Hyperleggera

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Herr Rosemeyer!

Peter Orosz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:39:25 +0000

Our patron saint the fearless Bernd Rosemeyer has turned one hundred last night, sacrificing 71 and counting years to the fastest highway accident in human history. We baked him a cake.

Leaving in a Ford GT

Peter Orosz — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:16:04 +0000

In the wee hours of morning from the Classic Car Club of Manhattan.

Kicsit sárgább, kicsit savanyúbb

Peter Orosz — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:57:41 +0000

“It’s a little bit like Monaco without the houses,” is how Murray Walker described the Hungaroring. This year’s Hungarian Grand Prix was to be a weekend about Felipe Massa’s crash and Lewis Hamilton’s unlikely victory—preceded by an embarrassing spectacle as Hungarian as pre-race events get.

God Will Protect

Nickolas Kulczak — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:55:01 +0000

Lulled by a Rolls-Royce far from home, our new American correspondent comes face to face with that most American of garden tools: a rifle.

Happy Year Zero

Peter Orosz — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:06:13 +0000

Today marks the first birthday of Hyperleggera and what better way to mark the occasion than with a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera chained to the very ground.

Catch Some Z’s

Peter Orosz — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:47:59 +0000

If you have a child you would like to put to sleep, it’s not an altogether bad idea to strap her into a Z’s seat and take her for a ride. In no time, she will be fast asleep. Note: keep your foot down at all times.

An Event Horizon of the Automotive Variety

Peter Orosz — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:02:31 +0000

As our team heads into Italy for this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este by Lake Como, it’s time to look at this report—published for the first time in English—on the 2007 event. An occasion which, with its Homeric undertones, proved life-changing for a young Dr. Orosz.

In Cold Blood

Peter Orosz — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:48:45 +0000

If you have to drive in snow, please be on the lookout for snowmen. They lack both fine motor control and a good sense of hearing. This can result in tragic accidents.

Pagani’s Zonda was “inspired by race cars, not road cars”

Peter Orosz — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:50:26 +0000

In the spring of 2006, I had a chat with Horacio Pagani, whose eponymous company builds the Zonda. It is published here for the first time in its original English.

The Pagani Zonda Field Guide

Peter Orosz — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:25:56 +0000

Horacio Pagani’s baroque street racer has turned ten and is leaving the supercar scene with the Zonda R track special. We celebrate with an illustrated guide of every Zonda model ever made, complete with Harry Metcalfe’s galactic scoutship and a guest appearance by Scarlett Johansson’s breasts.