found a newopportunity.
SPEAKER_01 (15:58):
There you go.
Absolutely.
And so you got so muchattention, especially from the
celebrity world.
I mean, you got some major nameslike Chris Brown and Jamie Foxx
and The Weeknd driving Razvanicars.
How did the celebrity fan basecome around?
And do they use these vehicleslike...
as everyday rides or it's morefor collector items for them?
SPEAKER_00 (16:22):
You know, a lot of, a lot of them are artists
themselves.
They're creators.
They like unique things and theyalso appreciate unique things.
And so, uh, yeah, that's howthey found us.
And, you know, we have customerslike Cristiano Ronaldo, um, you
know, Damon John from the sharktank, um, you know, a lot of
entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, aswell as creators.
(16:43):
Um, so they, they, They have aneye for it.
They have an eye for uniquethings.
And, you know, when they see it,they fall in love with it.
It's something different.
SPEAKER_01 (16:54):
Was it something about, I saw a picture of, I
forgot the name of thecelebrity, had the truck
designed or covered in gold?
Like a golden
SPEAKER_00 (17:03):
tree?
Yeah, we've had clients.
SPEAKER_01 (17:05):
Yeah?
I was just like, wow, this isincredible.
How can you?
I mean, that's definitely anattention-seeking person.
I mean, let me just drive thisvery unique, exotic car and also
cover it in gold.
How much more can you imagine,yeah?
SPEAKER_00 (17:18):
Yeah.
Yeah.
There are those.
Yeah.
We've had a few clients likethat as well.
SPEAKER_01 (17:21):
So you don't say no to anybody, to any wild desire.
You can make it real like amagician, huh?
SPEAKER_00 (17:28):
We try to steer them away from sometimes from some
really bad choices anddecisions, but, but generally
speaking, you know, if it fits,you know, if it, If we're okay
with our name on the back ofthat car.
That's what I wanted to ask.
SPEAKER_01 (17:41):
Would you still care, right?
Because it's still your name onit.
So if the customer wantssomething outrageous, would you
say no?
SPEAKER_00 (17:47):
Yeah.
I like
SPEAKER_01 (17:49):
that.
Keeping your boundaries, keepingit to the brand.
SPEAKER_00 (17:53):
Tasteless riches sometimes.
SPEAKER_01 (17:55):
Exactly.
So since we talked about theRizvani's car that built to
order, which make them ultrarare, right?
Yeah.
And they're completelycustomizable.
How much does one of thesetactical luxury beasts actually
cost?
And what kind of customizationoptions do you offer?
Or what customization optionscome as a base and what features
(18:17):
you could potentially add?
SPEAKER_00 (18:19):
Yeah, so we have...
So there's really two basicmodels.
There's the non-armored versionand there's the armored version.
The armored version is the onethat gets all the bells and
whistles.
So pepper spray dispenser,electrified door handles,
magnetic deadbolts, smokescreen, EMP protection, strobe
(18:41):
light sirens.
There's a lot.
We even used to have tacks, droptacks.
The what?
The giant nails.
It would dispense it from behindthe car.
SPEAKER_01 (18:51):
Oh my
SPEAKER_00 (18:52):
God.
No way.
But, but we only offered it fora couple of clients and we, and
then we didn't care.
It was just too,
SPEAKER_01 (18:58):
too
SPEAKER_00 (18:58):
intense.
And then the interior is wherethe clients love their freedom.
You know, that's where theyreally start getting attached to
the car and, you know, they comein, they select their patterns
and their, their, theirstitching colors and their
leather colors.
And we have, we, We've donepurple, you know, violet
interiors.
We've done all white, everythingin headliner and everything is
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white, carpet white, everythingwe've done.
You know, so they really love todo that.
And I think that's something weoffer because they can't get
that through to the bigger OEMs,something very unique, exclusive
and personal to them.
So that's where it really was.
And then there's other featuresthat, you know, things like, You
know, certain compartments thatthey need, like a rifle
(19:43):
compartment or safes, you know,a bulletproof sunroof.
You can have
SPEAKER_01 (19:49):
a safe
SPEAKER_00 (19:50):
inside
SPEAKER_01 (19:51):
of the car?
Where would you put it?
SPEAKER_00 (19:52):
You can put your jewelry in it or you can put a
gun.
No, no, where
SPEAKER_01 (19:55):
would you put the safe?
SPEAKER_00 (19:55):
Oh, the safe?
Yeah.
It's in the center console.
SPEAKER_01 (19:57):
In the center.
SPEAKER_00 (19:58):
In the center console, you can kind of lift up
and, you know, put whatever youwant in there.
Also, for a larger one, there'sone in the back in the trunk
area.
So they could put variousdifferent things inside.
And really, we've had all kindsof requests and customizations
that we do.
SPEAKER_01 (20:16):
Yeah, I've seen some of the videos because people ask
me, are these cars reallybulletproof?
And I've seen one of the videos,the test videos you've done.
It's like not even a scratch.
I'm like, wow.
SPEAKER_00 (20:26):
Yeah, absolutely.
Mr.
Beast actually.
SPEAKER_01 (20:28):
Mr.
Beast, right?
That was
SPEAKER_00 (20:29):
his video, right?
Yeah, he blew up a bombunderneath it.
And when he called us, you know,we're like, okay, we've never
really tested that in that waybefore.
So was it real?
Yeah, absolutely.
It was 100% real.
So it
SPEAKER_01 (20:40):
wasn't like special
SPEAKER_00 (20:40):
effects or anything like that?
And that video, I think, haslike 450 million views online.
Oh, my goodness.
So, yeah, he blew up one car.
It blew up.
Yeah, sure.
Let's just blow up the
SPEAKER_01 (20:52):
car.
SPEAKER_00 (20:53):
I'll be honest with you.
I was a little nervous.
Yeah, I bet.
Back there standing, you know,there were fire trucks
everywhere kind of waiting forthis to happen.
And, you know, I was verynervous.
I'm like, you know, this is…Wait, were
SPEAKER_01 (21:03):
you there?
Yeah, I was there.
You were there?
Yeah.
How far were you from the car?
SPEAKER_00 (21:08):
Oh, man.
We were probably, I don't know,maybe… I don't know, about 700,
800 feet away.
SPEAKER_01 (21:14):
Where was it?
I mean, what can you even dothis kind of experiment?
SPEAKER_00 (21:16):
It was in the desert in the L.A.
area.
Okay, okay, so it was here.
Yeah, and I mean, it's a hugeproduction.
I mean, you know, Mr.
Beast just has a humongousproduction.
It was like a movie set, youknow, the amount of people there
and resources there.
