A Uruguayan artist by the name of Joaquin Arbiza has created a one-off, definitely-not-V12-powered Zonda art car for a collector that: a) showcases said collector’s admiration for mildly famous footballer Lionel Messi, and presumably, b) his love of small, pocket-sized currency.
So welcome to a Zonda that’ll never run out of parking-meter money, or indeed a Zonda that’ll never...run. Because it’s a full, life-size model car, one we can confidently say is definitely worth more than...200,000 Uruguayan pesos. Unveiled at Miami’s Art Week, it’s called the Pagani Zonda Carpincho.
Carpincho is, of course, Spanish for capybara, and this Zonda capybara was commissioned by “renowned car collector and enthusiast” Jorge Gomez. He worked with Arbiza for three years creating this homage to both the wonderful V12 Zonda, Lionel Messi, and small, pocket-size circular currency.
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It features over 100,000 Uruguayan coins, half a million soldering points, and a portrait of the Argentinian footballer on the hood, the latter “reflecting Gomez’s deep connection to soccer and his Argentine heritage.” We're also told it weighs the same as the regular, really-very-V12-powered Pagani Zonda. That means it clocks in at around 1,250kg.
Quite something, no?
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NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
