Can You Ever Have Too Much? LykanHypersport To Debut 242 MPH Diamond-Encrusted Arabian Hypercar

The Middle East is a land where the oil is rich, skyscrapers tall and the thirst for expensive cars is insatiable. Don't belive us? Just check out this showroom. But they've never had a car of their own... until now. Actually, next week, where at the Qatar Motor Show, the first ever hypercar from the Arab world is set to be unveiled.

Called the LykanHypersport - which sounds a bit like Luke Skywalker's latest daily driver - it wants to go wheel-to-wheel with the Bugattis and Koenigseggs of the world.

With a 750bhp, twin-turbo flat-six wedged in behind the driver, the LykanHypersport can apparently hit 60mph in 2.8 seconds (that's faster than an Aventador) and on to a ‘break neck' (their words, not ours) top speed of 242mph. Ouch.

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M35MT - 1/23/2013 12:20:43 PM

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Arab world's first hyper car my a$$. A few brats that inherited oil money paid off engineers, probably from Europe, Asia and America to take parts from existing cars (engine probably sourced from a Porche - flat 6, no?) and bolted it all together with some cheese whiz for good measure (diamonds, gold stitching and a stupid, overpriced watch).

This will be no more Arab than the Burj Khalafi, the world's tallest building which was put together using an Architech from Chicago and an Engineer from South Korea.

PASS.

M35MT - 1/23/2013 12:22:10 PM

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*Architect

lexusrox123 - 1/23/2013 1:43:31 PM

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*Khalifa

CarCrazedinCali - 1/24/2013 2:23:13 PM

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gross

Eyecarehawaii - 1/24/2013 8:31:41 PM

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Isn't this the the land where they buy supercars and drive them in the desert until they run out of gas - then leave them out there and buy something else?

Competition is always good for the consumer. Let's see what they can do.