An ocean of still tides sits 200 miles south-west of Dubai on the Arabian Peninsula. The Rub’ al Khali – known simply as “the empty quarter” – is a section of the Arabian Desert which sat untouched for thousands of years before humans arrived to pump oil up hundreds of meters from beneath the dunes of red sand. Out here, far removed from the makeshift oil towns and coastal ports, is the last place you’re likely to hear the dulcet hum of a Lamborghini Countach’s V12. And yet, something emitting that exact sound is scaling the dusty slopes.
