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220mph in the Pagani Huayra prototype

It’s never done a high-speed test run, but it’s about to take its first shot at hyperspeed…

Posted: 08 Jun 2012

I am sweating nervously in the passenger seat as prototype Huayra Number Three is brimmed with fuel, when a man wanders over and starts jumping up and down on the car's nose. Violent, full-force leaps, again and again. This is not what you want to see a couple of minutes before you're set to ride along on an untested hypercar's maiden voyage towards 220mph.


Words: Sam Philip
Pics: Justin Leighton

This feature first appeared in the April 2012 issue of Top Gear magazine

 

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