RE: Showpiece of the Week: Pagani Huayra 'Tempesta'

[croyde]

Didn't realise they were the pictures to sell the car

Thought PH HQ had got hold of the car and taken the pics in their car park at Teddington, during an exceptional high tide.

Awful.

[Macboy]

I cannot fathom how Tom Hartley thinks standing these cars in a pond looks good. This looks like it's been in a flood and is awaiting recovery while a Premier League footballer waits for his mate to pick him up in a Velar. Baffling.

[Shephda1]

TooMany2cvs said:

Shephda1 said:

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24876/lot/378/?cat...

Or try this one!

Ah, but that isn't the "tempertantrum" edition.

Is it really named after the wind god of the Quechua people? Have they never been near a Decathlon store's tents...?

£11k+ to fit a tracker and some paint protection sticky-back plastic? Four months back at the factory to give it a wipe-down for sale? Jesus wept. It's spent most of its life in the back of a truck on a French autoroute...

It's spent over 7000 miles on the roads and tracks of the UK generating the biggest automotive fix imaginable!! I have never stopped smiling.

Not to mention being shared with ~100 passengers on parade laps at charity events - Sporting Bears Dream Rides.

The factory visit included installation of some BC components so it's effectively better than new, ready to be enjoyed and hopefully driven by the next owner.

[Mafffew]

I think they're lovely machines. Personally I prefer the Zonda, but the Huayra is not far behind.

Ones for the Euromilliions wish list.

[Vocht]

What do these cost new? If I was spending that sort of money I'd want a custom build to my own spec and the full factory tour/build experience. Heck if I was spending that much I'd want Horacio to cook me some spaghetti bolognese and sing me a lullaby.

[Christian85]

I have never understood the fascination of the Huayra, I think even if I saw one in the flesh and think “meh”, I’ll take a Zonda please.

[Its Just Adz]

I know the chap who bought this car new and specced it.
While the colour wouldn’t have been my choice, the rest of the options list was insane!
Like part bare carbon fibre was over £100k IIRC.

[DBSnappa]

CharlieAlphaMike said:

DBSnappa said:

All their bloody cars are sitting in massive puddles now, which just looks wrong.

Agreed

Although I find the thought of the car dealer manoeuvring this into what looks like a 2” deep puddle while in wellies quite amusing.

[WCZ]

looks horrible, has performance which is available much cheaper and isn't that much of an event to drive compared to what else you can buy for 2m

[sinbaddio]

Shephda1 said:

It's spent over 7000 miles on the roads and tracks of the UK generating the biggest automotive fix imaginable!! I have never stopped smiling.

Not to mention being shared with ~100 passengers on parade laps at charity events - Sporting Bears Dream Rides.

The factory visit included installation of some BC components so it's effectively better than new, ready to be enjoyed and hopefully driven by the next owner.

Top man! I saw your car in a public car park in Keswick a few years ago and was genuinely ecstatic and surprised to see such a rarity in a public car park! (next to Wetherspoons too!)

[gigglebug]

WCZ said:

looks horrible, has performance which is available much cheaper and isn't that much of an event to drive compared to what else you can buy for 2m

Which has been the best Hypercar for you from a driving perspective? You are a lucky man if you have managed to spend time in many of them, I'd be happy just to have had a go in one of them!

[Loyly]

I absolutely love the Huayra. It must be that jet fighter appearance and that focus on getting the noise of the turbochargers out. It's a different approach to performance compared to the Zonda and perhaps not as evocative (and certainly not as accomplished as a sports car). However, I could look at the Huayra all day. It would definitely be a lottery win car for me!

The photos in this advert however, are just awful. Taken in a dull, flooded ditch against a grey sky; what were they thinking? Take it to a country house on a sunny evening or inside a studio with a good lighting rig.

[gigglebug]

As purely an object to covert Pagani's have always been at the top of the list to me. I love the detail and the emotion that goes into the cars and certainly for me it would be irrelevant if the outright performance could be bettered elsewhere or at a cheaper price point.

The front splitter transforms the car for me, it always looked a little buck toothed when it was originally launched without it.

[AWG]

I must admit the photographs on this car made me chuckle! Great looking car but the photographer should take up a new hobby imo.