So I was, it blew my mindbecause, you know, when I see,
you know, YouTube videos andthings like that, it just seems
(21:38):
like, you know, just somebodywith an iPhone, just one or two
people shooting.
But, you know, there were likeprobably about three, 400
people, 500 people with, youknow, luxury bathrooms and
trailers.
So it was really cool.
And yeah.
Yeah.
So that was,
SPEAKER_01 (21:53):
I can imagine like you were nervous, but probably
you felt so proud imagining likeyou've built something so
amazing that it's not just aregular car.
It's something that really, youknow, amazes people.
It's like, I would say it's awork of art mixed with, you
know, next level technology.
SPEAKER_00 (22:09):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Yeah, it is.
We want to try to push all theenvelope.
SPEAKER_01 (22:14):
So imagine a scenario.
If Elon Musk one day called youand asked you to design the
first armored vehicle for Marsmission, What would it look
like?
And what absolutely ridiculousfeature would you sneak in just
for fun?
SPEAKER_00 (22:30):
Oh, gosh.
Definitely big wheels and tires,you know, off-road looking.
And let's see, a fun feature init.
Oh, man.
SPEAKER_01 (22:42):
Something high for the aliens.
SPEAKER_00 (22:46):
Yeah, exactly.
Maybe an alien, actually.
Yeah.
sitting next to you.
Right.
That would be
SPEAKER_01 (22:51):
fun.
That would be nice.
I'll definitely go into thatmission.
SPEAKER_00 (22:54):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (22:55):
Because I would totally feel safe.
SPEAKER_00 (22:57):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (22:57):
If you get in that vehicle, I mean, man, you can
just go into the end of theworld, right?
So you're building cars thatcould survive the apocalypse,
right?
So let's say society collapsestomorrow.
What three things would be inyour Resvan Avengers when you
drive off into the wasteland?
Like the first three things itwould take with you.
SPEAKER_00 (23:19):
I would definitely take some water, of course, some
solar panels to be able to powerwhatever you want to power, and
then take some funny videos thatyou can watch to get your mind
(23:41):
off things, I guess.
SPEAKER_01 (23:42):
I like that.
Yeah.
So if you like go down, go downlaughing.
SPEAKER_00 (23:45):
Yeah, go down laughing.
That's the
SPEAKER_01 (23:46):
way.
I love that.
SPEAKER_00 (23:47):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (23:48):
Okay.
And something personal, give usa little bit of the background
of Ferris behind your legacy,behind your work.
So when you're not buildingArmored Beast, what is your
ideal off-grid day look like?
SPEAKER_00 (24:05):
Let's see.
So You know, I'm obviously aworkaholic.
I'm always working.
And when I, you know, turn offbeast mode is what I call it.
I love getting in a convertibleand just going for a nice drive,
you know, hearing the exhaustsound, the wind, the smells in
the air that you can smell in aconvertible.
You know, you're in tune withthe machine and the road and
(24:27):
everything around you.
So that really puts me at peaceand really, it's really...
Nice.
I'm also a big foodie.
I love trying new foods andthings like that.
A
SPEAKER_01 (24:37):
question about the perspective of some, you
mentioned some challenges youwent through, right?
So did it ever cross your mindthat you want to give up Rizvani
and do something else?
Was it a time in your life whenyou felt it's so tough, it's
unrealistic, some challengesthat you couldn't go through?
And if you did, what helped youto kind of go through that
(25:00):
moment?
SPEAKER_00 (25:01):
Yes, absolutely.
There were definitely times thatthings get very tough and rough
and you're like, I could havegone into something a lot
simpler and cheaper and there'sprobably better ideas.
Why did I choose the mostdifficult industry to deal with
as a product for consumers?
(25:21):
It's one of the most difficult.
Why can't I just sell somethingoff Amazon?
SPEAKER_01 (25:25):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_00 (25:27):
But what got me back in is just, you know, how far
we've come and how difficultit's been and the future.
And also I think about all the,some of the people that, you
know, some of the people we'veinspired, the fans, you know,
(25:48):
and so forth that feel that, youknow, they can do some, you
know, they can do this.
So those inspirations kind ofmake me feel, you know,
inspired.
Right, right.
SPEAKER_01 (26:17):
that idea you really need to dream that concept 24 7
like you're saying you'reworkaholic right you really
devoted your life to thisproject to to this dream of
yours and you made it happenwhat do you think is the advice
or maybe what actually you thinkmotivated you to be so resilient
in such a difficult industry andjust keep going keep pushing i
SPEAKER_00 (26:39):
think
SPEAKER_01 (26:40):
the
SPEAKER_00 (26:40):
loving what I do.
Definitely.
I think, you know, a lot ofyoung, younger people always,
you know, ask me what, you know,how do you, you know, how do you
start, what am I going into andthings like that.
And I always, you know, I reallythink that if you love, love
anything, if you love a subjector love what you do and you have
some talent for it, the moneywill follow.
(27:02):
You'll be, will be successful.
You know, if you're the bestplumber, you're going to grow an
empire.
If you're the, you know,whatever it is that you are the
best of art, fashion, you know,uh, I mean, you're like
yourself, you know, um, youknow, I mean, I always admire
how, you know, when everyone'sgetting out of print, you know,
you're going into print and thenyou make, you know, the best
(27:23):
quality magazine, the coolest,best fashion, you know, you do
it right.
You do it, um, You do it right,you love it, you live it.
And
SPEAKER_01 (27:32):
it's so challenging.
And I feel like my industry issimilar to yours.
It's very difficult because itinvolves so many different
processors and layers fromcreative part to production to
marketing to really finding,fine-tuning and following the
trends to creating the trends.
And same in your business.
I don't know much about the carindustry, but I haven't seen any
(27:54):
celebrities who are like, oh,I'm just going to start my own
name car brand, right?
They start with tequila, right?
Or like with nail polish or abeauty product.
But I haven't seen any celebritywho could do what you do.
Even they might have access tounlimited funds.
So that means what you do, evenif you do have the funds, you
really have to have the tenacityand passion and dedication to
(28:15):
your job, to your craft, toreally make it happen, what you
do.
And I know you're so humble.
You're such a humble person.
You probably don't even realizethe amazing, amazing things
you've done with your brandThat's really, really
incredible.
And speaking of something offthe beat, can you define to me
what masculinity means to youand if it has changed through
(28:39):
the times for you?
SPEAKER_00 (28:42):
Yeah, I think for me, you know, obviously...
masculinity was watching theincredible Hulk, you know, as a
kid, that was when I was achild, that was, you know,
muscle.
Yeah.
And then, you know, growing upthrough as a teenager, you know,
bodybuilding and doing that, Iwas kind of masculine, not
showing emotion, things likethat.
