For most collectors, a Pagani Huayra is a prized possession that spends more time under a protective cover than on the open road. One mystery Swiss millionaire, however, has taken a dramatically different approach. Instead of treating his multimillion-dollar hypercar as an investment, he has driven it more than 125,000 kilometers (more than 77,000 miles), turning one of the world’s rarest machines into what is effectively a very expensive grand tourer.
The car in question is a 2019 Pagani Huayra Roadster known as La Mia Più Bella, which is Italian for my most beautiful. According to Auto Bild magazine, it is believed to be the highest-mileage Pagani Huayra ever recorded. The publication notes that the owner has even been rewarded with a complimentary 100,000-kilometer service from Pagani, a remarkable gesture that underscores just how extraordinary this car’s journey has become.
A hypercar that refuses to stay in the garage
Chassis 76059, number 13 of the 100 Huayra Roadsters produced, is instantly recognizable thanks to its exposed Rosso Vignola carbon-fiber bodywork paired with a black interior accented by red detailing. It made its public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in June 2019 while still essentially brand new and has since become a familiar sight at European driving events, including Supercar Owners Circle gatherings. Unlike many hypercars that arrive hidden inside enclosed transporters, this Huayra has repeatedly been spotted traveling under its own power, including on roads around Milan.
Its impressive mileage is even more remarkable when viewed over time. Since entering public life in 2019, the car has averaged roughly 17,700 kilometers (about 11,000 miles) every year, or about 48 kilometers (30 miles) every day, including periods when it would have been serviced or stored. In total, it has traveled the equivalent of more than three laps around the Earth’s equator. That level of use is closer to an everyday luxury sedan than a hand-built carbon-fiber hypercar worth around $5 million.
Powering the Huayra Roadster is a 5.98-liter Mercedes-AMG-developed twin-turbocharged V12 producing 764 horsepower and 737 ft-lbs of torque. Despite losing its fixed roof, the Roadster weighs just 2820 lbs dry, around 176 lbs less than the coupe, while Pagani claimed it is 52% stiffer thanks to its advanced Carbo-Titanium and Carbo-Triax HP52 composite monocoque. A lightweight seven-speed automated manual transmission, Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes and active aerodynamic flaps complete a package engineered as much for driving as for collecting.
More than a mileage record
The Huayra’s odometer reading challenges one of the biggest assumptions surrounding modern hypercars. Most people think they are too fragile or too valuable to be used regularly. Every additional mile would normally diminish a collector car’s appeal compared with pristine examples. Yet this Pagani has gained something money cannot buy. It has become one of the most recognizable Huayras ever built and may ultimately be remembered not for how little it was driven, but for how much.
The contrast is striking. Earlier this year, a 2017 Huayra Roadster with just 312 miles sold for $3.415 million at auction. La Mia Più Bella has traveled roughly 251 times farther. While one was preserved as a financial asset, the other accumulated stories, road trips and memories. It has also become an invaluable real-world durability test, offering insights into the long-term performance of Pagani’s composites, active aerodynamics, carbon-ceramic brakes and AMG-built V12 that lightly driven examples may never reveal. In a world where many hypercars are admired from behind velvet ropes, this mystery Swiss owner’s Huayra stands as proof that some masterpieces are best appreciated from behind the wheel.
