Pagani
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Pagani Automobili S.p.A. is an Italian
manufacturer of sports car
s and carbon fibre. The company was founded in 1992 by Horacio Pagani, and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro
, near Modena, Italy.
who formerly managed Lamborghini
's composites, founded Pagani Composite Research in 1988. This new company worked with Lamborghini on numerous projects, including the restyling of the 25th Anniversary Countach, the P140 design concept, and the Diablo
. In the late 1980s, Pagani began designing his own car, then referred to as the "C8 Project". Pagani planned to rename the C8 the "Fangio F1" to honour five-time Formula One
champion Juan Manuel Fangio
.
In 1991 Pagani established Modena Design to meet the increasing demand for his design, engineering, and prototyping services. In 1992, he began construction of a Fangio F1 prototype, and by 1993, the car was being tested at the Dallara
wind tunnel with positive results. In 1994, Mercedes-Benz
agreed to supply Pagani with V12 engines.
The final car was named the Zonda C12
; the Fangio F1 name was dropped out of respect for Fangio, who died in 1995. It was first presented at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show.
In 2005, Pagani announced that it planned to triple its production output within the next three years, and to enter the US market in 2007.
On 26 July 2010, Pagani claimed a new record for production based cars using the Pagani Zonda R and completing the Nürburgring
in 6:47, beating the Ferrari 599XX.
arm. This is partly due to the fact that Fangio had suggested that Pagani approach Mercedes. The Zonda has used increasingly advanced versions of the M120
V12; the initial version displaced 6.0L, but current Zondas use a 7.3L engine. Pagani has also assisted in the development of the Chrysler ME Four-Twelve
. The M158 engine for the Pagani Huayra
is shared with the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series
, but Pagani has commissioned Mercedes-Benz to reduce turbo lag and improve response, resulting in new exhaust headers, pistons, intake manifold and turbos.
, is propelled by mid-mounted V-12
DOHC
engines
manufactured by Mercedes-Benz
's AMG
division. The car's design was inspired by jet fighters and the famous Sauber-Mercedes Silver Arrow Group C cars, and features several unique design elements, including its circular four pipe exhaust.
The Zonda production run will end with ten track-only Zonda R models.
Pagani announced in July 2009 that they will also be producing a Zonda Cinque Roadster, of which only 5 will be produced. The Roadster uses the same Mercedes-Benz V12 engine as the coupe version, but has been made lighter and stronger to keep the car structurally rigid.
2009 Zonda GJ (carbon fiber black)
2010 Zonda Uno (light blue)
2011 Zonda HH (sky blue)
2011 Zonda 750 (pink)
2011 Zonda Rak (yellow)
2011 Zonda Absolute (carbon fiber black)
and debuted at the Geneva Auto Show in 2011. Pagani expects to build no more than 40 each year and each will sell for £1,000,000. The engine is a M158 twin-turbo 6.0 Litre V12 from Mercedes' AMG division producing 700 hp and 1000 newton metre of torque.. The Huayra has been redesigned from the ground up, but shares many visual qualities with the outgoing Zonda. The top speed has gone up from the 220 mi/h ( set by the Zonda F Roadster ) to 235 mi/h, and the 0-100 km/h time is 3.2 seconds.
Official technical data
Italy
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manufacturer of sports car
Sports car
A sports car is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for high speed driving and maneuverability....
s and carbon fibre. The company was founded in 1992 by Horacio Pagani, and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro
San Cesario sul Panaro
San Cesario sul Panaro is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 25 km northwest of Bologna and about 12 km southeast of Modena. Sports car manufacturer Pagani is located here....
, near Modena, Italy.
History
Horacio PaganiHoracio Pagani
Horacio Pagani is the Argentinian founder of Pagani Automobili S.p.A., an Italian speciality auto-maker.Horacio Pagani comes from a line of Argentinian bakers. From a young age he enjoyed designing cars out of balsa wood, the designs of which can now be seen in the Pagani showroom...
who formerly managed Lamborghini
Lamborghini
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini , is an Italian car manufacturer. The company was founded by manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with established offerings from marques like...
