I don’t know much about politics within in the United Arab Emirates, but I’m guessing the equivalent of the Tea Party doesn’t exist there. If that were the case, they would have been sent into a tizzy over the Abu Dhabi Police force’s latest acquisition: a $3.4 million Lykan Hypersport. It’s Abu Dhab’s latest salvo in a supercar arms race with its neighbors to the North in Dubai, which also boasts an impressive fleet of supercar police cruisers.
Aka the car Vin Diesel jumped from one building to another in Furious 7 and built by W Motors in Dubai, the Lykan Hypersport is limited to just seven examples. A Porsche-sourced twin-turbo 3.8-liter flat-six sits amidship and has been tuned by Germany’s Ruf to produce 750 horsepower and 750 pound-feet of torque. That’s good enough to propel it to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds and on to a top speed of 245 mph.
That’s fast, but it doesn’t really explain the roughly $2 million premium over something like a LaFerrari. That’s where the assortment of precious stones comes in. The headlight assemblies feature titanium blades that can be bedazzled with your choice of diamonds, yellow diamonds, rubies, sapphires or emeralds. Inside, the seats get gold-wire stitching and the infotainment screen uses a holographic mid-air display interface.
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Abu Dhabi Police Adds Lykan Hypersport To Its Fleet originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:00 EST.
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