And of course, as I've gottenolder, um, you know, masculinity
(29:06):
is become, I guess for me is,um, directing that, that, that
aggressive energy not to being,um, dominant or not to acting a
certain way or this way, or, youknow, building yourself up, but
really directing that tosomething that you can build,
whether it's building a businessor whether it's, you know,
(29:29):
creating something or being thebest at your job or, you know,
really directing that energy tothat.
I see a lot of like YouTubetrying to define masculinity,
you know, and they're all about,yeah, you gotta, you know, you
gotta treat women bad and yougotta, you know, you know, treat
other people bad and you got tobe dominant to other people.
And that is not masculinity.
Masculinity is directing themasculine energy into something
(29:52):
that is civilized in today'sworld, but also that creating
something, right?
Creating a business or makingsomething.
And that to me is truemasculinity.
SPEAKER_01 (30:01):
So if you had to design any iconic movie car,
like a Batmobile or DeLorean orMad Max Interceptor, which one
would you give the Rizvanitreatment to and why?
SPEAKER_00 (30:13):
Well, two of my favorite cars are the Batmobiles
and, of course, Knight Riderbecause of the look of the
company.
But the Batmobiles, they're somuch cooler.
So we actually have a new modelthat we just released.
It's called the Dark Knight.
Oh, wow.
And it is essentially based onthat theme and that comes from
that world.
Then it has all the gadgetsand...
(30:34):
And the armory.
SPEAKER_01 (30:34):
Yeah, what kind of gadgets do they have?
SPEAKER_00 (30:36):
It has all the same kind of gadgets that we offer.
You know, okay, a pookie underother cars.
SPEAKER_01 (30:41):
And design looks a little bit different.
Is it Batman ears?
SPEAKER_00 (30:45):
Not quite that way.
It's a little more, you know,elegant in their way.
But it is called the Dark Knightand is inspired sort of with
that theme in mind.
SPEAKER_01 (30:56):
So it's called Rizvani Dark Knight.
Okay, I gotta look out for thatone.
And...
So your cars already feel likesomething James Bond or Tony
Stark would drive.
Which superhero or actioncharacter do you think would
actually buy one in real life?
SPEAKER_00 (31:13):
Oh, geez.
I would say it's definitely IronMan because, you know, Iron Man
is just a normal guy, but hewears this armor suit and
becomes somebody else, right?
And so I think, you know, Ithink when we drive a car, we
are somehow wearing an Iron Mansuit.
You know, we're wearingsomething that is, you know,
Expression of ourselves.
Expression of ourselves, butalso gives us superhuman powers,
(31:36):
right?
You can go fast.
We can get places.
We can turn quiet.
It gives us a certain emotion.
So I think, you know, I alwaysfeel like it's an Iron Man suit
because of the powers that itgives you.
SPEAKER_01 (31:48):
And speaking about the future, would you ever...
or did it ever cross your mindto collaborate with any of the
fashion designer, rapper, orgaming company to build a
limited edition Brismani?
And, or, at or, who is yourdream, Kalha?
SPEAKER_00 (32:04):
So, yeah, I mean, all of those, you know, you
know, video games, I'm a bit,you know, I love Star Wars and
those types of things.
I'd love to do a collab withBattlefront or those video games
like that.
We are on several, our cars areon several of these, um, you
know, asphalt and, and Forza andsome of the other car games, but
(32:25):
I really, you know, love to dothat.
So I've done these white carsthat are kind of, uh, similar to
like storm trooper or somethinglike that.
Um, and, uh, fashion brands.
Yeah.
I have a lot of respect forfashion brands and, and, uh, how
they're constantly reinventingnew things, you know, um, uh,
(32:45):
and, uh, You know, on thejewelry side, I really admire
Roberto Coyne.
He's one of my favorite jewelrydesigners.
And on some of the mainstreamfashion brands, probably
Bulgaria, I like their designs.
SPEAKER_01 (33:00):
If you go back and give your 20-year-old one piece
of advice, not about business,but about life, what would it
be?
Oh,
SPEAKER_00 (33:10):
geez.
SPEAKER_01 (33:11):
Yeah.
Hey, little fairies, just wantyou to know,
SPEAKER_00 (33:16):
I would say to look deep in yourself and follow what
you really want, not what otherpeople say or influence you to
do or think you should do.
Do what your gut feeling tellsyou, your intuition.
Your intuition is always right.
It's so right.
(33:36):
I think a lot of times yourintuition in mind just kind of
confuses you by thinking toomuch.
So I think just listening toyour intuition, following your
intuition, And, yeah, from thestart.
Because I probably would havestarted the car company way, way
earlier if I would have listenedto my future self.
(33:59):
But then that kind of dawnedinto software and some of the
other things that, you know, atthe time was there.
SPEAKER_01 (34:04):
Well, I wish you the best.
I want you to know how really,really proud of what you
achieved.
And I'm really happy you came toThe Basic Show and share your
story.
And I cannot wait what the worldholds for responding like years
from now.
Thank you.
All the best of luck.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I look at myself as kind of like a conductor in an
orchestra.
SPEAKER_01 (00:02):
This is the most striking car I've ever seen.
SPEAKER_00 (00:05):
Pepper spray dispenser, electrified door
handles, magnetic deadbolts.
SPEAKER_01 (00:10):
Dispenser like for nail polish.
Major names like Chris Brown andJamie Foxx and The Weeknd.
SPEAKER_00 (00:15):
Customers like Cristiano Ronaldo, you know,
Daymond John from Shark Tank.
SPEAKER_01 (00:20):
Wild desire.
Oh, I'm just going to start myown name car brand.
SPEAKER_00 (00:24):
I wanted to design cool looking cars.
Approved by Ferris B's money.
Design and military.
Women wear heels that aremilitary-based.
Cars are the closest thing thata mechanical thing can be to an
organism, to a living organism.
SPEAKER_01 (00:38):
It's just driving something from out of the sci-fi
SPEAKER_00 (00:42):
movie.
Maybe an alien, actually,sitting next to you.
SPEAKER_01 (00:46):
Ready for the apocalypse.
SPEAKER_00 (00:47):
Where there's a will, there is definitely a way.
The money will follow.
SPEAKER_01 (00:51):
Just going to go against these billion-dollar
companies who have so muchfunding.
SPEAKER_00 (00:55):
The automotive industry is second most
expensive after aerospace.
and there's a reason why theycost that much
SPEAKER_01 (01:02):
it looks so sexy to me i would definitely own the
vengeance
SPEAKER_00 (01:05):
mr beast is just has a humongous product i'll be
honest with you i was a littlenervous
SPEAKER_01 (01:08):
not even a scratch welcome to the basic show Hi,
Ferris.
