Pagani says the Huayra will be sold in the U.S. in 2013

As you may know already, NHTSA said yesterday that the $1.1 million Pagani Huayra supercar can’t be sold to the U.S. due to the fact that the vehicle doesn’t have advanced airbags. It appears that this decision was quite annoying for Horacio Pagani, founder of the Pagani company, who decided to explain the situation. According to the official Pagani letter brought by GTSpirit, Horacio said that his company created a safe supercar.

According to the press release, the Pagani Huayra features center tub in carbo-titanium, as well as an intelligent fuel system that behaves in a precise fashion during a crash. Moreover, a significant investment was made when the company was studying how the subframes would behave in a side crash, especially the rear subframe. According to the manufacturer, the car detaches from the carbon safety cell, dissipating kinetic energy by getting rid of over 400kg of the weight to which the occupants are attached at that moment.

What is really interesting is that Pagani said that the integration of advanced airbags are in its plans and that the airbag components found on the Huayra are already compatible with advanced airbag management (airbag, advanced belt retainer, steering column). Moreover, cars such as Bugatti, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Koenigsegg and Spyker don’t feature advanced airbags, and are already on U.S. streets, so why not give Huayra a chance? Regarding he debut on the U.S. roads, it appears that the Pagani Huayra will start deliveries in early 2013.

“Friday the 29th of July, we received from NHTSA the denial of our petition (Five days prior to our first US event and about three years after it was requested). This news spread like wildfire. Fortunately, however, over the last months, after having not heard anything from the authorities, we sped up the development of the advanced system with a large number of simulation runs and tests.” said the official letter.[via - 4wheelsnews]

Photo : Pagani Huayra