The Lykan Hypersport, is a Lebanese limited production sports car manufactured by W Motors, a United Arab Emirates based company, founded in 2012 in Lebanon with the collaboration of Lebanese and Italian engineers. It is the first sports car to be designed and produced indigenously in the Middle East. The production of the car was limited to a total of seven units. The first pre-production Lykan HyperSport was unveiled to the public at the Qatar Motor Show in February 2013.
Pricing and sales
At 3.4 million, the Lykan HyperSport was the third most expensiveproduction car at time of its production. The HyperSport is the first car to have headlights with embedded jewels; they contain titanium LED blades with 440 diamonds ; although buyers had a selection of rubies, diamonds, yellow diamonds, and sapphires to be integrated into the vehicle's headlights at purchase based on the colour choice. The car also uses a holographic display system on the centre console with interactive motion features, as well as gold stitching on the seats. In June 2015, the Abu Dhabi Police purchased a Lykan HyperSport. The Abu Dhabi Police car is included in the total of seven, meaning only six were available for purchase by customers. W Motors has since confirmed all cars were sold.
Specifications
Powertrain
The Lykan HyperSport is powered by a 3.7 litre twin-turbocharged flat-six engine developed by Ruf Automobile, producing a maximum power output of at 7,100 rpm and of torque at 4,000 rpm. The engine has a mid-rear mounted position and transfers power to the rear wheels. There have been no independent tests of the power output of the vehicle.
Transmission
The Lykan HyperSport was available with either a 6-speed sequential manual or a 7-speed dual-clutch PDK transmission. The transmission is paired with a limited-slip differential and is mounted transversely at the rear of the car.
The Lykan HyperSport is equipped with forged aluminum wheels with diameters of 19 inches at the front and 20 inches at the rear. The tyres are Pirelli P Zeros with codes of 255/35 ZR 19 for the front and 335/30 ZR 20 for the rear. The brakes have ventilated ceramic composite discs, with a diameter of 380 mm each and using six-piston aluminium callipers at the front and rear.
Performance
The manufacturer claims a top speed of, depending on the gear ratio setup. The car has claimed acceleration times of 2.8 seconds for 0-100 km/h and 9.4 seconds for 0-200 km/h, though no independent tests have been conducted. There was a demonstration of the car by W Motors in 2013 in Dubai, in which they claim to have recorded the car's performance.
Film version
A Lykan HyperSport was featured in the film Furious 7. The film's car coordinator Dennis McCarthy explained in an interview that the Lykan HyperSports used in the film were not production models but purpose-build by W Motors for the film using the same molds, but cheaper material and a simpler chassis. Of the ten produced for the film, one was returned to W Motors and is displayed in their showroom. The other nine were destroyed. A single Lykan HyperSport replica was also used in the 2018 British Fast & Furious Live show. It has since been sold, and was imported to the United States by Sam Hard and Ed Bolian. It will be built into a driveable car using a Porsche Boxster chassis by the Genius Garage project. The build is being documented on YouTube.