Hello.
Welcome to The Basic Show.
(01:29):
So my first question is that youare such an inspirational figure
in the car world.
You built a boutique brand thatblends luxury design with
military-grade defense.
So what was the moment or yourmindset that first sparked the
idea of building the vehiclesthat look like ready for the
(01:50):
apocalypse, but also inside theyfeel like a private jet?
SPEAKER_00 (01:54):
Yeah.
You know, I think it goes backto my childhood.
I grew up, my dad was a fighterpilot.
So I grew up on the Air ForceBase in Lackland, Texas.
And just seeing the power ofsome of these aircraft and
military vehicles, I was alwaysawed by them.
They had this very strong,powerful energy to them.
And they also had some design toit as well.
(02:15):
Aircraft have some design to it.
So that really sparked myinterest.
And ever since then, you know,when I was even in class, I
would be looking at militaryvehicles and airplane books and
things like that.
And as I got older, I fused thetwo, design and military,
inspired by that.
(02:37):
And I think it creates...
You know, an emotion that's verypowerful.
I think they're very powerfulthings.
And, you know, I feel that carsare the closest thing that a
mechanical thing can be to anorganism, to a living organism.
SPEAKER_01 (02:54):
Well, I never thought that way.
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (02:56):
So we connect to cars, you know, and I really
connected to them.
So that's how I really, youknow, from my childhood is where
it really, really started.
SPEAKER_01 (03:04):
Do you remember your first time behind the wheel?
What was that and what did youfeel the first time you ever
found yourself behind the wheel?
SPEAKER_00 (03:11):
I learned how to drive on an old Datsun, manual
transmission Datsun.
SPEAKER_01 (03:15):
On the manual?
SPEAKER_00 (03:16):
How old were you?
So I was 15 and a half.
SPEAKER_01 (03:19):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (03:19):
And yeah, so learning manual and learning how
to drive on a 1979 Datsun, thatwas my very first car to learn.
And so, yeah, I still rememberthat moment.
Did you
SPEAKER_01 (03:30):
crash it?
No?
SPEAKER_00 (03:31):
No, I didn't crash it.
But it was, yeah, it was a senseof freedom.
you know, you get and you can,you know, go faster than, you
know, you normally can.
SPEAKER_01 (03:41):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (03:42):
So, uh, yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (03:43):
So what was your experience?
I cannot imagine leaving on the,you know, in the military
environment.
I mean, do, Women wear heelsthere on the military base?
Tell me, walk me through thatday when you lived.
SPEAKER_00 (03:54):
Well, when we were growing up, the families on the
base were very close together.
The kids always played togetherand the families interacted
together.
But yeah, that was during the70s.
SPEAKER_01 (04:08):
Which state was it?
SPEAKER_00 (04:09):
It was in Texas.
In Texas.
SPEAKER_01 (04:11):
And how old were you when you moved to California?
SPEAKER_00 (04:13):
Well, I was nine when we first moved to
California.
But I was around four, five, andsix on the base.
So
SPEAKER_01 (04:23):
your company has been featured on Jay Leno and
Mr.
Beast and even mentioned on JoeRogan, which was a massive
visibility for what started as aboutique company.
Take us back to the beginning.
How did you start?
What kind of investment did youhave to start a car company?
UNKNOWN (04:41):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (04:41):
Well, you know, the automotive industry is second
most expensive after aerospace.
So it is a very expensiveindustry to, you know, to get
into.
And so, you know, we started,you know, sort of by developing
a really beautiful design andthe market really, you know,
loved it.
And I remember we got an orderfor one and it was really just a
(05:06):
render at the time.
We hadn't built it.
So I'm like, gosh, now we got tobuild it.
Was it The Beast?
It was The Beast, yeah, it wasThe Beast.
And so I just basically learnedhow cars are made and how to
make cars and hired the rightpeople.
So did
SPEAKER_01 (05:23):
you have first like a proof of concept, right?
SPEAKER_00 (05:26):
Yes, yes, we did have a proof of concept.
And also, I look at myself askind of like a conductor in an
orchestra.
I don't play any musicalinstruments, but I know what
sounds good.
and you have each individualinstrument play and you know
what it sounds like.
So that's kind of howentrepreneurial I think are,
entrepreneurs are.
(05:47):
We don't ever get into theminutia of everything, but we
know what overall, what soundsgood and we kind of get all the
resources.
And so I kind of look at myselfas that and that's really what I
did.
You just have this kind ofinstinct for whatever area
you're interested in as anentrepreneur.
And yeah.
And you're able to bring thosethings in.
SPEAKER_01 (06:08):
Right.
Well, you had a vision, right?
Because you can find people havecertain skills in very narrow
niches on something veryspecific, but you had that grand
vision.
You probably knew what youwanted to do, but you might not
didn't know how, right?
SPEAKER_00 (06:22):
Exactly.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And you know, when you have thatdrive, you figure out how, you
know, you figure out how to doit.
And, you know, if you make amistake or you fail at something
at any time, then you justfigure out, you know, one more
way you can't, it doesn't work.
Right.
So you
SPEAKER_01 (06:36):
just- Sometimes when you have too much information,
you kind of get scared and yousay, oh my God, this is too much
to do.
I will never be able to do it.
But when you just have thatobsessive idea, you don't even
care how and you don't thinkabout the funds or how you're
going to accomplish it.
You're just going to go for it,
SPEAKER_00 (06:54):
right?
Yeah, that old term, wherethere's a will, there's a way.
And it really is true.
Where there's a will, there isdefinitely a way and you can
find a way to do it.
So anyway, that was kind of howI started and It was definitely
a lot of failures, and you getback up, you learn.
And that's kind of exciting,too, when you're learning
something new as you're doingit.
(07:16):
And you don't get bored.
Some of my previous engagementsor jobs that I had, I would get
bored after a while.
So
SPEAKER_01 (07:25):
what did you do before, Rizwan, if you might
share?
SPEAKER_00 (07:27):
Yeah, so before I was actually in software.
SPEAKER_01 (07:29):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (07:30):
Yeah, and I got bored.
Very exciting job.
Yeah, very exciting.
So I got bored out of that, andthis was way more exciting than
that.
SPEAKER_01 (07:37):
So one day you're just like, okay, I want to build
a car.
I'm just going to go againstthis billion-dollar company.
So I have so much funding, hugeteams, and I'm just going to
build this company.
Because what you've done, it'sreally incredible.
I don't think you realizeyourself how incredible of a
work you've done, especially insuch a short time.
