AUTOMOTIVE
PRIVATE JETS TO HYPERCARS:
ENTREPRENEUR AMEERH NARAN
SET TO UNVEIL LATEST VENTURE
The world’s most desirable hypercar, the Naran, is set to be unveiled
to an exclusive audience in August 2020. The 1048hp, V8-powered, allwheel
drive Naran coupé is the creation of aviation entrepreneur and
motorsport aficionado, Ameerh Naran, who is turning his boyhood
dream into a reality with the launch of the limited-edition machine.
Naran comments, “This hypercar has been my driving ambition since
I was a child. My intention is not simply to create the most beautiful
and thrilling cars in existence, but to inspire future generations to
pursue their wildest dreams and demonstrate that with vision and
passion, anything is achievable.”
With a top speed in excess of 230mph and a 0-60mph sprint time
of just over 2 seconds, Naran’s first automotive venture is set to
deliver the sort of performance that marks it out as a true hypercar.
Handcrafted in Germany, the Naran has been designed and
engineered by a team built from the world’s leading automotive and
motorsport talent. Designer Jowyn Wong (renowned for his work
on the Apollo IE and DeTomaso P72) and materials designer, Kate
Montgomery (most notable for her collaborations with the likes of
Aston Martin), have sculpted a remarkable vehicle that is as poised
as it is purposeful.
The hypercar is now in the advanced stage of prototype
development and the development team, led by former Jaguar
Land Rover engineer Steve Pegg, has been instructed to deliver a
potent driving experience, with a front-engined 5-litre twin-turbo V8
delivering 1048bhp through an all-wheel drive system housed within
the coupe´s 2+2 configuration.
Just 49 vehicles will be created in the strictly limited edition run,
and all will feature design elements that are tailored to the driver as
well as being unique to the brand, ensuring that the owner’s exact
specifications tell their own story on the road.
Before founding his eponymous hypercar brand, Ameerh Naran
helped to reshape the private jet business a decade ago, all the while
running further enterprises across the fashion and food sectors. In
2016 he decided to combine his interests in the travel and luxury
sectors by setting up Vimana Private Jets, a business with access to
over 5,000 elite aircraft worldwide which has grown by 250% year
on year. Now, having proven his abilities in the worlds of luxury and
speed, Ameerh is using that experience to create the Naran Hypercar.
Ameerh’s passion for all things automotive was an ever-present
during his early years growing up in Zimbabwe. At the age of 14 he
wrote to Ian Callum, the Director of Design at Jaguar and Adrian
van Hooydonk, who was Head of Design at BMW, asking for advice
on what path he should take to realise his automotive passion. The
replies he got from both men planted the seed in Naran’s mind that
he would one day turn into a reality.
Now, aged 34, and as the CEO of one of the world’s most successful
private jet brokerages Ameerh’s success in business has enabled
him to begin the next chapter in his life: the creation of the ‘Naran’- a
hypercar that embodies truly exceptional characteristics of being
both ‘brutal yet beautiful’.
www.naran-automotive.com
16 The Art of Luxury Issue 44 2020