Crazy Cars Of The Super Rich You’ll Only Find In Dubai
Money does buy happiness but it can score you a $300,000 Mercedes Benz SL600 coated in diamonds. Yes, that's what one Saudi Arabian Prince actually drives. And that's just one example of an over-the-top vehicle you'll see on the streets of Dubai-- we have an entire gallery that you won't want to miss. From the G63 AMG 6x6 to police hypercars, Dubai never fails to amuse car lovers.
Lamborghini - No Just An Lambo, It's Made Of Solid Gold!
Finding a car that stands out in a city where half-million-dollar cars are the norm is a difficult task. In Dubai, the wealthy devise new and creative ways to show off their fortune, and this gold Lamborghini is an example of that.
The undisclosed owner of this car bought a block of solid gold weighing 1,100lbs to craft the body panels for this already outrageously expensive car. This Lambo is worth a whopping $7.5 million!
Lykan Hypersport - The Vehicle That Fast and Furious Made Famous
Arguably one of the greatest car scenes of all time was in Fast and Furious when Dominic Toretto drove this Lykan Hypersport, launching it across two skyscrapers in Dubai. This car became famous once the movie was released but reportedly, only seven of these were ever made.
Powered by a flat-6, this car has 780hp at the crank and 708lb-ft of torque. There have been doubts about the legitimacy of this car and even W motors. The company only makes one model! Regardless, the price tag of this vehicle is $3.4 million and you're most likely to spot one in Dubai.
Lambo Veneno - Starting at $5.4 Million
Only 13 Venenos were ever produced, with five of them being roadsters. Of those five, one was the testing unit, dubbed car number zero, and one was retained by Lamborghini themselves. Three were sold to private buyers at a starting price of $5.4 million.
One of these was spotted on the streets of Dubai. It appears, when you have a bunch of oil under your feet, no car is too expensive or exclusive for you to buy.
Brabus 700 6x6 - For Offroading in the Sand Dunes
Mercedes is a carmaker from Germany, that much is general knowledge. But Brabus is a company that takes extraordinary cars from Mercedes and makes them outright insane, that is car guy knowledge. In 2013, these people lost their minds for some unknown reason and made 100 examples of this monstrosity.
This tank of a truck weighs in at 4 metric tons and is powered by a 700hp twin-turbo V8. For anything weighing as much as an African elephant that goes 0-60 in 7.8 seconds, the price tag needs to be ridiculous. With a $1 million asking price, this vehicle is most commonly seen in Dubai as sand dunes make for the perfect terrain. Plus, you better own an oil well or two if your truck goes through a gallon of gas every 10 miles.
Mercedes SLR Sport - The Paint is Made of White Gold
So, here's the scenario, you live in a neighborhood where the Mercedes S Class is the typical 18th birthday gift for kids and your next-door neighbor has a collection of gold-plated luxury cars. What would you buy to get noticed by the people living around you? It appears a white gold McLaren-Mercedes SLR might be a good starting point. Let me make it clear, it ain't gold plated, the sheet metal used to make the shell of this car is actually white gold!
The owner of this one-of-a-kind beauty is anonymous but you guessed it right, he is a Sheikh of Dubai. The starting cost of this unique piece of automotive jewelry was $2.5 million but the actual selling price was never disclosed.
McLaren 650S - You Can Test Drive It For Free in Dubai
I don't know about you but if someone asks me to test drive a $350,000 McLaren, I'm going to say no because my liability insurance isn't that good and I don't want to spend my life savings on fixing a curbed bumper.
But in Dubai, where all kinds of weird things can happen, Uber planned a strange marketing strategy. In 2014, they partnered with McLaren to offer the 650S for a free test drive to random customers. They knew they'd have a better chance of collecting damages from the oil-rich Arabs than poorer Americans.
Bugatti L'Or Blanc - A Confusing Color for Commoners
I don't want to be responsible for starting the next internet mega-debate on whether this car is silver or blue but the color is confusing. This car was custom-made on the specific request (order) of a UAE-based businessman. Just imagine the amount of wealth you need to control to have a car made specifically to your requirements by Bugatti!
Jealousy aside, this car cost the unidentified buyer $2.4 million. Apart from the flashy appearance, this thing is based on the fastest and the most powerful production car of its time. Next time you are in Dubai, step out of your rented Camry and ask them what they do for a living.
McLaren F1 - For a High Ranking Police Officer?
When you are providing your police with some of the best cars in the world, why not throw a McLaren into the mix while you're at it? Of all the insane things that you can experience in your life, being pulled over by a McLaren while you are going 30 in a 20 in your Camry ranks pretty high.
You don't need to know the stats of this car. You just need to know to behave on the road and pull over to the side the moment you see a green and white McLaren in the rearview mirror.
Nissan GTR - GOLD
The GT-R at $85,000 is a pretty expensive car for the average Joe but not for 'an unidentified buyer from UAE.' These people have a habit of taking the most expensive thing in the world and making it even more expensive.
What you are looking at here is a GT-R that is plated with solid gold. We all know gold is a little expensive so this car cost the buyer something like a million dollars. That price is justified considering you'll leave most drivers in the dust and all of them in awe.
A Diamond-Covered Mercedes SL 600
We're starting this list off with a bang. This diamond-covered Mercedes SL 600 belongs to al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul-Aziz, a Prince who also owns a Boeing 747!
