ABU DHABI // The last time you saw a Lykan HyperSport, Vin Diesel was driving it through a window of an Etihad Towers skyscraper in the movie Furious 7.
The next time you see one it might be driven by an Abu Dhabi Police officer. The force is thinking of adding the supercar to its fleet.
“We brought it into the country last week for pilot-testing,” said Brig Hussain Al Harthi, director of central operations. “We haven’t bought it yet because we want to test it first to see if it fits Abu Dhabi Police’s requirements.”
W Motors, a Dubai company, produces the car in Turin, Italy, with Magna Steyr. It costs Dh12.5 million.
Abu Dhabi Police took delivery of the car on Monday.
“It will be on tour in Abu Dhabi from this week onwards,” a spokesman for W Motors said.
The Lykan HyperSport is the first Middle Eastern supercar and one of the world's fastest. Powered by a 3.8-litre twin-turbo flat-six engine, it goes from 0 to 60kph in less than three seconds and has a top speed of 395kph. It was first displayed at the Dubai Motor Show in November 2013, and was recently in the spotlight at the Shanghai Auto Show 2015.
In Furious 7, the latest instalment of the Fast and Furious franchise, the car has diamond-coated LED headlights.
The pilot-testing of the Lykan comes on the heels of unveiling a Rolls-Royce Phantom with a 999 number plate to mark the opening of the GCC Traffic Week in March. The luxury car is being used for special events and not on daily patrols.
Dubai Police's fleet of supercars includes a Lexus RCF, equipped with computers and cameras, a McLaren MP4-12C, Aston Martin One-77, Audi R8, Bugatti Veyron, Mercedes SLS, BMW M6, Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari FF, and a Bentley Continental GT.
Dubai Police chief Maj Gen Khamis Al Muzeina said the cars were used to patrol heritage sites as well as other places visited by tourists.
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