Swiss Hypercar Heaven: Where Chris Harris Relives the Greatest Hits of Speed
Picture this—a single room so dense with automotive royalty, you’d need a racing license just to stand still. Chris Harris walks into the “Tailored for Speed” collection in Zürich, and for a Top Gear veteran, it’s like flipping through the craziest highlights reel. AMG, Ferrari, Bugatti, Pagani… the names read like the ultimate playlist for gearheads.
Swiss Hypercar Heaven: Where Chris Harris Relives the Greatest Hits of Speed
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Chris Harris Discovers Swiss Hypercar Heaven

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Harris kicks off with memories at Leeds Airport and the ear-bending Huayra R. That’s just the start. Parked alongside sits the LaFerrari Aperta, a car that hasn’t aged a day, followed by the F12 TDF—a machine so angry, Harris needed a heart-rate monitor to feel safe wrangling it on the street. The Bugatti Chiron nearly looks sedate in this lineup, until its carbon fiber and surprise road manners remind you why it’s a legend.

Move deeper and you hit Ferrari’s wild heart: 599 GTO in Scottish blue, no shields, pure attitude. Harris recalls the tales of handling like a Eurofighter—engineered for instability, kept sane by electronics. Custom specs abound; Indy-inspired GTO wheels, riotous interiors, factory paperwork lining every detail.

Then the convertibles arrive: Aperta box ticked for rarity, beauty, last-of-an-era design. The Pista Aperta taunts with turbocharged thrills and blue Alcantara, while the Pista Pilot sits quietly—exclusive, only for Ferrari racers, swathed in racing history.

For the Ferrari nerds, the FXXK Evo and 812 Competizione mark the lineage of madness—no rear window, just pure competition. In the “old folks’ corner,” forgotten classics like the 400i and 365 GT2+2 prove that elegant lines never go out of style, and you could host a dinner party on their spotless bodywork.

The main event? SP1 and SP3, dripping in Rosso Deborah. The SP3, Harris claims, might be the best design Ferrari’s done lately—a pure-bred V12, no hybrid complications, shaped for danger and thrill.

Even the Bentley GT3-R and Lamborghini Cyan sneak in. Carbon everywhere, weight everywhere, devil-may-care attitude everywhere. The Pagani Utopia stands out for detail, a sci-fi meets art-deco interior with exposed red carbon and gears that look designed for a NASA lunar rover.

Every car here brags a pedigree: championship wins, factory quirks, museum-worthy condition. If you called these cars art, nobody would argue. It’s exactly what makes Tailored for Speed the event of the season—an auction that’s not just for wealthy bidders, but for dreamers and lovers of mechanical beauty. If you ever wanted a taste of Formula 1, endurance racing, and bonkers Italian style rolled into one experience, this Swiss collection is the place to live it.

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