Hyperleggera

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.

Paranoia und Verschwörung in Bayern

Peter Orosz — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:29:05 +0000

In December 2006, I visited BMW’s Dingolfing factory—where the 5, 6 and 7 Series are made, along with the Rolls–Royce Phantom—only to be told of their No Photography policy on site. I had a story to file, so I did what I could: made drawings in Crayola. All four thousand words and twenty-seven drawings are now republished here in English.

The Age of the Automobile

Peter Orosz — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:28:53 +0000

Saab’s seemingly awesome special edition is nothing but a symptom of the pointlessness that’s eating the car industry alive.

In the Name of Science, Seven Thousand RPM

Peter Orosz — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:05:29 +0000

Testing the Dynolicious software with a BMW 335i.

About the Lexus LS600hL

Peter Orosz — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:44:14 +0000

Cruising for a minute in Lexus’s cybernetic whale. Set to Terry S. Taylor’s Sound Effects Record #32