After living through Bush years, my eyes always gravitate toward any rising nationalism that flutters. So while you may have just seen a new one Pagani Huayra R, I noticed immediately a larger Italian flag on the side.
Here is an original C12 S roadster. When you look at the original Paganis, you see exactly zero Italian flags on them. Why didn’t he need Italian flags to let you know he was Italian? Because it’s a bright yellow supercar, which is about half an inch off the ground, with a V12 behind the seats. The whole car is indicative enough, because yes, it’s Italian.
Pagani is about the most Italian car company out there, performing demonstrations on the side street behind the factory. He could not be more Italian, although the founder was born in Argentina.
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The first Pagani I found with an Italian flag on it was the 2009 Zonda Cinque. Can you see the flags? I’m right there on the wonderfully delicate side mirrors.
The most direct, of course, was the Zonda Tricolore, named for both the flag itself and the Italian version of the Blue Angels, which also bears the name.
Even that car, named after the flag itself, did not have a scheme as big as red-white-green like this new Huayra R. Look at this big flag! There is even a color scheme for the flag on the speaker.
The added comedy is that in addition to finally coming out with an R successor for Huayra at the Zonda, he also made a new Huayra Tricolore. At first glance, it seems we have Less flag than before. But then you look again!
There is an even bigger flag on the side! The flags refuse to get smaller. Can I understand that America will never return to a state when we don’t have hundreds of meters high flags at every car dealership on the outskirts of the city, but Pagani?