What Kind of Sportscar Can You Buy for $1.1 Million?
- Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:13am by
Meredith Jessup
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Not many people can afford $1.1 million for a sports car, but for those who can, a new model is making its way to the American market.
Pagani, a company which has previously manufactured its cars in a small Italian village, announced Tuesday that it will be releasing a model called the Huayra to be sold in the U.S. According to USA Today, the two-seater Huayra will boast a 700-horsepower engine, but getting your hands on one may prove more daunting than the monthly payments:
The company only made 18 cars last year, all the outgoing model. For the new Huayra, Pagani hopes to double the rate when production reaches full swing next year. No big rush.
“We’re this little small (company) that tries to make nice cars for people who love us,” Zappacosta says. …
The company was founded in San Cesario sul Panaro, Italy, in 1991 by an Argentine, Horacio Pagani. Working for years around racing and exotic cars, Pagani specialized in supplying advanced composite materials for other automakers. Composites such as carbon fiber are used in the bodies of the most expensive cars today because of their exceptional lightness and strength.
Pagani started making cars in addition to parts. However, the outgoing model, the Zonda, doesn’t meet safety and emissions requirements of the U.S. “We’ve gotten a lot of requests from the U.S., but we’ve never been able to fill them,” Zappacosta said.
The new model, named for a South American god of wind, is aimed at being certified as street legal in the U.S. “This automobile is the result of five years of dedicated effort for the Pagani team, and we see this as an unprecedented opportunity to continue expanding our vision of the future for the supercar industry,” Pagani said in a statement.
The car uses a 6-liter, 12-cylinder engine made by Mercedes-Benz’s AMG performance unit. The engine develops about 700 horsepower. Top speed is expected to be 230 miles per hour, Zappacosta says.
But Huayra isn’t just about engine power. It will stand apart because of its light weight, just under 3,000 pounds, which enhances quickness and handling.
The cars are also made according to each buyer’s specifications. “We see ourselves like a custom suit maker,” Zappacosta says.
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avenger
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:48pmI ordered one in blood red with a saddle interior color……
Report Post »Moment of Clarity
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 2:12pmwrap it up – I’ll take it!
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:22pmBeautiful car. In my case I don’t want a car that nice because then you have to take care of it better and my car is to serve me and not me serving the car. Also at my age I never go over 70 miles an hour.
Report Post »ThomasUSA
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 10:28amI already have one of these in my garage: It’s parked beside my SMART car…
Report Post »lcam67
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:41amFOR SALE…. 1984 yugo, will customize to your specs. 8hp , runs mint…. bids starting at one milllion obo…..
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:01amWhat is the point in a car that will earn you a trip to jail before you get it out of second gear.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:48amCheap transportation, the Pagani is the KIA of sports cars. Now if you’re talking about a Lamborghini Reventon , or a Bugatti Veyron, now we’d be talking a high priced car.
Report Post »smokey888x2
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:35amI think Barack Obama would look so keil in one of these … sporting around throughout the middle east with a one way ticket ….
Report Post »P-Daddy
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:19amVery sexy
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:11pmIndeed.
Report Post »ann4now
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:10amWould love to drive it once, but without the AWFUL side view mirrors!
Report Post »popeyebedford
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:19amYou really think someone would buy this thing? when they can get a VOLT? and go 40 whole miles not using gas…
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 2:57amOMG….. I would have no use for it now but I certainly can appreciate it,,,, I had a 1967 Chevelle SS with a 396/ 360 With a 375 cam 4 spd. solid lifts and it would fly. Boy I wish I had that car now. I don’t know where you would ever get to open it up unless you took it to the desert.That sure would be fun……
Report Post »WireWizard
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:50amI’m taking delivery of mine in July
Report Post »GHill7.62
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:29ammmy keeeeibord isntttt wrrrkng rrrrrghttttt… mmmmmmmmmmmmst hve drooleedddd tooo mcchh
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:28amPark it at the Home of the Brave!
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:25amlol I got so excited I hit post twice.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:24amThe car uses a 6-liter, 12-cylinder engine made by Mercedes-Benz’s AMG performance unit. The engine develops about 700 horsepower. Top speed is expected to be 230 miles per hour, Zappacosta says.
Report Post »———–
So its a hybrid, right ?
Its not ?
But its expensive, right ? And designer European too !!
OK then
Moochelle will get one I’m sure
:D
Psychosis
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:30amshe cant fit in one, you must have missed the height, weight, and WIDTH requirements in the description
bwahahahahahahahahahahhhaaaaaa
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:30amDamn, Cheezwhiz!!! You’re rough on her!
Report Post »(She has it coming, though!)
Showtime
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:38am@Psychosis -
Report Post »You give Cheezwhiz a run for the money! You’re just as good at humor!
I get a kick out of you two.
cheezwhiz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:43amY’ll know what why its a must have , for some ?
Report Post »This :
The cars are also made according to each buyer’s specifications. “We see ourselves like a custom suit maker,” Zappacosta says.
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What more can a girl ask for ?
13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 2:21amHey cheezwhiz
Google the term Racist followed by Moron
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 2:24am@ showtime why thank you
i used to post a lot here, but i have found its more fun when there are more trolls to smack around, hence i go to the huff-n-puff and media splatters
it is really amazing that there are that many ignorant people out there, and have taken up a qwest to try and smack some sense into them…………..some of them are actually waking up, unlike our periodic resident troll ABC ( he shows up, gets smacked around, then goes back to mommy for a few weeks)
Hey ABC………im still waiting for your research on global warming, and i wont accept third party opinion pieces like you tried to pawn off last time lol
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:23amPretty sweet car.
Report Post »javasport
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:21amI think Glenn can find the down payment for one from the change in his couch. Oh crap, he auctioned it off last year!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:26am@javasport
Report Post »Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:21am
I think Glenn can find the down payment for one from the change in his couch. Oh crap, he auctioned it off last year!
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Dont-cha just hate it when that happens?!
That is a sweet car, though.
joseph Fawcett
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:50amI just don’t get it, never have about cars. I expect mine to run and get me to work and other places. I just don’t get why someone needs 700 HP. Sorry car fans. I would love a horse to get around on myself. That would be a one horse powered mode of transportation! lol
http://www.josephfawcettart.com Western Artist
Report Post »brliantedj
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 2:26amI really hope this EMEFFER takes off since my VOLT just died.
Report Post »GEW
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 3:00amOne beautiful car.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 3:21amI don’t think it would be save when the revolution begins! http://wp.me/pYLB7-CF
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:24am.
Report Post »You can have that piece of junk, I’ll keep my 1970 HEMI (a real one) GTX 150mph on the speedo.
Been clocked at 162mph,
MAULEMALL
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:41amIt would get in the way of my Veyron..
Report Post »booger71
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:45amSpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:24am
.
You can have that piece of junk, I’ll keep my 1970 HEMI (a real one) GTX 150mph on the speedo.
Been clocked at 162mph,
Right on, plus you can sleep or get laid in it
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 10:41am.
@booger71
The back seat of that car has seen some action lol…
I think our son was concieved back there…………
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