SPEAKER_00 (07:55):
Yeah, it was for me, you know, I wanted to design
cool-looking cars that come outof a video game, your
imagination, that inspireemotion.
And I was always like, why arethey so expensive?
I wish they were moreattainable.
And so that was one of my goalsto go into it, is to make it
more attainable.
And there's a reason why theycost that much.
(08:20):
It's the price of that type ofthing, because there is so much
that goes into it.
Yeah.
But that was the reason I reallystarted it and was driven to
that
SPEAKER_01 (08:30):
thing.
So speaking of the specifics, alot of people ask, like, what is
the chassis?
What's the engine?
Can you talk us, I mean, for thegeeks, you know, I mean, I don't
get any of that, but maybe foryour geek followers, can you
tell us a little bit what's onthe inside of your cars?
SPEAKER_00 (08:46):
Yeah, absolutely.
So we build on productionplatforms because it is so
expensive nowadays to, you know,go to develop a ground up.
Mm-hmm.
(09:13):
You know, when I had a picture,you know, a poster on my wall,
it was a cool looking car.
It was the design that capturedme.
You know, it was the designthat, that's why they, you know.
Do you remember
SPEAKER_01 (09:23):
what was it?
Which poster was it?
SPEAKER_00 (09:24):
Well, I had some Porsches and Lamborghini.
Of course, Lamborghinis arealways, you know, extravagant
and so forth.
And so.
So the design was really what Iwanted to focus on because
that's, in my opinion, what madeit different.
Everything else you can dopretty easily.
So we based it on a productionchassis.
So Tank is based on the JeepWrangler platform, Vengeance on
the new Escalade platform.
(09:46):
And then, of course, we upgradethe engines, the drivetrain.
We supercharge, turbocharge, putnew engines in them.
you know, to create, you know,the sound and the fury and the
design to the eyes andeverything else.
And we have several new modelscoming out, and those are also
based on, you know, talkingabout the top of the line, best
of breed, proven platforms, youknow, that are...
(10:10):
you know, that are engineeredproperly and proven.
SPEAKER_01 (10:12):
Well, you definitely achieve your goal because this
is the most striking car I'veever seen.
And I one time accidentally sawit in Beverly Hills and I just
looked at the people like, whatis this car?
It's just driving the somethingfrom out of the like sci-fi
movie.
You just look at this car andsee it on the road.
Like, I can't believe this isactually a real vehicle created,
you know, like what, eight yearsago, eight, 10 years ago.
(10:34):
It's incredible.
SPEAKER_00 (10:35):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And really the challenge isreally to be, You know, a car
should look like a car and itshould look like it belongs on
the road.
So the challenge is really topush the design envelope as much
as we can, but still make itlook like it belongs.
You know, there are some carsout there.
There's one particular car outthere that just doesn't look
like it belongs on the road.
It just looks very odd, youknow, but that's the key.
(10:57):
So that's a key is to make it...
So it belongs on the road, butit's different and extreme and
exclusive and unique.
SPEAKER_01 (11:04):
So again, like we discussed, you cars blend art,
engineering, and defense tech.
So can you tell us a little bitmore about the team who's behind
building these amazing beasts?
SPEAKER_00 (11:19):
Absolutely.
A lot of the team are, you know,obviously they're enthusiasts of
cars.
They love cars.
And they love being involved insomething new and different.
That's more exciting.
You know, a lot of cardesigners, they're siloed and
they live a very lonelyexistence because, you know, in
big car companies, you know, onedesigner just does a headlight.
(11:41):
Another one does the taillight.
Another one does, you know, theside, you know, and they all do
one piece.
And then the overall designdirector kind of looks at it as
a whole.
So, yeah.
their dream is to design theirown car.
So, you know, they love workingwith us because we can really
bring their, you know, vision tolife.
It really makes them alive ascreators and as artists to be
(12:03):
able to do that.
So that's been exciting to getthem involved.
And then on the engineeringside, of course, there are
plenty of best of breed, youknow, performance tuning and
suspension tuning, all kinds ofstuff like that as well.
And then, you know, hand built,you know, our cars are hand
built.
SPEAKER_01 (12:24):
Oh,
SPEAKER_00 (12:24):
wow.
Which is a really old dying art,you know, and nobody builds, you
know, cars by hand.
What do you mean
SPEAKER_01 (12:29):
hand?
You have like little dwarfs,little tools carving them up.
SPEAKER_00 (12:35):
Yeah, they're kind of, you know, because it's so
low volume, you know, in orderto, Maintain the
SPEAKER_01 (12:42):
quality.
SPEAKER_00 (12:43):
Yeah, it may include quality, exclusivity, and so
forth.
So they're all hand-built,hand-assembled, the interiors,
the exteriors, and so forth.
Do
SPEAKER_01 (12:52):
you do like a secret signature on each of the models
and like put little stamp likeof approval somewhere?
No?
SPEAKER_00 (13:00):
We have done that in the past.
Yeah, that is a great idea.
I mean, a few clients have askedfor that.
I think
SPEAKER_01 (13:07):
you should.
Like a secret one, you know,like in some unexpected place.
Nobody knows.
Just have like a little nicestamp.
SPEAKER_00 (13:14):
Like underneath the car somewhere.
SPEAKER_01 (13:16):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (13:17):
All right, you got it.
SPEAKER_01 (13:18):
Right?
Hey, you know, you're welcome.
And your cars...
It looks so massive andmasculine.
But they also look so sexy tome.
Do you have any female owners orwomen who actually are the
owners of Rizvani cars?
SPEAKER_00 (13:32):
Absolutely.
We have several female owners,actually.
We have a Vengeance owner whereshe drives her car, a heavily
armored one, too.
She drives it daily with herkids in it.
That must be the
SPEAKER_01 (13:45):
coolest childhood.
I mean, you're a kid in the backof the car from a sci-fi movie.
SPEAKER_00 (13:50):
To be picked up in school.
To be picked
SPEAKER_01 (13:52):
up in school.
Oh, my God.
SPEAKER_00 (13:53):
And then, yeah, we have another female owner in San
Diego, and she's really cool,very artistic, and she loves
design.
So yeah, we have several femaleowners, actually.
SPEAKER_01 (14:03):
Wow, that's incredible.
I aspire that I could be one ofthem in the near future.
I would definitely own theVengeance.
And speaking of that car, I'mactually going to read it out,
because when I saw the tour ofRizvani Vengeance on Instagram,
it blew my mind.
This is what it had.
So we're talking about...
Carbon fiber armor, bulletproofglass, explosive underbody
(14:28):
protection, run-flat tires,night vision, a smoke screen
system, pepper spray dispensers,I mean, and even electrified
door handles.