's composites, founded Pagani Composite Research in 1988. This new company worked with Lamborghini on numerous projects, including the restyling of the 25th Anniversary Countach, the P140 design concept, and the Diablo
Lamborghini Diablo
The Lamborghini Diablo is a high-performance mid-engined sports car that was built by Italian automaker Lamborghini between 1990 and 2001. It was the first Lamborghini capable of attaining a top speed in excess of . After the end of its production run in 2001, the Diablo was replaced by the...
. In the late 1980s, Pagani began designing his own car, then referred to as the "C8 Project". Pagani planned to rename the C8 the "Fangio F1" to honour five-time Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
champion Juan Manuel Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio , nicknamed El Chueco or El Maestro , was a racing car driver from Argentina, who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing...
.
In 1991 Pagani established Modena Design to meet the increasing demand for his design, engineering, and prototyping services. In 1992, he began construction of a Fangio F1 prototype, and by 1993, the car was being tested at the Dallara
Dallara
Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993...
wind tunnel with positive results. In 1994, Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
agreed to supply Pagani with V12 engines.
The final car was named the Zonda C12
Pagani Zonda
The Pagani Zonda is a sports car built by the Italian manufacturer Pagani. It debuted in 1999, and production ended in 2011. As of June 2009, 206 Zondas had been built, including test mules. Both 2-seat coupe and convertible versions have been produced. Construction is mainly of carbon...
; the Fangio F1 name was dropped out of respect for Fangio, who died in 1995. It was first presented at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show.
In 2005, Pagani announced that it planned to triple its production output within the next three years, and to enter the US market in 2007.
On 26 July 2010, Pagani claimed a new record for production based cars using the Pagani Zonda R and completing the Nürburgring
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...
in 6:47, beating the Ferrari 599XX.
Relationship with Daimler
While it is an independent company, Pagani has a working relationship with Daimler AG, most notably, with Mercedes' AMGMercedes-AMG
Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG, is a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz car company specializing in high-performance luxury cars....
arm. This is partly due to the fact that Fangio had suggested that Pagani approach Mercedes. The Zonda has used increasingly advanced versions of the M120
Mercedes-Benz M120 engine
The Mercedes-Benz M120 engine is a V12 automobile piston engine family used in the 1990s and 2000s.The M120 family is built in Stuttgart, Germany. It has an aluminum engine block lined with silicon/aluminum. The aluminum DOHC cylinder heads are 4 valves per cylinder designs...
V12; the initial version displaced 6.0L, but current Zondas use a 7.3L engine. Pagani has also assisted in the development of the Chrysler ME Four-Twelve
Chrysler ME Four-Twelve
The ME Four-Twelve is a concept car produced by Chrysler under the Chrysler brand in 2004. It was based on a Mercedes chassis. There were two ME Four-Twelve vehicles produced. The first, strictly an auto show property with very limited operational capabilities, was designed in great secrecy during...
. The M158 engine for the Pagani Huayra
Pagani Huayra
The Pagani Huayra is an Italian mid-engined sports car produced by Pagani. Succeeding the company's previous offering, the Zonda, it will cost £850,000 when it goes on sale in Spring 2012. It is named after Huayra-tata, a South American wind god.- Performance :Like the Zonda, the Huayra uses a...
is shared with the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series
Mercedes-Benz R230
Changes include new engines for SL 350 and SL 500, with improved performance on SL 55 AMG and SL 600, as well as a new top-of-the-line SL 65 AMG. ABC was improved to reduce body movements in dynamic driving by up to 60%....
, but Pagani has commissioned Mercedes-Benz to reduce turbo lag and improve response, resulting in new exhaust headers, pistons, intake manifold and turbos.
Pagani Zonda
Pagani's first model, the ZondaPagani Zonda
The Pagani Zonda is a sports car built by the Italian manufacturer Pagani. It debuted in 1999, and production ended in 2011. As of June 2009, 206 Zondas had been built, including test mules. Both 2-seat coupe and convertible versions have been produced. Construction is mainly of carbon...
, is propelled by mid-mounted V-12
V12 engine
A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders, usually but not always at a 60° angle to each other, with all 12 pistons driving a common crankshaft....
