We're surprised to discover that four years into the project, Arrinera has held on to its drawing board, and the company went back to it to turn the A.H.1 prototype into the Hussarya.
First, the name: it's taken from the 12th-century Polish cavalry, the Hussars. The new design that name is applied to has been worked up over the past 14 months, and maintains the same dimensions as the prototype but has more ground clearance, active spoilers that deploy during braking, and doors that open traditionally onto a redisigned, more spacious cockpit. To our eyes, it's a good looking car (in rendering form, anyway).
Yes, it does still remind us of a couple of supercars from Sant'Agata Bolognese. The Hussarya's dimensions fall between the Lamborghini Gallardo and Aventador, but are closer to that smaller coupe: the Hussarya is four inches longer than the Gallardo, six inches wider and one inch taller, but has a 269,5-cm wheelbase that is almost dead on with the Aventador's 270-cm wheeblase even though the Aventador is 33,02 longer than the Arrinera. The Hussarya is an inch wider than the Aventador and has a wider track both front and rear.
Located behind that cockpit will be the 6.2-liter, 650-horsepower V8 we've been told about, said to be good for getting the 2,860-pound car – 446 pounds lighter than the 3,306-pound, all-wheel-drive Gallardo LP560-4 – from standstill to 100 km per hour in 3.2 seconds, down the quarter-mile in 11 seconds flat and on to a 338 km/h top speed. Looks good on paper, at least.
We're told it will go into production next year, assembled in Poland by a division of Germany's MAN Ferrostaal. Before that, it will undergo comprehensive testing at in Spain at Applus IDIADA. Still no word on price, but you can have a look at the new car in the high-res gallery, and find out all about its development in the videos