So it feels like it's from somekind of intense futuristic
movie.
How do you even begin designingsomething like that?
Do you imagine a scenario anddesign first or you start with
(14:50):
the tech first?
SPEAKER_00 (14:52):
So the inspiration came from Knight Rider.
As a kid, I used to watch KnightRider and, of course, James
Bond.
But Knight Rider was really coolwith David Hasselhoff.
And so a lot of that inspirationcame from those features.
So we would sit there and thinkabout what other feature can we
use, can we put in.
And there's a few features thatwe did put in the beginning that
(15:13):
we had to remove because theywere just a little too much.
SPEAKER_01 (15:17):
I have some suggestions.
I think they should be like adispenser, like for nail polish,
you know, or like a specialcompartment for your lipstick.
Why
SPEAKER_00 (15:26):
don't cars have that, right?
SPEAKER_01 (15:28):
So let's say if I want that, can you customize
anything for your clients?
How crazy somebody can go?
We can.
SPEAKER_00 (15:35):
Absolutely, we can.
That's a great idea.
Let's put that together to seewhat
SPEAKER_01 (15:39):
options we can put in.
I'm definitely going to startmaking some wish lists on that.
Okay, my mind already is
SPEAKER_00 (15:43):
like...
The car industry is toomale-oriented, right?
Male-oriented, right, right.
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (15:47):
Sometimes I thought they're not even designed to
wear heels when you drive.
Like my foot sometimes doesn'teven reach the pedal.
SPEAKER_00 (15:56):
Okay.
There you go.
I think we found a newopportunity.
SPEAKER_01 (15:58):
There you go.
Absolutely.
And so you got so muchattention, especially from the
celebrity world.
I mean, you got some major nameslike Chris Brown and Jamie Foxx
and The Weeknd driving Razvanicars.
How did the celebrity fan basecome around?
And do they use these vehicleslike...
as everyday rides or it's morefor collector items for them?
SPEAKER_00 (16:22):
You know, a lot of, a lot of them are artists
themselves.
They're creators.
They like unique things and theyalso appreciate unique things.
And so, uh, yeah, that's howthey found us.
And, you know, we have customerslike Cristiano Ronaldo, um, you
know, Damon John from the sharktank, um, you know, a lot of
entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, aswell as creators.
(16:43):
Um, so they, they, They have aneye for it.
They have an eye for uniquethings.
And, you know, when they see it,they fall in love with it.
It's something different.
SPEAKER_01 (16:54):
Was it something about, I saw a picture of, I
forgot the name of thecelebrity, had the truck
designed or covered in gold?
Like a golden
SPEAKER_00 (17:03):
tree?
Yeah, we've had clients.
SPEAKER_01 (17:05):
Yeah?
I was just like, wow, this isincredible.
How can you?
I mean, that's definitely anattention-seeking person.
I mean, let me just drive thisvery unique, exotic car and also
cover it in gold.
How much more can you imagine,yeah?
SPEAKER_00 (17:18):
Yeah.
Yeah.
There are those.
Yeah.
We've had a few clients likethat as well.
SPEAKER_01 (17:21):
So you don't say no to anybody, to any wild desire.
You can make it real like amagician, huh?
SPEAKER_00 (17:28):
We try to steer them away from sometimes from some
really bad choices anddecisions, but, but generally
speaking, you know, if it fits,you know, if it, If we're okay
with our name on the back ofthat car.
That's what I wanted to ask.
SPEAKER_01 (17:41):
Would you still care, right?
Because it's still your name onit.
So if the customer wantssomething outrageous, would you
say no?
SPEAKER_00 (17:47):
Yeah.
I like
SPEAKER_01 (17:49):
that.
Keeping your boundaries, keepingit to the brand.
SPEAKER_00 (17:53):
Tasteless riches sometimes.
SPEAKER_01 (17:55):
Exactly.
So since we talked about theRizvani's car that built to
order, which make them ultrarare, right?
Yeah.
And they're completelycustomizable.
How much does one of thesetactical luxury beasts actually
cost?
And what kind of customizationoptions do you offer?
Or what customization optionscome as a base and what features
(18:17):
you could potentially add?
SPEAKER_00 (18:19):
Yeah, so we have...
So there's really two basicmodels.
There's the non-armored versionand there's the armored version.
The armored version is the onethat gets all the bells and
whistles.
So pepper spray dispenser,electrified door handles,
magnetic deadbolts, smokescreen, EMP protection, strobe
(18:41):
light sirens.
There's a lot.
We even used to have tacks, droptacks.
The what?
The giant nails.
It would dispense it from behindthe car.
SPEAKER_01 (18:51):
Oh my
SPEAKER_00 (18:52):
God.
No way.
But, but we only offered it fora couple of clients and we, and
then we didn't care.
It was just too,
SPEAKER_01 (18:58):
too
SPEAKER_00 (18:58):
intense.
And then the interior is wherethe clients love their freedom.
You know, that's where theyreally start getting attached to
the car and, you know, they comein, they select their patterns
and their, their, theirstitching colors and their
leather colors.
And we have, we, We've donepurple, you know, violet
interiors.
We've done all white, everythingin headliner and everything is
(19:21):
white, carpet white, everythingwe've done.
You know, so they really love todo that.
And I think that's something weoffer because they can't get
that through to the bigger OEMs,something very unique, exclusive
and personal to them.
So that's where it really was.
And then there's other featuresthat, you know, things like, You
know, certain compartments thatthey need, like a rifle
(19:43):
compartment or safes, you know,a bulletproof sunroof.
You can have
SPEAKER_01 (19:49):
a safe
SPEAKER_00 (19:50):
inside
SPEAKER_01 (19:51):
of the car?
Where would you put it?
SPEAKER_00 (19:52):
You can put your jewelry in it or you can put a
gun.
No, no, where
SPEAKER_01 (19:55):
would you put the safe?
SPEAKER_00 (19:55):
Oh, the safe?
Yeah.
It's in the center console.
SPEAKER_01 (19:57):
In the center.
SPEAKER_00 (19:58):
In the center console, you can kind of lift up
and, you know, put whatever youwant in there.
Also, for a larger one, there'sone in the back in the trunk
area.
So they could put variousdifferent things inside.
And really, we've had all kindsof requests and customizations
that we do.
SPEAKER_01 (20:16):
Yeah, I've seen some of the videos because people ask
me, are these cars reallybulletproof?
And I've seen one of the videos,the test videos you've done.
It's like not even a scratch.
I'm like, wow.
SPEAKER_00 (20:26):
Yeah, absolutely.
Mr.
Beast actually.
