Pagani Huayra BC - Best hypercars

The Pagani Huayra is named after the indigenous South American god of wind, and like the Pagani Zonda, it blows a big raspberry in the direction of longer-established Italian exotic builders Ferrari and Lamborghini.

With a monocoque made of carbon fibre and titanium, the Huayra weighs in at less than 1,400kg. Not surprisingly, therefore, with a 720bhp and 1,000Nm twin-turbo Mercedes-AMG engine stuffed into its rear end, even the ‘standard’ Huayra goes like stink. Maximum speed is quoted at 235mph, with a 0-62mph time of 3.2 seconds.

The Huayra BC (named for Horacio Pagani’s departed friend, Benny Caiola) takes things a step further, with a power upgrade to 754bhp, and a stunning aero package with a vast rear wing and racing car style front splitter. In fact, according to Pagani no panels are identical to the regular Huayra. The chances of seeing one on the road are incredibly slim though, as production was limited to just 20 cars. In true Pagani style, the brand has since followed up the BC with even more brutally fast variants, and indeed the brand new Utopia, but the BC is where the Huayra really took off.

What are the best hypercars ever built?

1. McLaren F1
2. Bugatti Chiron
3. Mercedes-AMG ONE
4. Koenigsegg Agera RS
5. Pagani Huayra BC
6. Porsche 918 Spyder
7. GMA T.33
8. Ferrari LaFerrari
9. Aston Martin Valkyrie
10. Rimac Nevera

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