The engineering on that car is second to none (as it should be for the price!) and I simply don't see a single element of it as tacky.
I was going to take issue with your comment but on re-reading I note you say second to none as opposed to 'the best' as I read it first
Reality is, and I can verify or otherwise after our Zonda factory visit in September, the Bugatti Factory in Mulhouse outshines what you have seen here, and IMHO appears to do so in Engineering and engineering detail. I will reserve final judgement though.
On the other subject matter, the EB110 that we saw recently, we must add the fact that it was a Dauer EB110 and not a Bugatti that we saw, though I accept the tub I would guess was one of the parts 'rescued' from the Bugatti factory?
Lastly, as has been said by others, what makes a Supercar stand out? It has to be engineering excellence and in your face styling otherwise a simply fast Noble/TVR/Corvette etc would be in the club and then (good/fast as they may be) the 'magic' just wouldn't be there. And 'in your face' styling, Zonda do by the bucketload; and they do it beautifully (IMO) as opposed to say Spyker (nearly and acceptable) Koenigsegg (bland) and Bugatti (really not sure now).
If you want to see the difference that special engineering solutions and bespoke parts make to a car, just look at the difference between a standard F430 Spider and a Scuderia Spider 16M, (yes I'm biased and still buzzing
) CF everywhere, titanium suspension components, E-diff, uprated suspension, uprated power (not sure what's different), uprated F1 gearbox that changes cogs in 65 milliseconds .... Etc
Not saying the 16M is a Supercar or comparable to a Zonda, but it's knocking on the Supercar club door
it's slower than a 911 GT2 RS (
) but still manages 0-60 in 3.5s and 0-100 in 7.7s
Ok I'll shut up now