SPEAKER_01 (20:28):
Mr.
Beast, right?
That was
SPEAKER_00 (20:29):
his video, right?
Yeah, he blew up a bombunderneath it.
And when he called us, you know,we're like, okay, we've never
really tested that in that waybefore.
So was it real?
Yeah, absolutely.
It was 100% real.
So it
SPEAKER_01 (20:40):
wasn't like special
SPEAKER_00 (20:40):
effects or anything like that?
And that video, I think, haslike 450 million views online.
Oh, my goodness.
So, yeah, he blew up one car.
It blew up.
Yeah, sure.
Let's just blow up the
SPEAKER_01 (20:52):
car.
SPEAKER_00 (20:53):
I'll be honest with you.
I was a little nervous.
Yeah, I bet.
Back there standing, you know,there were fire trucks
everywhere kind of waiting forthis to happen.
And, you know, I was verynervous.
I'm like, you know, this is…Wait, were
SPEAKER_01 (21:03):
you there?
Yeah, I was there.
You were there?
Yeah.
How far were you from the car?
SPEAKER_00 (21:08):
Oh, man.
We were probably, I don't know,maybe… I don't know, about 700,
800 feet away.
SPEAKER_01 (21:14):
Where was it?
I mean, what can you even dothis kind of experiment?
SPEAKER_00 (21:16):
It was in the desert in the L.A.
area.
Okay, okay, so it was here.
Yeah, and I mean, it's a hugeproduction.
I mean, you know, Mr.
Beast just has a humongousproduction.
It was like a movie set, youknow, the amount of people there
and resources there.
So I was, it blew my mindbecause, you know, when I see,
you know, YouTube videos andthings like that, it just seems
(21:38):
like, you know, just somebodywith an iPhone, just one or two
people shooting.
But, you know, there were likeprobably about three, 400
people, 500 people with, youknow, luxury bathrooms and
trailers.
So it was really cool.
And yeah.
Yeah.
So that was,
SPEAKER_01 (21:53):
I can imagine like you were nervous, but probably
you felt so proud imagining likeyou've built something so
amazing that it's not just aregular car.
It's something that really, youknow, amazes people.
It's like, I would say it's awork of art mixed with, you
know, next level technology.
SPEAKER_00 (22:09):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Yeah, it is.
We want to try to push all theenvelope.
SPEAKER_01 (22:14):
So imagine a scenario.
If Elon Musk one day called youand asked you to design the
first armored vehicle for Marsmission, What would it look
like?
And what absolutely ridiculousfeature would you sneak in just
for fun?
SPEAKER_00 (22:30):
Oh, gosh.
Definitely big wheels and tires,you know, off-road looking.
And let's see, a fun feature init.
Oh, man.
SPEAKER_01 (22:42):
Something high for the aliens.
SPEAKER_00 (22:46):
Yeah, exactly.
Maybe an alien, actually.
Yeah.
sitting next to you.
Right.
That would be
SPEAKER_01 (22:51):
fun.
That would be nice.
I'll definitely go into thatmission.
SPEAKER_00 (22:54):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (22:55):
Because I would totally feel safe.
SPEAKER_00 (22:57):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (22:57):
If you get in that vehicle, I mean, man, you can
just go into the end of theworld, right?
So you're building cars thatcould survive the apocalypse,
right?
So let's say society collapsestomorrow.
What three things would be inyour Resvan Avengers when you
drive off into the wasteland?
Like the first three things itwould take with you.
SPEAKER_00 (23:19):
I would definitely take some water, of course, some
solar panels to be able to powerwhatever you want to power, and
then take some funny videos thatyou can watch to get your mind
(23:41):
off things, I guess.
SPEAKER_01 (23:42):
I like that.
Yeah.
So if you like go down, go downlaughing.
SPEAKER_00 (23:45):
Yeah, go down laughing.
That's the
SPEAKER_01 (23:46):
way.
I love that.
SPEAKER_00 (23:47):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (23:48):
Okay.
And something personal, give usa little bit of the background
of Ferris behind your legacy,behind your work.
So when you're not buildingArmored Beast, what is your
ideal off-grid day look like?
SPEAKER_00 (24:05):
Let's see.
So You know, I'm obviously aworkaholic.
I'm always working.
And when I, you know, turn offbeast mode is what I call it.
I love getting in a convertibleand just going for a nice drive,
you know, hearing the exhaustsound, the wind, the smells in
the air that you can smell in aconvertible.
You know, you're in tune withthe machine and the road and
(24:27):
everything around you.
So that really puts me at peaceand really, it's really...
Nice.
I'm also a big foodie.
I love trying new foods andthings like that.
A
SPEAKER_01 (24:37):
question about the perspective of some, you
mentioned some challenges youwent through, right?
So did it ever cross your mindthat you want to give up Rizvani
and do something else?
Was it a time in your life whenyou felt it's so tough, it's
unrealistic, some challengesthat you couldn't go through?
And if you did, what helped youto kind of go through that
(25:00):
moment?
SPEAKER_00 (25:01):
Yes, absolutely.
There were definitely times thatthings get very tough and rough
and you're like, I could havegone into something a lot
simpler and cheaper and there'sprobably better ideas.
Why did I choose the mostdifficult industry to deal with
as a product for consumers?
(25:21):
It's one of the most difficult.
Why can't I just sell somethingoff Amazon?
SPEAKER_01 (25:25):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_00 (25:27):
But what got me back in is just, you know, how far
we've come and how difficultit's been and the future.
And also I think about all the,some of the people that, you
know, some of the people we'veinspired, the fans, you know,
(25:48):
and so forth that feel that, youknow, they can do some, you
know, they can do this.
So those inspirations kind ofmake me feel, you know,
inspired.
Right, right.
SPEAKER_01 (26:17):
that idea you really need to dream that concept 24 7
like you're saying you'reworkaholic right you really
devoted your life to thisproject to to this dream of
yours and you made it happenwhat do you think is the advice
or maybe what actually you thinkmotivated you to be so resilient
in such a difficult industry andjust keep going keep pushing i
SPEAKER_00 (26:39):
think
SPEAKER_01 (26:40):
the
SPEAKER_00 (26:40):
loving what I do.
Definitely.
I think, you know, a lot ofyoung, younger people always,
you know, ask me what, you know,how do you, you know, how do you
start, what am I going into andthings like that.
And I always, you know, I reallythink that if you love, love
anything, if you love a subjector love what you do and you have
some talent for it, the moneywill follow.
(27:02):
You'll be, will be successful.
You know, if you're the bestplumber, you're going to grow an
empire.
