Muammar al-Qaddafi may have called himself a simple Bedouin,
but when it came to transport, camels were not his thing. In 2009, he unveiled
his own custom-designed supercar, the Saroukh El Jamahiriya, or Libyan Rocket,
a five seat sedan shaped (oddly enough) like a rocket. But speed wasn't quite
the Brotherly Leader's goal: with an amemic 230 horsepower engine, it wasn't
designed to tear down Tripoli's highways. Instead, it was designed to be the
safest car in the world, complete with pop-out bumbers and double digit airbags. Sadly, only one was ever built. And he could have used it.
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