And, apparently, the shape of the Huayra fell out of Mr. Pagani's head almost fully formed.

WSJ: Pagani Huayra Review: If Da Vinci Made a Sports Car | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil

The Huayra is beautiful, sculptural, harmonious, enlightened, as elemental as the air for which it is named.

WSJ: Pagani Huayra Review: If Da Vinci Made a Sports Car | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil

It means that when you're ripping around the Italian countryside like a fleeing bank robber, with the Huayra's turbo wastegates exploding, tearing the veil with the sound of angels having a mid-air collision, there is somehow a deft, invisible finger holding the car to the pavement.

WSJ: Pagani Huayra Review: If Da Vinci Made a Sports Car | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil