RE: Chris Harris video: Driving the Pagani Huayra

[Mermaid]

Davey S2 said:

Mermaid said:

dinkel said:

...Not everyone is Chris Harris and Hamster looked like he had 'nuff fun with the Italian Beast.

It is clear he had many takes for the drifting. And the road was cordoned off probably.

I doubt it was closed. Not much traffic in the Italian hills and all you need is a spotter on the corner to give you the thumbs up that all is clear.

Same result

[Davey S2]

Mermaid said:

Davey S2 said:

Mermaid said:

dinkel said:

...Not everyone is Chris Harris and Hamster looked like he had 'nuff fun with the Italian Beast.

It is clear he had many takes for the drifting. And the road was cordoned off probably.

I doubt it was closed. Not much traffic in the Italian hills and all you need is a spotter on the corner to give you the thumbs up that all is clear.

Same result

Indeed it just doesn't involve the Italian authorities

[fast_eddie]

Way back in the day Chris did a group test with a Gallardo and others through a wet stretch of winding forest road. I said back then he was made for TV and this report reiterates that.

Great reporter and presenter and quite a good driver too

Don't hamper him with pc road rubbish, please just let him get on with it.

[lgomgf]

HowMuchLonger said:

Is there any chance you could do a back to back test with this, the Gumpert, and a Koenigsegg?

Yes... Monkey, beat TopGear to it and put this monster against its rivals... Specially the new Fezza F12 Berlinetta

[Butter Face]

Good video there, enjoyed it a lot and the car sounded fantastic.

[Jaykaybi]

lgomgf said:

HowMuchLonger said:

Is there any chance you could do a back to back test with this, the Gumpert, and a Koenigsegg?

Yes... Monkey, beat TopGear to it and put this monster against its rivals... Specially the new Fezza F12 Berlinetta

In no way is a Gumpert Apollo or Ferrari F12 a rival to the Huayra. I'd say there are only three actual rivals - Koenigsegg Agera, Aston One-77 and Pagani Zonda! That is, of course, until the big Mac, the new Enzo, the crazy Jag and (perhaps) the 918 come along. I KNOW these are direct rivals because I know people who've got their name down for all of them, but aren't sure which to actually settle on buying.

[Alnassma]

Butter Face said:

Good video there, enjoyed it a lot and the car sounded fantastic.

No it doesnt, it sounds like a bus. A fast bus - granted - but still a bus.

[toppstuff]

Alnassma said:

Butter Face said:

Good video there, enjoyed it a lot and the car sounded fantastic.

No it doesnt, it sounds like a bus. A fast bus - granted - but still a bus.

I thought it sounded good. It's a turbo. It's not going to make a noise like a 458. And perhaps the microphone was disproportionately picking up the sound of the turbo waste gate anyway.

Dont have a problem with the noise it makes at all. Sounds like it is - a slightly old school monster turbo engined car.

I love it.

[Chris Harris]

Alnassma said:

No it doesnt, it sounds like a bus. A fast bus - granted - but still a bus.

It really doesn't sound like a bus. Not as strident as a Zonda, but from inside, it's still a lovely noise.

[Alnassma]

Probably different from inside the cockpit then, Watching the movie all Im left with as it takes off is the sound of big turbines spooling up - to the point of thinking "is that it?".

What makes epic cars epic for me is the aftershock and spinetingeling rasps that NA cars leave behind as they rev into oblivion... ah well maybe Im getting old.

[monthefish]

Davey S2 said:

iva cosworth said:

This has probably been asked before but how do you pronounce Huayra

Harris says it in the film.

'Why Rah'

Harris also concedes he might not be pronouncing it correctly..

[TimJMS]

dinkel said:

The Aventador for me.

The equivalent of choosing a knife to take to a gun fight.

[caraddict]

Aventador is a nice car, but it will be just another mass produced post-Audi Lamborghini in 10 years when the new model comes out...

[TheRoadWarrior]

Best video yet?

Cheers Monkey, keep it up.

[dinkel]

TimJMS said:

dinkel said:

The Aventador for me.

The equivalent of choosing a knife to take to a gun fight.

. . . and how much fun is that!

[kazino]

What a beast. Never seen a zonda in real life, here's hoping

[spadgm]

The Pagani test driver has to have the best job on the planet!

[Bencolem]

Again, a simply superb video, wonderful. Nothing has taken me closer to this car than this video. Thank you, love it.

Clearly an awesome car and I'm sure that some will buy it for its jewel like qualities and detailing alone - but I'd have a real issue with the turbo whistle long-term if I was ever fortunate enough to own one and whilst the car did admirably well in tight roads that are clearly not its comfort zone, the steering did look a bit slow for me. To break traction on dry roads with 345(?) section rear tyres repeatedly and controllably was rather impressive though. I love power oversteer!

[dinkel]

Where the Spyker has just that little too much bling to look a drivers car . . . this Huarya looks in perfect balance: and with the decent soundbyte to match.



Mmmh, maybe it was launced a few years too early.

[markcoznottz]

It's obviously massively over torqued, it seems to spend most of its time sideways if full throttle is used. The boost is swelling the torque band to comical proportions. I can see why pagani used that engine, but twin turbo on a V12 is overkill?, no wonder it's fast, well once the tyres stop spinning that is. The car could maybe have done with 4 wheel drive but added weight etc. It's exactly what people thought it would be, pagani couldn't have put a shovel nose on it otherwise it would look like a Zonda, so they didn't and it looks, well, different.