After the Zonda and the Huayra comes the Pagani C10. From what little we know it will be even more powerful and will not be electrified
Published by L'équipe in News the 01/09/2022 at 11:49
In its three-decade history, Pagani has manufactured just over 450 cars, although it has featured numerous models, all derived from the Zonda and the Huayra. Now, the Italian firm is preparing to launch its third great creation: the Pagani C10 .
It will be presented next September 12 in Milan , Italy, and will take over the witness of the Huayra, which says goodbye after 11 years of production and almost as many versions as the Zonda had had in its 10 years of life.
The consecration of Pagani
For Pagani, the first decade of the 2000s was marked by the Zonda, the second by the Huayra and the third already has its own name, C10. The next hypercar from the Modena firm will be released in a few days to continue writing the history of a brand which, despite its youth, can compete with manufacturers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini or Porsche.
The innumerable variants of the Zonda allowed Pagani to make a name for itself in a big way. El Huayra, who also had many versions, confirmed that Pagani is here to stay. And the C10 should be the consecration of a brand that needs no introduction.
At the moment not much is known about the new beast of Modena, but it promises to surpass its predecessor, the Huayra, which ended its history with the spectacular Codalunga a few months ago. This means that it will be even faster and to do this it must be more powerful and more aerodynamic.
Since Pagani doesn't want electric cars , at least for now, he'll use Mercedes-AMG's 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12 engine again, but conveniently modified to offer more muscle than the more powerful Huayras.
This block develops 740 hp in the base Huayra and reaches 850 hp in the Huayra R, the craziest of the entire range. In the Pagani C10, it should exceed 900 hp and, depending on the version, it will be offered with an automatic or manual gearbox.
In the same way as its predecessors, it will have a coupe and convertible version, in addition to many other variants, some of them developed specifically for the circuit, such as the Pagani Huayra R with an atmospheric V12 engine and a manual gearbox whom we met last year.
On the design side, the teasers published so far suggest that the third great work of Horacio Pagani will follow the path traced by the Zonda and the Huayra. It will even retain the central four-tail tailpipe characteristic of its predecessors.
In terms of weight reduction, however, a revolution is expected. The Zonda weighed between 1,210 and 1,280 kg, the Huayra weighed 1,050 kg in its R variant, although the conventional model stopped the scales at 1,350 kg. The C10 promises to be lighter.
As for its production, it will be limited to around 280 units and this figure includes all the special editions that will be launched in the next few years.
Its price is a mystery, but the C10 already snagged the sold-out sign before being presented, as did the five units of the Pagani Huaura Codalunga, each for seven million euros excluding taxes.
