Ugly, but I want one.

Beautiful, but I want one.

I will not kick it outta the garage.

I will, however, wonder what's up with the new comment entry box... "Start a discussion"? And what's with the formatting not working? Comments are overlapping an (extra?) link to the commentaters name. (FFox 2.0.0.14)

teh hotness...but I'm a little disappointed that they're dropping a few cylinders. I know it'll still make big power but it seems that much less exotic. It's Italian exotica, it needs a crazy powerplant to fit its character.

@FreeMan: I've always wondered why Gawker IT doesn't just set up a test environment so they can screw around with fonts and formatting until they get it right, THEN roll out the updates.

@Come&VetteMe:

But it's that endearing kind of ugly... like how girls think pugs are cute.
Dropping a few cylinders might be good, if they can have some good output, and less weight, it'll be faster and more agile.

Quick, throw more turbos at it.

When I need a diversion at work, I pull up Jalopnik. When the IT geeks behind the curtain at Gawker need a diversion, they swap XHTML code around on the fly for no apparent reason. Perhaps we should email them a link to bikinibabesholdingharddrives.com as a distraction.

@combat chuck: That's how the rest of the world does software development - especially in a company that is Sarbanes-compliant. (yea... I work in software development)

I could get all kinds of pagani with that car.

Are they going to try to sell these in the US? I don't think you can get them in America.

Overall it doesn't move the game on enough from the Zonda, but I do really dig the scoops atop the rear fenders. Maybe they'll clean it up a bit before it hits the news stand...

I don't really think a V8 with a supercharger and water-to-air intercoolers mounted up top, along with the associated heat exchangers and plumbing to-and-from is going to be much, if any, lighter than the "plain-jane" V12.

I think this car is on steroids. Seriously. Look at those shoulders.

Re: the hamster/software issue: Well? It seems to be working. I think "Start a discussion" should have some other companions, like "Start some Sh*t."

@bluecoupe: You're right, Italian supercars need a V12 to give it that exotic element. Otherwise, you might as well go with the "drop a SBC in it" that occurs so often here (not that there is anything wrong with that, apart from as standard equipment in an Italian supercar).

@turbo zero: I'm glad I'm not the only one in that school of thought. There's just something about a V-12, a certian prestige that you don't have with a V-8. It's the same reason you look at a Mercedes SL to see if it's a lowly SL500 or a SL600 with a mighty V-12. I'm sure this thing will be as wild as the first one, but it won't feel the same. But it's still teh hotness.

@Novaload: "Working," but only in the VR6-ignition-coil sense of the word. The hamsters ate three of my comments so far today.