W Motors Fenyr SuperSport Is an RUF-Powered Exclusive Death Eater

By now, you’re likely familiar with the W Motors Lykan HyperSport. If you hadn’t heard about its diamond-encrusted headlights or its $3.4 million price tag, it gained even more notoriety when Paul Walker slobbered all over it in the most recent Fast & Furious film.

This past week at the Dubai International Motor Show, W Motors doubled its product line and announced it’d be quadrupling the amount of its vehicles on Earth with the release of the Fenyr SuperSport. Only seven models of the Lykan were built. The Fenyr will see a run of 25.

Although the Lykan might be more exclusive, the Fenyr is going to be more powerful. The gawds over at Germany-based RUF automotive designed a 4.0-liter twin-turbo flat-six that will make 900 horsepower and 885 lb-ft of torque. That will be connected to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission with a mid-rear setup.

When an engine like that is powering a car with a carbon fiber body and tubular aluminum chassis, good things happen. The car jolts to 62 from a dead stop in 2.7 seconds and has a listed top speed of 248 mph. Magna Steyr Italy also helped with the engineering of the car.

You’re probably looking at Fenyr and wondering, “What is that name? What does that mean? Where does it come from?” The only explanation the W Motors website offers is a quote: “The earth will shake violently, trees will be uprooted, mountains will fall, and all binds will snap – Fenyr will be free.” Adapted from Prose Edda, 1220.

Thanks, guys, that pretty much just makes me think Fenyr means Godzilla. And there’s already a Godzilla in the car world. After falling into an Internet wormhole, it appears that Prose Edda is part of Norse/Scandinavian mythological literature. That might sound familiar if you’re into comics or movies, as that’s where the characters from Marvel’s Thor series are from.

If we’re to believe Caitlin Duffy of Autofluence, and as far as I can confirm from a bunch of weird mythology websites, there is no Fenyr in Norse lit, but there is a Fenrir. Fenrir is Loki’s son, and he’s a big bad wolf. Because the Gods knew he was trouble, he was apparently chained up multiple times while growing to extravagant strength before eventually breaking free, devouring the sun and moon, killing Chief of the Gods, Odin, uprooting the Nine Worlds tree, Yggdrasiland, and demolishing everything else in his path. This event is known as Ragnarok, or the end of a mythical cycle.

Also of note, there’s a character in Harry Potter named Fenrir Greyback. He is a Werewolf Death Eater.

So that’s the kind of supercar you’re getting if you’re lucky enough to land yourself a Fenyr.

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Via [W Motors]