The Cars of the Beast ?

Seen on opening day at the Dubai Autodrome

Bad in Black, Lamborghini 666

I was told that these cars are owned by Dubai's Sheik Maktoum. He drove a U.S. made Viper in the feature race on that opening day. I don't recall where he finished. I thought it was a bold and gutsy, in your face move, to put the "Number of the Beast" on the cars. Classy. And the Viper was nice too.

Porsche Carrera GT 666

In Dubai auto “number plates” are sold by auction. Highly sought after low numbers and auspicious numbers can bring more than a million dollars.

Millions Spent on UAE Car Number Plates 18 February 2008

In Dubai more than $US7m was spent on the car number plate bearing the number 98. Of course that was small change compared to the $US14m spent by one Emiriti in Abu Dhabi on a number plate bearing the number 1.

Porsche Carrera GT 666-2

It's my guess that the license plate numbers costs as much as the cars. American's might pay an extra $100 for a vanity plate. In the U.A.E. it's a much bigger deal. Millions can be spent for that special number. Check out these articles from Dubai's Gulf News:

Dubai number plate auction generates Dh41m ($11.162 million U.S.)

A number of two-digit numbers, 89, 43, 61 and 78, were on offer, 43 and 61 toping the list by generating Dh2.3 million ($626,ooo U.S.) each. The four numbers were sold for a total of Dh11,14 million. ($3.033 million U.S.)

Dubai holds special number plate auction

Dubai: Number Plate G 16 broke all records of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) special number plates auction when it was sold for Dh5 million ($1.36 million U.S.) Friday, according to RTA.

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