DOHC
Overhead camshaft
Overhead cam valvetrain configurations place the engine camshaft within the cylinder heads, above the combustion chambers, and drive the valves or lifters in a more direct manner compared to overhead valves and pushrods...
engines
Internal combustion engine
The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...
manufactured by Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
's AMG
Mercedes-AMG
Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG, is a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz car company specializing in high-performance luxury cars....
division. The car's design was inspired by jet fighters and the famous Sauber-Mercedes Silver Arrow Group C cars, and features several unique design elements, including its circular four pipe exhaust.
The Zonda production run will end with ten track-only Zonda R models.
- ZondaPagani ZondaThe Pagani Zonda is a sports car built by the Italian manufacturer Pagani. It debuted in 1999, and production ended in 2011. As of June 2009, 206 Zondas had been built, including test mules. Both 2-seat coupe and convertible versions have been produced. Construction is mainly of carbon...
- C12 6.0 L (5987 cc)
- C12 S 7.0 L (7010 cc)
- C12 S 7.3 L (7291 cc)
- C12 S Roadster
- C12 S Monza
- Pagani Zonda GR (racing car)
- Zonda F
- Pagani Zonda Roadster F
- Zonda R Clubsport
Zonda Cinques
Pagani announced a car named "Zonda Cinque" which was introduced as a 2009 model. The Cinque is based on the Zonda, but will feature a new 678 horsepower Mercedes-Benz V12, active aerodynamics, and a newly developed "carbon-titanium fibre," which is stronger and lighter than typical carbon fibre.Only 5 were produced, all of which were already spoken for.Pagani announced in July 2009 that they will also be producing a Zonda Cinque Roadster, of which only 5 will be produced. The Roadster uses the same Mercedes-Benz V12 engine as the coupe version, but has been made lighter and stronger to keep the car structurally rigid.
Zonda Tricolore
Pagani has also announced the building of the very exclusive Zonda Tricolore at the 2010 Geneva Motor show. With numbers limited to just one, this 1.3 million Euro - before taxes - car is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Italian Aerobatic Fleet. The Tricolore is based on a top specification Zonda Cinque, built on a carbon titanium chassis with sequential transmission and titanium exhausts.The 7.3 litre Mercedes AMG V12 in the back pumps out 670 hp, which translates to 217 mi/h all out and 0-62 mph in 3.2 seconds.Custom
2009 Zonda PS (white with golden contrast)2009 Zonda GJ (carbon fiber black)
2010 Zonda Uno (light blue)
2011 Zonda HH (sky blue)
2011 Zonda 750 (pink)
2011 Zonda Rak (yellow)
2011 Zonda Absolute (carbon fiber black)
Pagani Huayra
Pagani is building an all new car intended to replace the Zonda. It is named HuayraPagani Huayra
The Pagani Huayra is an Italian mid-engined sports car produced by Pagani. Succeeding the company's previous offering, the Zonda, it will cost £850,000 when it goes on sale in Spring 2012. It is named after Huayra-tata, a South American wind god.- Performance :Like the Zonda, the Huayra uses a...
and debuted at the Geneva Auto Show in 2011. Pagani expects to build no more than 40 each year and each will sell for £1,000,000. The engine is a M158 twin-turbo 6.0 Litre V12 from Mercedes' AMG division producing 700 hp and 1000 newton metre of torque.. The Huayra has been redesigned from the ground up, but shares many visual qualities with the outgoing Zonda. The top speed has gone up from the 220 mi/h ( set by the Zonda F Roadster ) to 235 mi/h, and the 0-100 km/h time is 3.2 seconds.
Official technical data
- Engine: Mercedes-AMG V12 Bi-Turbo M158
- Displacement: 5,980 cc
- Power: 700 PS
- Torque: 1000 newton metre
- Transmission: 7-speed sequential cross. AMT robotic system with driving programs
- Length: 4605 mm (181.3 in)
- Wheelbase: 2795 mm (110 in)
- Height: 1169 mm (46 in)
- Width: 2036 mm (80.2 in)
- Dry weight: 1350 kg (2,976 lb)
- Weight distribution: 44% front 56% rear