tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16579934.post5340818454654922797..comments2024-03-18T21:16:20.987+08:00Comments on Think Positive: $3.6m - Singapore’s most expensive carGuanyuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03622336318754833240noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16579934.post-67661593683895610962012-02-24T13:13:25.200+08:002012-02-24T13:13:25.200+08:00$3.6m - Singapore’s most expensive car
By SAMUEL ...$3.6m - Singapore’s most expensive car<br /><br />By SAMUEL EE<br />24 February 2012<br /><br />Singapore’s most expensive car is being launched this weekend and its distributor aims to sell as many as three units a year. The Pagani Huayra starts from $3.6 million and Melvin Goh of Euro- Sports Auto believes he can move ‘one to three cars a year - maximum’.<br /><br />‘This is serious money,’ he said. ‘I’m not sure if we can do three, but a couple of cars a year should be possible. It is for someone who wants to be different, after having had so many Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Rolls-Royces.’<br /><br />Mr Goh should know what he’s talking about. Since taking on the Lamborghini franchise 11 years ago, his name has become synonymous with the Italian super sports car brand here.<br /><br />Like Lamborghini, Pagani is also an Italian supercar. But unlike Lamborghini - where the most expensive model is currently the $1.6 million Aventador - a Pagani costs more than double.<br /><br />Until now, the most expensive car on the market here is the Rolls-Royce Phantom EWB or Extended Wheelbase limousine.<br /><br />‘If you load that up with options, it will come up to slightly over $2.2 million,’ says Mr Goh. ‘There is no car over $3 million, so the Pagani will set the benchmark for pricing in Singapore.’<br /><br />According to Mr Goh, there are ‘no firm orders’ for the Pagani so far, although there have been ‘expressions of interest’ from three or four Singaporeans.<br /><br />So who buys a Pagani? And does having a Rolodex of Lamborghini owners help?<br /><br />‘It’s not a question of affordability; it’s whether they want to spend on one or not,’ says Mr Goh. ‘Anyway, there are still a lot of people out there who are not necessarily Lamborghini owners who can afford the car.’<br /><br />He calls the Huayra with its mid-mounted 6-litre twin-turbo V12 engine a ‘very emotional purchase’.<br /><br />‘The car is completely handbuilt,’ he explains. ‘Every nut and bolt is titanium. Not one switch is from a parts bin but machined from a solid piece of metal. It is bespoke for this particular car.’<br /><br />But even if money is not an issue, anyone planning to walk into the Pagani showroom - next door to Lamborghini in Teban Gardens - and driving out with a Huayra won’t find it easy.<br /><br />‘The production is so small that even if you want it, you cannot have one immediately,’ says Mr Goh.<br /><br />Total volume for 2012 (the first full year of production) is 20 units, although this will be doubled to 40 next year.<br /><br />Also special is the fact that each Huayra will probably be unique, with a long list of outrageously expensive options available. For example, the two-seater car can be ordered with a full carbon fibre finish - a $500,000 option.<br /><br />‘Each car is different because you can have different specifications. It is possible to be the owner of the only one of its kind in the world,’ says Mr Goh.<br /><br />Despite the marque’s rarity, the Huayra will not be the first Pagani on Singapore roads. Two units of the now-discontinued Pagani Zonda were registered here by the previous dealer, Auto Kultur. Auto Kultur introduced the marque here in late 2003 and the Zondas are said to have cost between $2 million and $3 million each.Guanyuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622336318754833240noreply@blogger.com