When the Pagani Huayra R was announced, one thing that caught my attention were the statements
“designed from the ground up in partnership with HWA AG”
”The cutting-edge components especially created for the Huayra R include the brand new six-speed sequential gearbox which has been designed, along with the Huayra R’s engine, in collaboration with HWA AG to complete a tailor-made powertrain.”
which i assumed meant it was a brand new engine but recently read two articles which makes this confusing.
Wikipedia states:
The Huayra R uses the “Pagani V12-R”, a version of the 6.0 L naturally aspirated Mercedes-Benz V12 engine built from the ground up by HWA AG
Goodwoods states:
and the Huayra using a bespoke HWA V12, based loosely on a Mercedes casting.
So the engine is bespoke and built from the ground up and at the same time based on another engine ?? Isn’t that contradictory ??
If I had a nickel every time a racing thing was marketed as being “built from the ground up” and in fact was not “built from the ground up” I would have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.