First Arab Supercar Costs $3.4 Million, Has Diamond-Encrusted Headlights

cartechboy writes "If you're looking for bling, you can always count on Dubai. At the Dubai Motor Show this week, Lebanon-based W Motors unveiled what is billed as the world's first Arab-built super car. The Lykan Hypersport incorporates jewels and precious metals in its construction, suicide-style doors, and an interactive holographic display system. (Yes, drivers will be able to adjust radio volume via a holograph.) The 750 horsepower car accelerates to 60 mph in just 2.8 seconds and has a top speed of 245 mph. The cost: $3.4 million, but owners will also receive a Cyrus Klepcys watch, said to be valued at around $200,000. W Motors plans a whopping 7 units for production."

Re:Luddites

[Joining Yet Again]

From reading Slashdot I understand that 3d printers can only be used to make guns.

Re:Wonder about the mileage

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Except possibly taste...

Wow.

[Chris Mattern]

Some people just really have more money than they know what to do with, don't they?

And this ladies and gents, is why I'm a socialist

[rsilvergun]

I can think of a lot of better uses for $23.8 million dollars then some toy car...

"suicide-style doors"

[circletimessquare]

perhaps not the best marketing terminology for a vehicle, in that area of the world

Re:Wonder about the mileage

[Lumpy]

All of the Shieks LOVE america and americans. They are richer than anyone because of americans and our buying every drop of oil they can sell us.
It is the poor people that get upset as we support the ultra rich that kill the poor people for sport or do everything they can to keep them repressed and suppressed.

the price of ONE if these cars can elevate 300 Saudi poor to owning a modest home that is comfortable and has clean water and sanitation. But they will not do that. Instead they will drive this car and have their security torture and then kill any poor person who dares to steal one of the diamonds on the headlights.

Re:Conspicuous Consumption

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, it has stopped being 'by geeks', and therefore 'for geeks' a decade ago, too. Now it's rather 'by morons' 'for morons'.

Signed,
Anonymous Moron

You know, I've been wondering about this

[rsilvergun]

this is an old right wing attack on Socialism. It's based on the assumption that the ruling class 'earned' their wealth. It's easy enough to disprove just by pointing out the huge amounts of gov't contracts, free money and support nearly every one of the ruling class gets. Heck, last I heard the British still hand their Royalty something on the order of $100 million a year in free money. Basically, we all rely on 'other people's money', because money == labor in a modern society (like it or not there's not enough gold for it to be a standard) and sorta the entire point of having a Civilization is to work together for the common good. Otherwise it's just dog eat dog slavery.

The hard part isn't pointing all that out, it's boiling it down to a nice sound bite like Margaret did. Yeah, I can bang on all day about how we already produce enough food to feed 10 billion people, how automation is making the even 40 hour work week obsolete and about how single payer healthcare works better than the mess in North America. But that doesn't hit you in the gut like Margy's comment. It might be right (it is) but it doesn't _feel_ right. It doesn't appeal to common sense and emotion.

The problem socialists have is the right wing has simple answers to complex problems. Sure, they're self serving answers at best and horrifically wrong at worst, but given the choice it's much easier to get people to go along with them.

Re:Wonder about the mileage

[Anonymous Coward]

Regardless, it's still the US military that props up the regime in Saudi Arabia that allows those oil sheiks to continue to sell of the natural resources of the country. The point still stands that they owe a big portion of their vast wealth to the US.