The Prince purchased this car for himself on his 38th birthday. The cost of this thing is a shade under $5 million. For those who will never be able to afford a vehicle like this for ourselves, you can pay $1,000 for a chance to touch it!
Rolls-Royce Phantom - Designed With 446 Diamonds
You'd have heard the phrase "imagination has no limits," but that is false. Imagination is limited by finance. However, once you make finance unlimited, imagination is truly unlimited. There is a feature offered in Rolls Royce called starlight. Costing $12,000, this feature can replicate any celestial formation on the ceiling of your car.
However, if you have unlimited wealth, the $12,000 roof is not what you want. You want a diamond, not an optical fiber, to represent every single star, 446 of them to be exact. If you are saving for a diamond for your engagement ring, just think how hard it would have been for this man to save all the money for 446 diamonds.
Gold Plated Rolls Phantom Coupe - Luxury Even For Onlookers
If you think all of the owners of crazy expensive cars always keep their identity hidden, you might be wrong. Turki Bin Abdullah, a Saudi royal, is not one of them. He owns countless cars but the most notable of them are the five gold-plated luxury cars. Starting with this Phantom.
This car costs $450,000 from the dealership but that was not enough for the Arab tycoon, no. He spent what can be very carefully assumed as a crazy large amount of money to get this car plated with gold. Think of it as a really, really expensive car wrap.
Batmobile - To Guard the Realms of Men
There is a company in Dubai called "Team Galag" that has made a real-life replica of the batmobile. This thing is a bit different from the one in the movies as it is adapted from the video game. As impressive as this car might look, it still does not have the firepower Bruce Wayne's Batmobile wielded.
It might not be true to say that this is the strangest thing to be seen on the streets of Dubai but you ain't gonna see an American Billionaire pull up in the parking lot of a diner in the Batmobile.
Icona Vulcano - Shares Materials With the SR-71
The Icona Vulcano was made with the same materials as one of the fastest aircraft of all time, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Titanium is a very light and strong metal and you guessed it right, it is pretty expensive too. The rumors that a supercar was being made from titanium were confirmed when the Vulcano appeared at the Dubai International Auto Show.
The car reportedly has a 6.2-L V8 that produces 1200hp with a 0-60 time of 2.8 seconds. The performance stats and the use of an expensive metal translate to a hefty price tag. But nothing is too expensive if you are a notable man in Dubai. That explains why the car was revealed in Dubai of all places.
Ferrari FF - A Cop Car
When the police are tasked with making a city safe where the average car is a supercar, they better have a fast fleet of cars. It comes as no surprise that Dubai Police has some of the most insane cars of any law enforcement agency in the world.
The main four-seater car this police operates is a Ferrari FF. How often have you seen your local police driving a 650hp car that costs half a million dollars? Never. This is made to chase the gold-plated Lambo's in Dubai.
Bugatti Veyron - Another Cop Car
If the citizens of Dubai drive some of the fastest cars in the world, why not the police? The 1000hp W16 Bugatti Veyron with its $1.2 million price tag is not a rare thing in Dubai but the one with a couple of officers inside might qualify as one.
I don't know about you but I am willing to surrender my career, goals, and ambitions and go to Dubai and start distributing speeding tickets. Just imagine the level of adrenaline in the officers' blood while chasing someone in a car that does 253 miles in an hour.
Audi R8 V10 - Cop Halo Car
When Audi Released the R8 V10, they had no idea Dubai Police would use one of their examples as a cop car. It was not confirmed by anyone in Dubai Police but it looks like they have specific cars to use based on the vehicle they're after. If the criminal is in an Italian car, send the Ferrari, if they are in a German car, send the Audi.
Whatever the case might be, this Audi is an awesome car, and seeing it pulling cars over for speeding might break the hearts of enthusiasts. But the Dubai Police are rich and they can use any car.
Brabus 700 - Cops Need to Go Off-Road Too
Dubai has a large desert and there's nothing that can stop criminals from escaping to the wasteland when being chased by the police. It was necessary to make the police capable enough to tackle such a situation. As crazy as Dubai is, the definition of making the police capable was nothing less than giving them this $250,000 SUV.
This is a 700hp off-road machine with three locking differentials. Unless someone has the $1 million Brabus 6X6, the chances of someone running from this patrol car in the desert are next to zero.
Custom Amphibious Cars - Bought By Resort Owner
When you have an insane amount of money in the bank and don't know how to spend it, some get creative. But what the guys at Waldorf Astoria Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, did cannot be rationally explained in words. In November 2015, these people lost their minds and got two amphibious cars made for them.
These are not production vehicles or prototypes. The resort owner probably felt like having a unique attraction for the visitors and came up with this idea. If you own a resort in Dubai, you are rich enough to bring any idea to reality.
Lambo Aventador - For Real Life NFS Hot Pursuit
Why not add an Aventador to the police fleet, just because you can? It would just not be appropriate to have some cars roaming around in supercars while others have Toyotas. I won't say this is the most capable car on the list of Dubai's police cars but it is one very potent vehicle in itself.
I am not going to bore you with the stats of this car but you need to be aware of the fact that there are not many cars in the world that can outrun a determined cop driving a 690hp V12 Lambo.
