Monday, July 2, 2007


What to get if you didn’t get on the list for the Ferrari FXX.
BY STEVE SILER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE VALENTE
Ferrari’s audacity hit a new peak last year when it produced the track-only FXX and subsequently sold it to loyal owners willing to cough up 2.1 million bucks for the honor of joining Ferrari’s ultimate focus group. Problem is, Ferrari only built 29 of them. If you were one of the bummed billionaires who missed the opportunity to own Ferrari’s non-street-legal super-supercar, here’s the next best thing: the Pagani Zonda R.

Based on Pagani’s already stupidly fast Zonda F, which is capable of lapping the Nürburgring in a shocking 7:32 (same as a Porsche Carrera GT) while achieving nearly 1.5 g in some corners, the R shows just how much higher the performance bar can be raised when you throw out the rulebook.

Indeed, the Pagani Zonda R makes no concession to any racing regulation or governmental constriction of any sort. Instead, priority was placed on eliminating unnecessary weight and incorporating aerodynamic and powertrain-related technologies that will help it go even faster than the street-legal Zonda F. Cost was no object, except to the person who has to pay for it.
And pay he or she will: The price of the Zonda R is a Bugatti Veyron–like $1.2 million.

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