Lykan HyperSport

The Lykan HyperSport is a limited production hypercar by W Motors, a United Arab Emirates based company founded in 2012 with the collaboration of Syrian, French and Italian engineers. It is the first supercar to be produced in the Middle East, and is featured in the film Furious 7, and the video games Project CARS, Driveclub, Asphalt 8: Airborne, Asphalt Nitro, Forza Motorsport 6 and GT Racing 2: The Real Car Experience. It is the first car to be designed and produced indigenously in the Arab World. W Motors plan to produce only seven units of the car. The first pre-production Lykan HyperSport was launched at the Qatar Motor Show in February 2013.


Pricing :


At US$3.4 million, the Lykan Hypersport is the third most expensive vehicle built to date, after the exclusive (four created, three sold) Lamborghini Veneno (US$4.6 million) and Maybach Exelero concept (US$8 million). As reference, the Lykan Hypersport is US$1 million more expensive than the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, which currently holds the record as the fastest production car in the world at 431 km/h (268 mph). 


Performance :

The Lykan HyperSport is powered by a 3.7 litre (3746cc) twin-turbocharged Flat-six engine developed by RUF, producing 552KW (770hp) and 960 N·m (708 lb·ft) of torque. The car is claimed to have a top speed of 431 km/h (268 mph) and accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) in 2.8 seconds. In June 2015, the Abu Dhabi police force purchased a Lykan HyperSport.


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