The Pagani Huayra Story (video, 14:37)

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[ruveyn ben yosef 0]

I found the discourse on the composite material interesting. The aesthetics? Meh. Sand dunes are sculpted by the wind, so one might think of this chariot as a sand-dune with 4 wheels. For people who are excited by such things, enjoy it if you can afford it.

By the way, a car is NOT a jet plane and encouraging such thinking leads to dangerous irresponsible driving on a crowed road. And 1.7 g acceleration is way too high for driving safely in traffic. With accelerations like this, the temptation to pass in a tight situation is rather high.

Nice engineering by highly impractical for ordinary people taking their chariot to the local super-market.

ruveyn

[JohnRgt 0]

By the way, a car is NOT a jet plane and encouraging such thinking leads to dangerous irresponsible driving on a crowed road.

The video neither says that the car is a jet, nor encourages dangerous and irresponsible driving.

And 1.7 g acceleration is way too high for driving safely in traffic.

That the pumps have such capacities doesn't mean that they can only be used at those limits.

With accelerations like this, the temptation to pass in a tight situation is rather high.

Fortunately, human beings have free will so it's not a lock that people driving such cars will act irresponsibly. In addition, we have law enforcement to deter reckless conduct.

Nice engineering by highly impractical for ordinary people taking their chariot to the local super-market.

But it's not meant for ordinary use. And I assure you that the Pagani is a very, very practical way of experiencing a variety of thrills, everything from high build quality, to cutting edge tech, to ludicrous speeds, to exclusivity, etc.

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I love how they showed not just the car, which was stunning by itself, but also the manufacturing and assembly. I don't quite know how to explain it, but there's something incredibly beautiful about it. My older brother always used to tease me that I tend to "see with my hands". That video got my fingers to itch something fierce.

[Betsy Speicher 0]

I have split off some of the posts in this thread to the topic on "Cars and traffic safety" here.

[Leonid 0]

This car is a sheer beauty and I enjoy just looking at it, in spite of the fact that I never could afford it. Just the knowledge that people can create such a miracle expresses the joy of life. And yes, I'd would drive 370 km/h if I had the proper driving skills and the road conditions were right. Speed doesn't kill-evasion does.

[JohnRgt 0]

From

evo

issue #170:

The Zonda nearly became a Lamborghini. Horacio Pagani started work on creating what we now know as the Zonda in the early 1990s. The project was completely self-financed by Pagani, leading to the family having to make major sacrifices, but in 1997 they received an offer which could have changed their lives forever.

Lamborghini was restyling the Diablo, but insiders didn’t like the proposals and the management turned to the company’s retired marketing manager, Ubaldo Sgarzi, for advice. Sgarzi knew about Pagani’s car and proposed that Lamborghini should look at taking over the Zonda project and launching it as the Diablo replacement, with the existing Lamborghini V12 powertrain.

A group from Lamborghini went over to see the Zonda project and, loving what they found, made an offer of $9m to take it over. Pagani summoned his family to discuss the situation. Selling the project seemed a food idea, especially as Pagani lacked the finances to complete the Zonda at the time. Then Leonardo Pagani, Horacio’s then ten-year-old son [who was named after Horacio's hero, Leonardo da Vinci] said, “But you have been dreaming about building this car all your life and now your dream is coming true, but what if you lose it? Do you think you could cope?” It was the question that made Pagani realise he had to contiune building the Zonda as his own car.

Lamborghini, meanwhile, hastily developed the Murcielago, which was basically a re-skinned Diablo, rather than the all-new model Lamborghini had hoped to introduced at this time.

Later on we find out that many have tried to purchase Pagani Automobili. The family, which

owns 94% of the stock, has rejected all offers, including a recent one from a luxury brand,

possibly LVMH, for €200m.

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The www summation of the print edition's 14-page long piece:

http://www.evo.co.uk...yra_review.html

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evo has uploaded more footage from their visit to the Pagani factory:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmDG6Pf4jfI&feature=player_embedded

[ruveyn ben yosef 0]

Toys for the Boys.

ruveyn

[JohnRgt 0]

Toys for the Boys.

ruveyn

At a $1.3M a copy, and with only ~60 a year being made after the new factory opens, those are some rather special "toys".

[ruveyn ben yosef 0]

Toys for the Boys.

ruveyn

At a $1.3M a copy, and with only ~60 a year being made after the new factory opens, those are some rather special "toys".

Toys for the VERY rich boys.

ruveyn

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Dear Santa Claus,

I want one of those. Please?