Saroukh el-Jamahiriya
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| Saroukh el-Jamahiriya | |
| Presentation year: | 2009 |
| Vehicle fair: | |
| Class : | Upper class |
| Body shape : | limousine |
| Engine: |
Otto engine : 3.0 liters (169 kW) |
| Length: | 5500 mm |
| Width: | 1870 mm |
| Production model: | none |
The Saroukh el-Jamahiriya ( Arabic صاروخ الجماهيرية, DMG Ṣārūḫ al-Ǧamāhīrīya , rocket the masses Republic ') is a car - a prototype of Libya .
Beginnings
On the 30th anniversary of the revolution , the "Libyan rocket", a green five-person sedan, allegedly equipped with the latest electronics, appeared. A prototype was presented to the public at the Organization for African Unity's annual meeting in September 1999.
prototype
For the 40th anniversary of the Libyan Revolution, the Italian TESCO TS (since 2009: Tesco Go SpA) developed the vehicle according to the specifications of Muammar al-Gaddafi : Only materials of Libyan origin should be used; the design of the vehicle, however, was allegedly designed by Gaddafi himself. Like the previous model, the prototype was a luxury class sedan , equipped with airbags, shock-absorbing vehicle parts and bumpers as well as a sensor system and was touted as the “safest car in the world”.
The vehicle is said to have been given a 230 hp V6 petrol engine with a displacement of three liters; this engine is said to have given the vehicle an acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in seven seconds. A price of around 50,000 euros was planned for series production, the prototype cost 2 million euros.
The whereabouts of the prototype after the civil war in Libya is unclear.
References and comments
- ↑ news.bbc.co.uk from September 6, 1999 Gaddafi invents rocket car (accessed June 3, 2014)
- ↑ Since 2011, Tesco Go SpA has been operated as JBM TESCO by the Indian technology group JBM Group via its subsidiary JBM Cadmium Pvt. Ltd. controlled; this holds a 75% majority. → Homepage JBM TESCO
- ↑ Libyan Times ( Memento of November 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.0 MB) of September 14, 2009. Retrieved on May 26, 2012.
- ↑ autoblog.com of September 2, 2009 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi designs a "safe" car (accessed June 3, 2014)
- ↑ welt.de of October 12, 2009 Gaddafi's rocket car goes into series production (accessed on June 3, 2014)
- ↑ autobild.de from September 1, 2009 Gaddafi is building a car (accessed June 3, 2014)