It’s always a pleasure to see cars like Pagani Huayra. The limited, built to order hyper cars are the auto equivalent of celebrities. The Huayra looks pretty hot in red and black, but then the car is interesting even if you paint it in zebra colors. A large part of its appeal is due to what’s under the hood. It’s a bespoke 6.0 V12 AMG twin turbo engine developing  700 horsepower and 1000 Nm of torque.

Performance-wise the Huayra does 0 to 100 km/h in just over 3 seconds and reaches well over 350 km/h if you keep your foot down.

The story behind Huayra’s name: Ancient legends of the Aymara tell us of Huayra Tata, god of wind, who commands the breezes, winds, and blizzards that invade the mountains, cliffs and hills of the Andean highlands. It is told that Huayra Tata resides deep in the high peaks and valleys, abandoning them only to demonstrate his power to his wife, Pachamama, goddess of mother earth. With his power Huayra Tata was able to lift the waters from lake Titicaca and rain them down on the fertile Pachamama. When Huayra Tata sleeps, the waters and rivers lay quiet. But the calm before the storm is about to be interrupted…