Pagani Huayra Roadster - update
Looks like the Roadster is going to be built to Huayra BC spec...
A drop-top version of this? Yes please!
As a reminder, the Huayra BC coupe was built in tribute to Horacio Pagani's mentor Benny Caiola; described as "the most technologically advanced Huayra Coupe yet", it produced more than 750hp and boasted a kerbweight of just 1,218kg. While we would expect the Roadster to add a few more kilos, that still bodes very well for a healthy power-to-weight ratio.
As for the image here, it's difficult to make any conclusive statements. Perhaps that driver's canopy is a little smaller than the coupe, but really we're looking for differences here as opposed to actually finding them.
Finally, as if it was in any doubt, Pagani has used the hashtag #Geneva2017 to accompany this pic, confirming that it will be in Switzerland in a few weeks time.
[Source: Pagani Automobili, via Facebook]
Though it's been easy to forget about with the Zonda special editions seemingly endless, the Pagani Huayra has been around for five years now. And when you think how quickly the Zonda evolved, from the early C12s to the 7.3 S and beyond, Huayra progress may have looked a little sluggish by comparison. Still, when you're starting with a 740hp V12...
This is all you're getting for now!
Other details are familiar from the Huayra coupe, the front and rear lights shown here are seemingly identical. Beyond that there's not a lot to guess at just yet, with the car still largely under wraps. In the Pagani tradition expect the roof to be as lightweight as possible; therefore it could well be a manual assembly job, with the usual faff associated with putting a roof together. Whether it's a manual or electric roof though, it seems likely Pagani will use canvas (or something else light) rather than a folding metal substitute.
The Pagani Huayra will be shown at Geneva, which promises to be quite the show for supercars with both the McLaren Super Series and Huracan Performante due as well. Stay tuned!
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[Source: Autocar]
That was years ago now and it looks like they still have the same one in stock:
http://www.bobforstner.com/autos/pagani-huayra-2
But frankly, all I really care about is the Huayra-R. We want the dirty, full-fat, crazy aero, we don't care about rules we just want to torture V-Power model.
Can we not have the next revision of this please:
The Zonda seemed to evolve and capture the imagination.
From day 1 of the Huayra I've just thought meh.
I don't particulary like the styling and from what I've read about how it drives, I don't even really think about it when thinking La Ferrari, 918, P1 levels.
I loved a Yellow Zonda, which I was told was the daily drive of a lady in Monte Carlo & her young child had placed a number of flower/insect stickers on it, which the factory were very keen on leaving intact when they detailed it.
Plus how many manufacturers have the owner/designer overseeing virtually every aspect of the company on a daily basis.
king R?
That said... Herr Pagani should consider a lightweight and stripped to the bone Zonda or Huayra - sounds like I have a mouth spasm now - and present us that. Hard core just to prove there's more to it then just posh million Dollar footballers cars that change hands with 13 miles added to the odo.
Pagani's feel like old news and let's face it the Huayra just isn't as cool or as good looking as the Zonda.
They should be awesome and desirable but they are indeed a little......meh.
I think it's the engine. The Zonda engine was magnificent and whilst the Huayra is no food mixer, it doesn't have the presence to my uneducated mind.
They look a bit weird aswell.
That said, Zonda's were criticized in their early days, so let's see how the Huayra develops.
I at the end of the day will always be a Zonda F coupe fan boy but I still appreciate the work that has gone into the Huayra
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