If you're the, you know,whatever it is that you are the
best of art, fashion, you know,uh, I mean, you're like
yourself, you know, um, youknow, I mean, I always admire
how, you know, when everyone'sgetting out of print, you know,
you're going into print and thenyou make, you know, the best
(27:23):
quality magazine, the coolest,best fashion, you know, you do
it right.
You do it, um, You do it right,you love it, you live it.
And
SPEAKER_01 (27:32):
it's so challenging.
And I feel like my industry issimilar to yours.
It's very difficult because itinvolves so many different
processors and layers fromcreative part to production to
marketing to really finding,fine-tuning and following the
trends to creating the trends.
And same in your business.
I don't know much about the carindustry, but I haven't seen any
(27:54):
celebrities who are like, oh,I'm just going to start my own
name car brand, right?
They start with tequila, right?
Or like with nail polish or abeauty product.
But I haven't seen any celebritywho could do what you do.
Even they might have access tounlimited funds.
So that means what you do, evenif you do have the funds, you
really have to have the tenacityand passion and dedication to
(28:15):
your job, to your craft, toreally make it happen, what you
do.
And I know you're so humble.
You're such a humble person.
You probably don't even realizethe amazing, amazing things
you've done with your brandThat's really, really
incredible.
And speaking of something offthe beat, can you define to me
what masculinity means to youand if it has changed through
(28:39):
the times for you?
SPEAKER_00 (28:42):
Yeah, I think for me, you know, obviously...
masculinity was watching theincredible Hulk, you know, as a
kid, that was when I was achild, that was, you know,
muscle.
Yeah.
And then, you know, growing upthrough as a teenager, you know,
bodybuilding and doing that, Iwas kind of masculine, not
showing emotion, things likethat.
And of course, as I've gottenolder, um, you know, masculinity
(29:06):
is become, I guess for me is,um, directing that, that, that
aggressive energy not to being,um, dominant or not to acting a
certain way or this way, or, youknow, building yourself up, but
really directing that tosomething that you can build,
whether it's building a businessor whether it's, you know,
(29:29):
creating something or being thebest at your job or, you know,
really directing that energy tothat.
I see a lot of like YouTubetrying to define masculinity,
you know, and they're all about,yeah, you gotta, you know, you
gotta treat women bad and yougotta, you know, you know, treat
other people bad and you got tobe dominant to other people.
And that is not masculinity.
Masculinity is directing themasculine energy into something
(29:52):
that is civilized in today'sworld, but also that creating
something, right?
Creating a business or makingsomething.
And that to me is truemasculinity.
SPEAKER_01 (30:01):
So if you had to design any iconic movie car,
like a Batmobile or DeLorean orMad Max Interceptor, which one
would you give the Rizvanitreatment to and why?
SPEAKER_00 (30:13):
Well, two of my favorite cars are the Batmobiles
and, of course, Knight Riderbecause of the look of the
company.
But the Batmobiles, they're somuch cooler.
So we actually have a new modelthat we just released.
It's called the Dark Knight.
Oh, wow.
And it is essentially based onthat theme and that comes from
that world.
Then it has all the gadgetsand...
(30:34):
And the armory.
SPEAKER_01 (30:34):
Yeah, what kind of gadgets do they have?
SPEAKER_00 (30:36):
It has all the same kind of gadgets that we offer.
You know, okay, a pookie underother cars.
SPEAKER_01 (30:41):
And design looks a little bit different.
Is it Batman ears?
SPEAKER_00 (30:45):
Not quite that way.
It's a little more, you know,elegant in their way.
But it is called the Dark Knightand is inspired sort of with
that theme in mind.
SPEAKER_01 (30:56):
So it's called Rizvani Dark Knight.
Okay, I gotta look out for thatone.
And...
So your cars already feel likesomething James Bond or Tony
Stark would drive.
Which superhero or actioncharacter do you think would
actually buy one in real life?
SPEAKER_00 (31:13):
Oh, geez.
I would say it's definitely IronMan because, you know, Iron Man
is just a normal guy, but hewears this armor suit and
becomes somebody else, right?
And so I think, you know, Ithink when we drive a car, we
are somehow wearing an Iron Mansuit.
You know, we're wearingsomething that is, you know,
Expression of ourselves.
Expression of ourselves, butalso gives us superhuman powers,
(31:36):
right?
You can go fast.
We can get places.
We can turn quiet.
It gives us a certain emotion.
So I think, you know, I alwaysfeel like it's an Iron Man suit
because of the powers that itgives you.
SPEAKER_01 (31:48):
And speaking about the future, would you ever...
or did it ever cross your mindto collaborate with any of the
fashion designer, rapper, orgaming company to build a
limited edition Brismani?
And, or, at or, who is yourdream, Kalha?
SPEAKER_00 (32:04):
So, yeah, I mean, all of those, you know, you
know, video games, I'm a bit,you know, I love Star Wars and
those types of things.
I'd love to do a collab withBattlefront or those video games
like that.
We are on several, our cars areon several of these, um, you
know, asphalt and, and Forza andsome of the other car games, but
(32:25):
I really, you know, love to dothat.
So I've done these white carsthat are kind of, uh, similar to
like storm trooper or somethinglike that.
Um, and, uh, fashion brands.
Yeah.
I have a lot of respect forfashion brands and, and, uh, how
they're constantly reinventingnew things, you know, um, uh,
(32:45):
and, uh, You know, on thejewelry side, I really admire
Roberto Coyne.
He's one of my favorite jewelrydesigners.
And on some of the mainstreamfashion brands, probably
Bulgaria, I like their designs.
SPEAKER_01 (33:00):
If you go back and give your 20-year-old one piece
of advice, not about business,but about life, what would it
be?
Oh,
SPEAKER_00 (33:10):
geez.
SPEAKER_01 (33:11):
Yeah.
Hey, little fairies, just wantyou to know,
SPEAKER_00 (33:16):
I would say to look deep in yourself and follow what
you really want, not what otherpeople say or influence you to
do or think you should do.
Do what your gut feeling tellsyou, your intuition.
Your intuition is always right.
It's so right.
(33:36):
I think a lot of times yourintuition in mind just kind of
confuses you by thinking toomuch.
So I think just listening toyour intuition, following your
intuition, And, yeah, from thestart.
Because I probably would havestarted the car company way, way
earlier if I would have listenedto my future self.
(33:59):
But then that kind of dawnedinto software and some of the
other things that, you know, atthe time was there.
SPEAKER_01 (34:04):
Well, I wish you the best.
I want you to know how really,really proud of what you
achieved.
And I'm really happy you came toThe Basic Show and share your
story.
And I cannot wait what the worldholds for responding like years
from now.
Thank you.
All the best of luck.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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