RE: W Motors Lykan Hypercar goes public

RE: W Motors Lykan Hypercar goes public

Wednesday 30th January 2013

W Motors Lykan Hypercar goes public

Extravagant Lykan Hypercar attempts to go against the might of McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari



Though the reality may in fact be different it’s a popular stereotype that every hypercar ever built now resides in the Middle East, before being re-imported to be driven around London’s West End in a blaze of lilac wrapped bodywork and diamond encrusted wheels.

Looks good in the pics - will it go further?
Looks good in the pics - will it go further?
Given that many of these cars hail from more traditional manufacturers and have been ‘reimagined’ to suit local tastes it’s perhaps a surprise there isn’t more homegrown talent. Now there is, with a new Lebanese-based firm called W Motors apparently ready to do battle with the hypercar elite with its … Hypercar.

The firm’s website is full of computer renderings and could be written off as fanciful but an appearance at the Qatar motor show reported yesterday by our colleagues at Autocar would suggest there’s more than a daydream going on here.

You can indulge in a bit of hyperbole on the firm’s website   but the promise that it will make just five of each of its models and these will be the “most technologically advanced Hypercars in the world” using “never seen before technologies inside and out” may raise a few eyebrows among a marketplace awaiting just that from heavyweights like Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche. Or not, as the case may be.

Ruf-tuned Porsche engine at its heart
Ruf-tuned Porsche engine at its heart
Launched last July by local entrepreneur Ralph R Debbas credibility going beyond the online showroom is provided by links with European manufacturing expertise (Magna Steyr) and proven performance car engineering (Ruf), confirmed by the promise of flat-six power. No prizes for guessing the origins of that then, Autocar reporting 740hp, 737lb ft (or 1,000Nm in new money) and suitably bombastic performance figures.

Deliveries are said to be starting by the end of this year.

 

 



   
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Dagnut

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3,515 posts

192 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Autocar never make stuff up

Blown2CV

28,697 posts

202 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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pfft

CraigyMc

16,326 posts

235 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Dagnut said:
Autocar never make stuff up
Stoppit!

I look like a tool when you make me do a huge, snorty, belly laugh in the middle of a quiet open-plan office.

C

After_Shock

8,751 posts

219 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Is that a picture of 4 of them lined up in the workshop? No doubt where they will most likely spend most of the time they exist.

Baryonyx

17,990 posts

158 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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It looks absolutely dreadful, like a model made by a CNC router gone haywire.

Alias218

1,485 posts

161 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Seems legit

Big Fat Fatty

3,303 posts

155 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Fair play to them if they can pull it off, doesn't stop it being a bit of a minger though.

Why flat 6 power when RUF have built their own V8?

gofasterrosssco

1,235 posts

235 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Looks perfect for me - there's nothing I like more than doing a great big dirty burnout in my new £2m super-hyper-car..

[AJ]

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197 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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After_Shock

8,751 posts

219 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Big Fat Fatty said:
Why flat 6 power when RUF have built their own V8?
Custom V8 from RUF would hardly be cheap I doubt, sure would be alot cheaper to get the flat 6 albeit probably modified that laid in the back of a 911 turbo.

gofasterrosssco

1,235 posts

235 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Big Fat Fatty said:
Why flat 6 power when RUF have built their own V8?
Their V8 was NA only I believe, where as they will have no problems getting alot of reliable power and torque form the flat-six, with much more available for relatively minimal additional outlay for the discerning Lebanese customer who wants it..

MrKipling43

5,788 posts

215 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Looks like an origami model of an Audi R8.

Stingercut

217 posts

166 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Ffffffffffuuuuuugly !!! Looks like a Salvador Dali rendition of an Aventador.

Lostprophet

2,549 posts

168 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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looks too much like a lambo.

Slick I reckon...

jamespink

1,218 posts

203 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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If you think you can sell 7 x Star Trooper lookey likey cars for £2 million a pop, why not. Just don't ask people to believe its a seriously developed car - that's what Ferrari/McLarren/Porsche do, and for a shed load less money (never thought I'd say that)...

Killer2005

19,595 posts

227 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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MrKipling43 said:
Looks like an origami model of an Audi R8.
yes

R8 + Aventador + a bit of LFA

Lordbenny

8,575 posts

218 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Looks like a Lister Storm from the side!

markCSC

2,987 posts

214 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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I think it looks like the Citroen GT


HustleRussell

24,602 posts

159 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Apologies for the market speak, but to quote some tt in marketing, "What's it's USP?"- It looks like a bit like an R8 or a Lambo and doesn't seem to do anything different from the established marques. Presumably it'd be more expensive than an R8 or a Lambo (or possibly both added together) too?

After_Shock

8,751 posts

219 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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HustleRussell said:
Apologies for the market speak, but to quote some tt in marketing, "What's it's USP?"- It looks like a bit like an R8 or a Lambo and doesn't seem to do anything different from the established marques. Presumably it'd be more expensive than an R8 or a Lambo (or possibly both added together) too?
Something silly like 1.6million quid I read somewhere, total lunacy.