LYKAN HYPERSPORT
Engine: 3.8-litre flat-6 twin-turbo
Power: 750 bhp
Torque: 960 Nm
0–100 kph: 2.8 secs
Top speed: 385 kph
Fuel consumption: 13.5 l/100 km
CO2 emissions: 311 g/kg
Origin: Dubai, UAE
Cost: US $3.4 million
Dubbed the first Arabian hypercar, the Lykan HyperSport 2014 is unique in every way. The brainchild of W Motors, a start-up design and motor engineering company based in Beirut until it relocated to the UAE last year, the Lykan HyperSport is the result of two years’ collaboration with some of the top design, technology and engineering companies around the world.
As well as impressive performance stats (it will race from 0–100 kph in 2.8 seconds), the HyperSport features technological innovations developed in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, including a holographic touchscreen interface that will blow your mind. Just seven vehicles are planned for production. As well as owning a rare and unique piece of history, buyers will have access to 24-hour Global Elite concierge service from Quintessentially Lifestyle and will receive a special edition Cyrus Klepcys watch made exclusively for Lykan owners.
www.wmotors.ae
SRT VIPER GTS
Engine: 8.4-litre V10
Power: 640 bhp
Torque: 814 Nm
0–100 kph: 3.2 secs
Top speed: 331 kph
Origin: Detroit, US
Cost: from AED 600,000 (US $163,350)
The fifth generation Viper has big shoes to fill. The SRT Viper GTS (formerly Dodge Viper, until Dodge became SRT last year) has a monster 8.4-litre V10 engine in the mid-front, making it the most powerful of the American supercars. But as well as bragging rights, owners will enjoy a raft of new features on the 2014 model, including launch control, two-mode adjustable suspension settings, improved braking system and a whopping top speed of 331 kph.
The inside has also seen some refinement, with premium materials used throughout, a Harman Kardon sound system and more space than ever before, as well as a seven-inch customisable instrument cluster that provides live performance statistics to the driver, including G-force measurements and top speed performance.
www.drivesrt.com
HENNESSEY VENOM GT
Engine: 7.0-litre twin-turbo V8
Power: 1,244 bhp
Torque: 1,566 Nm
0–300 kph: 13.63 secs
Top speed: 447.4 kph
Origin: Texas, US
Cost: from US $1.1 million
The Hennessey Venom GT is a mutant in every way. This is what happens when you give one of the world’s most extreme tuning companies the green light to let imaginations soar. Texas-based Hennessey Performance was looking for a way to make its record-breaking Venom 1000 Twin Turbo engine go even faster when it considered putting it in a lighter car and making a few modifications.
Several months of A-Team-like engineering later, the new-look Venom GT was born. With the frame of a Lotus Exige and the heart and soul of a demon, the car has since won the Guinness World Record for world’s fastest production vehicle from 0–300 kph, coming in at 13.63 seconds. One of the first buyers was Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, who ordered a roadster version with a huge sound system.
www.venomgt.com
