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The world needs supercars, and Horacio Pagani's company make some of the best and most outlandish examples out there. Building on lessons learnt from the nutty Huayra BC, the new Huayra Roadster will be on display at next month's Geneva Motor Show.
Boasting face-distorting lateral grip (to the tune of 1.8G, a record for a car on road tyres), the car features active aerodynamics to help turn the 770hp and near-1000Nm of torque into forward motion. No performance figures have been quoted, but with only 1,280kg for the AMG-sourced 6.0-litre twin-turbo V12 to haul around, it's not going to be slow...
Drive is transmitted through a seven-speed Xtrac automated manual gearbox, with switchable ESC. Interestingly, Pagani talks about an understeer-biased chassis balance, saying that it lends itself better to predictable and safe handling on track. That chassis features suspension components hewn from what it calls 'HiForg' (not to be confused with a psychoactive toad), lighter to the tune of 25 per cent over the Huayra Coupe's items.
Stopping is taken care of by Brembo's finest carbon ceramic discs (380mm all round), with huge six-pot calipers on the front and four-pot items on the rear. The wheels are also forged, and you get two roofs with the car; a simple fabric item for emergencies and an altogether more intricate carbon fibre and glass item to give a coupe look.
It's all elementary of course, because Pagani are only making 100 cars, all of which are already sold. The cost? A cool €2.28m. When you look at the passion and soul dripping from every facet of this machine however, it almost seems worth it. This is a supercar built by a company that truly loves building supercars, so let's be glad that cars like this still exist.