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Zarooq motors

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Zarooq Motors ^[1] is a United Arab Emirates car manufacturer of high-performance cars, based in Dubai. Zarooq Motors is the first to manufacture the chassis, the car body and to assemble a production series automobile in the UAE. It is also the first car manufacturer with Emirati Management, therefore at the forefront of emiratisation and Dubai diversification in Industry.

Zarooq Brands themselves as "Supercars Born In the Desert", probably alluding to their origins in the UAE, a country known for its love of luxury hypercars and its desert.

Their main focus is performance Supercars with distinct Off-Road capabilities (as the car architecture is similar to a rally raid racing car, despite the fact that it is road legal).

The name was inspired by the Schockari Sand Racer, the fastest snake in the desert, in Emirati: Zarooq (زاروق)

History

View of Zarooq SandRacer

Zarooq Motors started hinting their project in with some sketches.

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Later on they divulged the actual design of their car during a press conference in November 2015.

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In April 2016, they revealed their first show car in front of the Sofitel The Palm, in ^[4]

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In addition to the Sand Racer, Zarooq Motors also announced the creation of a Sand ^[5] which will feature off-road races and allow public to experience the car ("arrive and drive").

The founders ^[7] all have a significant history in motor racing:

as a race organizer in Dubai Autodrome and Yas Marina Circuit

as a driver in Formule Renault, formule ford and Indy Car

as a strategy consultant in sports industry and with winfield racing school through Simon de Lautour and the Knight brothers

Models

The SandRacer 500 GT ^[14], their first model will weigh 1300 kg, powered by a 6.2 liter V8 and deliver 500 hp and 600 Nm while having 45 cm ^[2] of suspension travel. ^[8]

A renowned supercar designer took care of the car body design the car while the technical aspects were overseen by Zarooq Motors' European Technical Partner:.

The luxury leather and carbon fiber was done by Mansory ^[1].

Production is exclusive (<50 per series), as usual for such premium supercars and price is $450.000 ^[1]

References

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Citation Linkzarooqmotors.com"Zarooq Motors - Home"

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Citation Linkcarscoops.com"UAE's Zarooq Motors Previews Sand Racer Concept"

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Citation Linkyoutube.com2016 Zarooq Motors Sand Racer - press conference on UAE-built car

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Citation Linksport360.com"EXCLUSIVE: First pictures of Zarooq Sand Racer built in the UAE"