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TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

FINALLY, A CAR FOR THE GAME OF THRONES GENERATION.

Whether it’s Drogon fireballing King’s Landing or those old reptiles perched next to their stacks of cash, dragons have long been box office gold… so it was only a matter of time before a car company leveraged the popularity of everyone’s favourite bewinged, fire-belching serpent in an all-electric lightweight supercar. Right?

Perhaps I should let Guy Colborne, head of design for Apex Motors – the Hong Kong based company behind the British designed and engineered AP-0 – explain: “At the front of the car I wanted to create something that represented our company’s origins. The dragon is intrinsic to China, it’s a symbol there of wealth and prosperity and luck, so I wanted to

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