Huayra R

Make
Pagani
Segment
Coupe

The Pagani Huayra R was a car we all knew would come eventually. Even so, when it finally was unveiled, our breath escaped us. Clad entirely in carbon fiber and fitted with an incredible bespoke naturally aspirated V12, this is the kind of machine that celebrates all the good to have come from the invention of the internal combustion engine. Its radical design was shaped by both aerodynamic efficiency and aesthetic preferences, making the final product both effective and spectacular. As much as we like looking at the car, what we really want is to hear it, and now we finally get to, thanks to a video posted on YouTube this past weekend.

Pagani had previously shown us a video of the Huayra R blasting around Imola, but that was a digital rendering. It was a pretty good job nonetheless, but the above video simply blows your socks off. Hearing the raw, unfiltered sound of that 6.0-liter power plant bouncing off the walls and reverberating around the Monza Circuit without any music dubbed over it or any false enhancements makes it even more amazing. This video also highlights the brutality of the Huayra R's six-speed sequential gearbox as it bangs through the gears, plus the cornering stability as the car remains totally flat through turns. It just looks and sounds epic.

Sadly, if you don't have a Huayra R, you'll probably never get to experience this powertrain. Developed in partnership with HWA AG, the 838-horsepower N/A V12 will only ever see duty in this car. As disappointing as that may be for some, the fact is that this is truly a racing engine, not something meant for the road, and that makes it even more special. At $3.1 million each, all 30 versions of the Huayra R will likely never see any serious use outside of Pagani's special club track days, but thankfully, videos like this give us a little taste of what the elite echelons of automobile manufacture can conjure.