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REVIEW: GTAutos Pagani Huayra

Words and photos courtesy of Ravi/diecast

 

Huayra is an Italian mid-engined sports car produced by Pagani. Succeeding the company’s previous offering, the Zonda, it is named after Huayra-tata, which means “God of the winds”.  The Huayra uses a twin-turbo Mercedes-Benz AMG 60° V-12 engine and a carbotanium monocoque construction.  It also incorporates active aerodynamics.

GTAutos raise their standard with one of their best models to date. What we have here is a premium offering with an individual certificate and special packing. GTAutos are in league with other manufactures who produced the Huayra model, which include Mondo Motors, BBR, MR, and more. The question remains, and that of one from collectors too, how does it measure up to AUTOart’s upcoming release. Let’s find out in this review…

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GTAutos have definitely raised the bar on product quality. The paint quality is awesome and you’d be hard-pressed to find any flaws.  The model is painted in a metallic white paint, which I have to say, looks awesome from any angle.  Both headlights and taillights are done very well, especially the reflectors on the taillights – they are sharp and very well detailed, though the reflectors for the turn signal on the front come up a little short as they are painted.

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GTAutos have produced one of the best exhaust systems I’ve ever seen on a model to date. Exhaust is finished with bluish tint, while the mainframe and metal quad exhaust complete the package.  Panel gaps are good but alignment near the doors is off, which gives the model a cheap quality feel.  The carbon fiber on roof and bumpers is off scale, a bit too large and shiny for my liking.

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The doors opens on solid mechanisms, and the engineering is very well executed. In fact, the best opening mechanism on any upward opening doors on any model I’ve seen to date.  Doors stay open without issue – Minichamps, you can learn from this.

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Interior is where the model shows its stripes when compared to a premium brand.  The cheap shiny plastic look and feel of the materials and not so sharp details betray what this models deserves.  Seats are the best part of the interior by far, along with the instrument panel behind the steering wheel.  I don’t understand why GTAutos neglected to add carpeting, again the lack of quality material is a big miss, I wished they had put some extra effort here.

GTAutos did great job on the details of the rims, center hub is very well done.  Big miss is the plastic tires, rubber here would be the desired choice.  The aerodynamic flaps on front and back are operational individually, although I avoid opening them using my finger nail or something similar, for fear of scratching the paint.

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Access to the engine is only allowed when the doors are in the open position.  Compared to the doors, the rear cover is extremely flimsy.  Once the engine cover is in the open position, we have a mixture of good and not so good details.  Quality of materials and execution is suspect in some areas, the extra effort just isn’t here.  Though GTAutos did a great job on the engine roll cage, and suspension (super gold finish is quite striking), but they missed on other engine detail overall.  Plus the look and feel of the other parts is cheap, as the plastic lacks depth.

Overall it’s a great model and features awesome details, but for a collector who wants something more for a special supercar like Huyara, and where Pagani’s team put forward an exceptional effort, driving passion and craftsmanship, this is just a value-for-the-money model for me, and truth be told, I would rather spend more money on the AUTOart version.

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2 Responses to "REVIEW: GTAutos Pagani Huayra"

  1. TriggaNigga says:

    I have this car, it is very highly detailed and has mesh grills even in parts you cannot see very well. However it does not have a trunk but you would have to pay £399 for that privalege for the AUTOart equivelent. For the money this is a very good model and I would highly recommend it to anyone who doesn’t have much money to spend on diecast cars and wants a mid-priced pagani huayra!

  2. Guiddy says:

    I have the red version of this model and the finish and richness of colour in the paint is where GTAutos have excelled. The red is almost like Candy Apple and really stands out in a cabinet.
    Yes, some touches are cheap, and a real shame they didn’t do a better job of those tires. Even bigger shame they stopped doing the numbered certificate.
    But overall and for the money, great job GTA!

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