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The Billionaire’s Rocket: When Hypercar Dreams Meet Dubai’s Desert Heat
The Devel Sixteen is the automotive equivalent of your mate who claims he once outran the cops on a skateboard. It’s bold, unbelievable, and leaves you wondering if it’s actually real. Conceived in the deserts of Dubai by Devel Motors, this car has been teased as the machine to destroy all other machines. The numbers alone are enough to make Bugatti and Koenigsegg engineers wake up in cold sweats: a 12.3L quad-turbo V16 engine, with a claimed top speed of 348 mph (that’s 560 km/h for the metric-minded), and up to 5,007 horsepower in a track-only variant.
Now, let’s address the elephant—or rather, the jet engine—in the room. A V16 engine? Sure. That’s the sort of thing you’d expect on a missile, not a road car. And 5,007 horsepower? If true, that’s enough power to tow Dubai’s entire fleet of supercars in one go. Devel Motors insists it’s not just a flashy toy for the obscenely wealthy; it’s a functional hypercar that redefines speed. But let’s not forget, this is still very much a prototype. Top speed claims remain untested in real-world conditions, leaving us wondering if this is brilliance or bravado.
But here’s where I grudgingly tip my hat. The design is unapologetically bonkers—low, wide, and looking every bit like a Batmobile on steroids. It screams excess, which is exactly what Dubai is all about. And the sound? That V16 growl could probably scare the lions out of the Serengeti. Whether it’s functional or not, the Devel Sixteen is a spectacle—a poster car for kids who dream of something faster than fast.
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