The King of Morocco buys the only two units of the Laraki Sahara, reported to cost over $2.2 million each

The King of Morocco has spent over $4 million to support Laraki, a Moroccan supercar maker.

Called the Laraki Sahara, this supercar is essentially a rebranded and reworked supercar based on the Chevy Corvette.

Only four units will be built but only two exist to date.

And now the King owns them both.

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Why the King of Morocco bought two

Morocco isn’t exactly the first country that springs to mind when you talk about supercars but the Sahara does look like a proper performance beast.

The Sahara is based on a Corvette C7, but everything including the V8 engine was heavily modified.

With help from Dallara, an Italian coachbuilder and manufacturer, the 7.0-liter V8 now produces 1,550 horsepower for a top speed of 248mph, according to Laraki.

Each car costs around $2.2 million.

Like most royals, including of course the Sultan of Brunei, the King of Morocco owns a variety of rare and expensive vehicles.

However, unlike other heads of state, he does occasionally drive his cars.

There’s a long list of countries where the President/Prime Minister/King or equivalent can’t drive.

Sometimes for practical and safety-related reasons, and sometimes for legal reasons.

In the U.S., for example, there’s a law that prohibits any U.S. President, including former Presidents, to drive on the public road by themselves, which is why the President doesn’t go anywhere without his sizable motorcade.

Supercars from unusual places

We tend to assume most supercars must come from the U.S., Italy, Germany, Japan, or maybe even the UK.

That’s definitely the case, but there are also interesting vehicles from places you wouldn’t associate with high-performance supercars.

The most famous example is probably the Lykan Hypersport, a hypercar built by a W Motors, a company that was founded in Lebanon but is now based in the UAE, where it is also being used by the police.

If the car looks familiar, it’s probably because you’ve seen it in Furious 7, driven by Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.

The Lykan was the star of what was probably the most elaborate and iconic stunt in the Fast and Furious franchise.

In the movie, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, ie Dom Toretto and Brian O’Conner, crashed one into two skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi.