DRIVEN TO EXTREMES
A day in early fall. The low, thick fog invades the valley, the wind is so weak it barely moves the leaves. The Emilian countryside, in the province of Modena, Italy, stretches for miles, pervaded by cultivated fields, streets, and rivers. Time has taken its toll on an asphalt road that separates two long rows of trees. A short stop, it seems like the perfect frame to take a picture. In the flat and uniform light, the Pagani Huayra Roadster, which costs just under $2.6 million, shines even brighter. There is an almost magical air, it seems as if time and the whole world has stopped to contemplate the elegant and brazen beauty of founder and chief designer Horacio Pagani’s latest creation.
The big 12-cylinder engine rumbles while the Huayra Roadster maneuvers along the narrow road, under its tires the crackling of the very fine white gravel. A group of passing tourists comes up closer, intrigued by what looks like a
