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Review: Pagani Huayra
- daeken 14y agoPagani has been putting out truly amazing cars. The Zonda F is nothing short of astounding; well designed, insanely well engineered, and it's simply beautiful. I can't wait to see the Huayra; one day I'll actually be able to afford one. Maybe.
- ThomPete 14y agoNews Flash You can learn without an education.
- politician 14y agoThe real shame is that "an education" is synonymous with "expensive University".
- cobrausn 14y agoA better term is 'formal education'. By learning, you become educated.
- fein 14y agoNo offense to Horacio here, but the guy was in with the bigwigs at Lamborghini before Pagani was started, so the guy had all the connections he needed. It's not like this gentleman came from nowhere. Likewise, the Pagani motors are all from AMG, so no manufacturing there, just tuning. If anything, we should be crediting the engineers that actually build the chassis and body.
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- rabble 14y agoThis is the same guy who designed DHH's Pagani HH a couple of years ago. http://filer.progstr.com/1/post/2012/05/dhhs-pagani-zonda-hh-supercar.html http://filer.progstr.com/1/post/2012/05/dhhs-pagani-zonda-hh...
- comatose_kid 14y agoHere's an interview with him: http://www.casilda.com/htmltonuke.php?file=loscasildenses/entrevistapaganienglish.htm http://www.casilda.com/htmltonuke.php?file=loscasildenses/en...
- rabidsnail 14y agoDid I just read the word "badass" in the Wall Street Journal? That's got to be some kind of watershed.
- mjvandenbergh 14y agoIt's on the wsj's blog network, not in the paper itself.
- jdietrich 14y agoThe article presents a really misleading picture of Pagani. For starters, Horacio Pagani isn't some sort of outsider savant who came from nowhere - he has a long history in the automotive industry and at one point was head of composites at Lamborghini. Pagani are a small company, but they're not tiny for their sector of the market and have 55 employees. A niche car company can be that small for two reasons - one is that they buy in most of their mechanicals from a mass-manufacturer, the other is that they make chassis from composites, which can only be manufactured by hand and have no meaningful economies of scale. Aside from the chassis, a car like this is assembled rather than manufactured - the engine comes in a box from AMG, the exhaust system from MHG, the interior from Dani and most of the metal components from Aspa. The Zonda and Huayra are phenomenal cars, but they're not the unique creations of one special genius. They're what's possible when a clever designer is given a blank cheque. The moveable aerodynamic elements on the Huayra are sophisticated, but they're not unique and would be commonplace in racing cars if the technology wasn't banned by the FIA. It's infinitely more difficult to design a good car that costs $20,000 than a great car that costs $2,000,000. I don't mean to take away from the achievements of Pagani, but instead celebrate the work of the network of companies that make their cars possible. A modern supercar is like stone soup - the designer is just a catalyst for the expertise and resources of a whole army of manufacturers.
- cs702 14y agoAccording to the article, "...the shape of the Huayra fell out of Mr. Pagani’s head almost fully formed." Given how hard it is to build anything that can zoom at 225mph without losing control or crashing, I find this a rather impressive feat! Edit: in response to the comments below, yes, I recognize this may be hype, and yes, I recognize designing and building the car must have been an interactive process involving many other people. Still, there's little doubt that Mr. Pagani was the main creative force, and I can't help but be impressed by his accomplishment as a company-founding "car hacker-artist" CEO.
- mbesto 14y agoYou don't think this is a least bit sensationalized?
- K2h 14y agoprobably type-o at the bottom. article lists 0-186 at 18 seconds, and then at the bottom lists 0-124 for 18 seconds. That is one awesome car.
- ajays 14y agoIf it can do 0-60 in 3 seconds, I'd bet that it could do 0-124 in much less than 18 seconds. Heck, my 330i can do 0-120 in less than 18 seconds... (or so I've heard ;) ).
- mjvandenbergh 14y agoHe doesn't have a formal education in aerodynamics. Someone who doesn't have a formal education is someone who didn't go to any kind of school.
- powertower 14y agoSee the car in action here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRBCbMy_Tw0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRBCbMy_Tw0
- kposehn 14y agoHoracio Pagani is quite a genius - while the article doesn't go into as much detail about how so much more is involved in the creation of the car, Horacio is most definitely the single most important aspect of the inception, creation and production of his cars. Without his sheer bloody-mindedness I doubt the entire supercar industry as it stands would exist today.
- podperson 14y agoSeems like an amazing car, but the interior looks like it was designed by Homer Simpson.
- nir 14y agoVery cool. Reminds me of John Britten, the Kiwi who almost single handedly created one of the best and most innovative motorcycles of the '90s (including the engine!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Britten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Britten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten_V1000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten_V1000 (I grew up reading about Britten in motorcycle magazines in Israel, and when years later I got to NZ it was cool to see find one of his bikes as a well deserved centerpiece in the national museum :)
- angrow 14y agohttp://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/The_Homer http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/The_Homer
- el_cuadrado 14y agoLOL, A Man Without Education Builds A Billion-Dollar Corporation! Just look at that poor bastard, Billy Gates. He dropped out from [s]a community[/s] college! This must be a sensation!
- bluestix 14y agoI would rather have one of these: http://www.venomgt.com/ http://www.venomgt.com/
- bstewartnyc 14y agoWhy would someone need a "formal" education to do this?