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W Motors are set to be the premier manufacturer of hyper cars in the region. At the helm of the project is Ralph R Debbas, who graduated from Coventry University School of Art and Design with a major in Automotive Design.
Two cars are set to be launched, the Hyper-sport and the Super-sport. The Hyper-sport is set to come first with a limited production run of only five cars. So far, we know that the cars will host signature diamond-encrusted LED lights, a holographic display, a carbon fiber frame, a gold plated hood (oh no… cue the cliche comments) and gold or platinum keys. The power source comes in the form of a mid-mounted, twin-turbo 6-cylinder engine that pumps out 750hp. With an acceleration time of 0-100km/h of 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 385km/h, the Hyper-sport is up there with the best of them. [Link]
The Hyper-car will privately be unveiled in Dubai in December of this year, while a public launch will follow at the Qatar Motor Show in January 2013. Honestly, I think it’s a bit too ambitious to compete at this high level so quickly. Wouldn’t it more suitable if we built a decent everyday Lebanese car first?
I mean how are they going to make a car that performs better than the Bugatti Veyron? Or more technologically advanced and designed than the Aston Martin One-77? Who cares about gold plated hoods?
If the aim is to design and build the world’s most exclusive, luxurious and technologically advanced high performance sports cars, producing 5 cars only isn’t going to do the trick and you’re up against a very fierce competition of experienced and legendary brands. Here’s a sample of supercars that Ralph Debbas will have to go against.
I don’t want to sound pessimistic but that’s one heck of a challenge that I wouldn’t take personally if I had the money and expertise.
Update: you can check out their website [Here]
Actually, the firm is UAE based, and Ralph Debbas is the designer. They did an event about a week ago in Sursock to unveil the design.
Btw, their website is: http://www.wmotors.ae
But that’s not what the website says? Contact bureau is in Horsh Tabet.
Hadn’t seen that! But it’s a .ae website, so I’m not so sure. PR may be here, but I doubt that manufacturing is also Lebanese, we lack the skilled labour needed.
This article is clearly and unfortunately not written by a car fanatic…If you were truly covering the event you would have seen in the pics a joint team effort my W, RUF and Magna…
Now for all those who pretend to like cars and drool over chrome and matt lamborghinis this will mean nothing. However, people who truly know cars and know the names mentioned above will be biting their fingers in excitement to see what they want to release now…
Im sorry mate you need to check the background from which this car is coming just to know how serious this project is and why there is a media fuss…
Hope to hear from you after some research…
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N612,
There’s not much in the media about this new company. If you have more information, I would be grateful if you could send them.
I can only hope you are right and that the project works.
Hi guys,
The one thing going for this project, IMO, is the fact that they have very strong partners on board. RUF is a company that needs no introduction if you are familiar with Porsches. Magna Steyr is a company that has massive experience in automobile production and technology.
Now, it doesn’t mean that they cannot fail, and fail miserably might I add. But at least it’s a proper start. Is it too ambitious? Yes. But considering that they will only produce approx. 5 cars (I’m sure demand will sway this figure), they might be able to pull it off.
Cheers,
elwehbi@brakebanzeen
Can I ask why only 5 cars? Will that even cover their primary investment? how much will the car be priced at? 2-3 million dollars?
I heard the car was going to be manufactured in Italy. About the selling price, L’Orient-le-jour stated it would be about 3,000,000$
I think they should start with building a decent Website that actually works !
ok , its a really nice design , but Lebanese should work on simple family cars , you cannot jump from nothing to a lot , we (Lebanese) have to take everything step by step… imagine a guy that has 15M $ and wants to buy a super car , i don’t think he would buy this for 3M $ and not buy the BUGATTI VEYRON for like 1-2M $ … i don’t want to be Negative , its a work of art ! but who cares for a gold plated hood ?? people want performance … i’m just 15 years old , i’m Lebanese , and i hope that when i grow up , i’ll be a car designer too so i can start a new company or just sell car designs to big firms… good job but i think that Lebanese should start with super cars not worth more than 500.000 $ and then step by step companies will be more popular , the designers will be too ! gr8 ambition ! keep up the good work 😉
Like N612 above said. None of you is a true car enthusiast. To whoever said that Lebanese should start by building a cheaper more affordable car. Seriously? Do you think that it is a rule to start building cheap cars and then move to more expensive ones? That only shows one thing; you are not true car enthusiasts. Look at the Danish building the Zenovo ST1. I am pretty sure the Danish don’t build more affordable cars. But they did build the ST1 which in my opinion is amazing. I want to wish Mr. Debbas the best of luck and hope that he reaches high.
haydak Lenovo. like the tablets.
you mean Zenvo ST1 😛
it’s a beautiful monster indeed.