Noise.It used to be intrinsically linked with mobility, but it’s rapidly becoming a scarcer commodity. A good noise is now a luxury. Thankfully, the Pagani Huayra R is a car that can deliver on luxuries. And lots and lots good noise.
The £2.5 million, 850bhp track-only carriage clock for the ageing Zonda replacement is an unrivalled exercise in exoticism and outright excess. It – literally – all centres around a stressed member V12, 6.0-litre, nat-asp racing engine that revs to 9,000rpm.
“The new engine had to have the charm, romance, sound and simplicity of the F1 engines of the Eighties,” Horacio Pagani said. He didn’t disappoint.