10 Things We Just Learned About The Zyrus LP1200 Strada

The launch of the road-legal Zyrus LP1200 Strada has been widely publicized. It’s the second major production project Zyrus Engineering is venturing into after the LP1200 R. But away from the euphoria and the enthusiastic frenzy surrounding the launch, only a privileged few will be opportune to get behind the wheel of this awesome supercar, for obvious reasons.

Lambos are some of the most extreme cars ever made, hence, having a small automotive company re-build them into a harder variant of the original is an incredible feat. We saw RD Signs Racing transform the Huracan into a Super Trofeo racing monster, now Zyrus Engineering is building LP1200 Strada with breathtaking details.

10 Built In Norway

The LP1200 Strada has several surprises up its sleeve and one of them is the country it’s being fabricated. The supercar is the brainchild of Zyrus Engineering, a Norwegian small-scale car manufacturing company that also has a rich history of racing the Huracán in the most extreme race series found in Europe.

The experience and engineering prowess garnered from this led them to build extreme racing edition Performante, which ultimately led to the development of the LP1200 Strada.

9 Street Legal Track Monster

Ever wanted a car that can obliterate opponents on track days while still meeting the requirements for legal road expeditions? The Zyrus LP1200 Strada does both. Zyrus’ two years of experience in building racing technology was fully deployed into the development of the LP1200 Strada.

With the Strada, the driver can optionally switch from the 900 horsepower road-going alternative mode to the 1200 horsepower track mode through the touch of a button. This is operated through an electronic Smart Dash control system that is accessed through a smartphone app.

8 Based On The Huracán LP640-4

With Italian driver, Marco Mapelli behind the wheel, the prototype of the Huracán LP640-4 (Performante) set a Nürburgring lap time of 6:52.01 in October 2016 to become one of the world’s fastest production cars. Riding on this achievement, in addition to Zyrus’ two years of racing technology experience, the new road-legal LP1200 Strada is then based on the amazing Huracán LP640-4.

Hence, several features of the Huracán were either adopted or upgraded on the LP1200 Strada and these include adjustable engine maps, comfortable interior, and extreme aerodynamics.

7 Dynamic Powertrain

The track-only LP1200 R from Zyrus engineering has a magnificent powertrain that gives us a clue of what to expect from its road-going variant, the LP1200 Strada. Though it adopted some of the DNA from the original Huracán, the LP1200 R was based on Lambo’s Super Trofeo chassis, and we expect this to be repeated with the Strada.

With turbochargers, the Performante’s 5.2-liter V10 was modified to produce track-worthy 1200 horsepower which has been retained on the Zyrus LP1200 Strada. However, it can be optionally tuned down to 900 horsepower for road use.

6 Over 600 Parts Changed

If Zyrus Engineering wasn’t just going to regurgitate the Performante back to us, then there have to be several obvious changes on the LP1200 Strada… and there are. The Norwegian company went hard on the supercar, making more than 600 alterations to the Performante.

Being the street-going version of the Super Trofeo-built Zyrus LP1200 R, the Strada (Italian for street) however, retains the extreme racing features from the LP1200 R while also adding several features that’ll make it a comfortable road-going car, if need be.

5 Extremely Lightweight

“Adding power makes you faster on the straights; subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere.” Such quotes from industry gods like Lotus founder Colin Chapman helps simplify the concept of weight reduction in automotive fabrication. A well-researched and widely adopted concept, the Zyrus LP1200 Strada incorporated several lightweight components in its fabrication, earning it a road legal weight of 1427kg, while also having about 2010kg downforce at 200 km/h.

The car uses titanium exhaust for its lightweight components and also adopted standard safety measures for road-going cars.

4 Low Production Number

Oftentimes, production numbers are directly linked to how special a car is. The smaller the production number, the rarer the car is, which in turn makes it more special. However, for automobile companies, the profit is in the numbers. Hence, some automotive companies combine the two.

Use mass-produced cars for massive profit while also occasionally throw in some limited production specially-built cars for their high-net-worth customers. However, Zyrus is a small scale automotive company with no capability of mass production yet, hence, it’s producing only 12 units of the Zyrus LP1200 Strada.

3 Hand Built

People often wondered why automotive companies sometimes adopt the use of hands in the fabrication of high-end cars, instead of machines. The answer is simple. Humans have a wider range of observation and feel than machines can attain. While machines are great at performing repetitive tasks, skilled humans are however unrivaled in the versatility of material handling and use of tools.

This, coupled with the very low production numbers of the Zyrus LP1200 Strada must have informed the company’s decision to adopt the use of the hand in the fabrication of the supercar.

2 Starting Price

Officially starting at €595,000 (which is over $700,000), the new Zyrus LP1200 Strada has effectively been catapulted into the exclusive realm of the world’s most expensive supercars. Notably, the car’s price is still a far cry from the most expensive production Lambos, which includes the Venero Roadster which was valued at $8.3 million at the most recent sale.

Nonetheless, the Strada has been priced out of reach of most motorists and enthusiasts with car shows and track events the major options of ever catching glimpses of the car.

1 Customer’s Familiarization Package

An insane supercar with a powerful engine that churns out 900 horsepower which can be souped up at the touch of a button to 1200 horsepower is a car that would surely need some getting used to. Zyrus knows this, hence the company will be providing the 12 prospective owners of the Stradas with a comprehensive track day familiarization package.