Pagani’s New Supercar Gives Its Huayra a Stunning Makeover
The Italian supercarSupercarA high-performance sports car with exceptional speed, advanced engineering, and striking design, produced in low volumes by marques such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and McLaren. Supercars sit near the top ofGo to Supercar Glossary maker Pagani has made three models, the Zonda, Huayra, and Utopia, and a nearly infinite number of special editions, remixes, and updates. Its latest is the Huayra 70 Trionfo, made to celebrate founder Horacio Pagani’s 70th birthday, and, like almost every Pagani, it’s a stunner.
The Huayra 70 Trionfo is a new example of a model that first debuted in 2011 and might have ended production in 2017, except Pagani kept making various new Huayras up to the present day, including the Huayra R Evo.
Just three of the 70 Trionfos will be made, Pagani said. The doors and window frames are the same as the old Huayra, but everything else is different, resulting in an almost completely different form. Strikingly, the front has been changed, including the headlights. As for the rear, Pagani says, “The rear is a celebration of naked mechanics: a redesigned bumper, extractor, and diffuser frame the car’s engineering soul.” The car appears based on the Huayra Roadster BC, according to Motor1.
The cockpit “immerses the driver in a symphony of the finest leathers and textures,” while the color scheme outside is a mix of green, orange, and yellow. Under the hood is likely a Mercedes 6.0-liter V-12 engine making 791 horsepower, mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission. That power goes to the rear wheels, though the 70 Trionfo looks so good that it’s probably not intended to be driven with passion but instead displayed.
Pagani’s habit of redoing its cars for special occasions, special customers, and sometimes just for the fun was an oddity when it began that has now turned into one of the automaker’s most endearing traits. The marque is full of artists that can’t let their masterpieces go untouched and instead must keep changing the models for new audiences. That includes powertrains, since the Utopia was supposed to be all-electric until it wasn’t.
One may suspect that the marqueMarqueA brand name of a car manufacturer, particularly one associated with prestige, such as Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, or Aston Martin. The term emphasizes a make's heritage and identity beyond product lines,Go to Marque Glossary was revamping its autos merely because it kept finding new customers—all of whom likely want to say that their Pagani is one-of-a-kind—except Pagani would likely keep doing this without any buyers. As the 70 Trionfo shows, it might have been baked in from the very beginning.
This article originally appeared in Robb Report US.