$2.8 million Pagani supercar sold out before debut
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Chopping the roof off a car doesn’t, on the face of it, seem like a particularly complicated task – just ask any fireman. However, according to Horacio Pagani, founder of the Italian supercar company, removing the roof from the multi-million pound Huayra has been the most complicated thing he has ever undertaken.
The hard work appears to have paid off, however. This is the new Huayra Roadster (pronounced Way-rah, so you know, and named after the God of wind), which looks as glamorous and exotic as its $2.8 million price suggests it should be.
The new model will make its public debut at next month’s Geneva motor show, where the great and the good take a break from skiing and gather a stone’s throw from the shores of Lake Geneva to take their pick of the world’s most expensive cars.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Just 100 examples of the Huayra Roadster will be built, and the company says all have already been sold – despite it costing more than twice as much as the Huayra coupe.
Pagani claims that new manufacturing techniques, using carbo-titanium, mean the Roadster is almost 80kg lighter than the coupe, at a total of 1280kg, and its structure is 52% stiffer.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Buyers get two roof mechanisms. The first is a carbon top with a central glass section, which is removable but can’t be stored in the car. Once this is left at home, the Roadster features a fabric cover with a carbon frame that is stored onboard. Pagani says this is a temporary feature that can be used when the weather suddenly turns.
Its twin-turbo, 6-liter, V12 engine develops 754bhp and drives the rear wheels via a seven-speed sequential manual gearbox. The company is still to release performance figures for its new model, but expect it to accelerate from 0-62mph in a shade over 3 seconds and boast a top speed of over 220mph.