L.A.’s swanky and SoCal cool Petersen Automotive Museum has announced a new exhibit around the world of hypercars, the fastest machines money can buy. Called Hypercars: The Allure of the Extreme, the exhibit will rotate up to 30 vehicles such as the Bugatti Veyron, the Devel Sixteen, the Hennessey Venom F5, and the Pagani Huayra Hermes Edition.

Call All Hypercars

You have to hand it to the museum for doing away with all the pretense and, in so many words, saying, “Sure, that car counts!” I don’t mean to say that rides like Veyrons and Huayras are less than or don’t count. What I am saying is that the Petersen Automotive Museum has no problem displaying cars that have, so far, been little more than hype and vaporware.
So, while they will be showing highly impressive cars like the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta, Hennessey Venom F5, Koenigsegg Agera RS, McLaren Speedtail, Pagani Huayra, and Rimac Concept One, they will also display cars like the Caparo T1, Devel Sixteen, Laraki Sahara, NIO EP9, Delage D12, Czinger 21C, and RAESR Tachyon Speed. 

And look, I have nothing against cars like the Caparo or the RAESR Tachyon Speed; the most I’ve seen of the majority of those cars has been pushed internet content and sidebar advertisements. But hey, if Elon Musk has shown us anything, it’s that in the 21st century, a car company can sell more hype than vehicles.

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