July 20, 2011

"It's inspired by a plane taking off..."

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A perk of being the millionaire publisher of the best Car magazine on the planet is that you get invited to the Costa Smeralda to ride around in the new, amazing Huayra with Horacio Pagani himself. Takes considerable bravery to drive a 720 hp twin turbo that fast on tight and dusty sardinian roads!

Not much I can add to this great video clip by Harry Metcalfe other that perhaps, that the idea of a car inspired "by an airplane taking off" is not really what tracktards want to hear necessarily (like they are buying Paganis anyway...ha!).
But, damn the Huayra does sound and look like a fighter on afterburners.

Coming soon to an issue of EVO near you

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10 comments:

  1. Stephen HyndsWednesday, July 20, 2011 5:00:00 PM

    Those turbos spooling up - that's the noise I expect to hear as I die.

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  2. KompaniWednesday, July 20, 2011 6:43:00 PM

    Very nice car but the inside looks very 'bling' in a bad way rather than 'classy'. Sounds rather nice and the outside it fantastic.

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  3. Isotope9Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:45:00 PM

    Sounds like my last visit to the dentist...

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  4. HeadWithWingsWednesday, July 20, 2011 10:11:00 PM

    What's with the asymmetrical opening of the flying back flaps?

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  5. DavidThursday, July 21, 2011 12:59:00 AM

    It probably has to do with steering input, and which side of the car needs more downforce at that time.

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  6. headwithwingsThursday, July 21, 2011 2:52:00 AM

    @David
    I doubt they have managed to pull that off. We had a similar thing in F1 at some point for straight line aero testing only but it was really delicate with crosswinds and highly destabilizing under hard braking.

    Still thinking this might be simple hydraulic glitches...

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  7. Jonny ShearsThursday, July 21, 2011 6:00:00 AM

    The sound reminds me of being at the dentists!

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  8. pradsterThursday, July 21, 2011 8:37:00 AM

    The dash looks like a cheap chinese stereo, with its multicolor LEDs and all that. Not what I would want in a car that I am paying big dinero for.

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  9. ACThursday, July 21, 2011 11:11:00 AM

    I imagine china would be a place where they will sell a few...

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  10. ACThursday, July 21, 2011 11:14:00 AM

    the independent flaps are supposed to work like ...well, like on a plane. the unloaded side would get more angle to push it down. It was actually invented by Nissan back in the 60s I think.

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