Pagani to offer $250,000 handling kit for Huayra

Pagani has announced that it will allow owners of the current Huayra to upgrade their cars to a similar specification to the limited-run hard-core Huayra BC that was unveiled at the Geneva motor show in March.

For around an astonishing $250,000, the Italian car-maker will retrofit current owners' cars with the Huayra BC’s new aerodynamic upgrades as part of a package called Pacchetto Tempesta.

The pack adds a new front splitter, rear diffuser and complete new underbody that’s said to add downforce and reduce drag, thus improving handling for track use.

However, it’s not known if -- for that huge amount of cash -- Pagani has been kind enough to also throw in the BC’s 66kW/100Nm engine upgrade, which boosts total outputs of the twin-turbo 6.0-litre V12 to 588kW/1000Nm.

Nor is it known whether Pagani will lower the standard car’s kerb weight to the BC’s 1218kg (wet).

If it does, the Tempesta upgrades will also see the regular Huayra gain an ultra-light titanium exhaust system and what’s claimed to be the lightest suspension on any road car. There are also lighter wheels, tyres and brakes.

If the Pacchetto Tempesta includes a power bump and weight loss, traction-permitting, the Huayra should be capable of a sub-three-second sprint to 100km/h and a top speed exceeding 370km/h.

If it was made in right-hand drive (it’s not) and sold in Australia (it isn’t), the upgrades would boost the price tag of the regular Huayra to a cool $1.5 million.