Jalopnik: Pagani

Did A Dolce & Gabbana Exec Crash This $1.3 Million Zonda F?

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:30:00 EST

An axiom of supercars appears to be that the more wonderful and rare it is, the more likely it'll be crashed. The wonderful Pagani Zonda F is certainly rare — just 25 built — and now one's been crashed in Hong Kong. For the second time. And our tipster thinks it might belong to an exec at fashion house Dolce & Gabbana. UPDATE! More »

Confused police pull over Pagani Huayra

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:00:00 EDT

The Pagani Huayra isn't technically legal to drive on city streets in the U.S., but one of the Italian exotics is here for show/testing purposes until it can get around our pesky airbag laws. This didn't stop a cadre of local California law enforcement from stopping the car while being driven by founder Horacio Pagani with AutoWeek's Mark Vaughn in tow. More »

The steampunk interior of the Pagani Huayra, with mariachi music

Justin Hyde — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:00:54 EDT

The Quail concours in Monterey is supposed to focus on the hundreds of classic cars strewn around a golf course, but in addition to ogling the old iron, I found enough time to get familiar with the Pagani Huayra's interior that looks like a wealthy steampunk's wet dream. Now I need to go find a Mexican restaurant that serves catfish. More »

Feds block Pagani Huayra U.S. sales over air bags for kids

Justin Hyde — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:45:00 EDT

The Pagani Huayra, the insanity-squared Italian supercar with a catfish front-end, a 700-hp twin-turbo V12 engine, and an unpronounceable name has now joined a distinguished group: Cars blocked by the United States government from being sold on these shores. The reason? Air bags for kids. More »

The Pagani Huayra explained

Peter Orosz — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:30:00 EDT

Owning a Pagani Zonda may be a pain when it comes to paying insurance or removing caked road salt from its intricate carbon fiber nooks, but it has its upsides, like doing 200 mph with the grace of a gazelle on drugs. That, and getting invited to Pagani owners’ events to hitch a ride at insane speeds in the new Huayra on the twisty public roads of Sardinia with Horacio Pagani, who’s totally cool in a polo shirt and shorts. More »

Watch this parade of 500 Chinese supercars

Justin Hyde — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:30:00 EDT

Earlier this month, Shanghai opened its Formula 1 circuit for its SIC Club Challenge, something that translates through Google as "super running carnival." With more than 500 supercars looping the track, the name sounds entirely apt. More »

Hear the Pagani Huayra at speed

Justin Hyde — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:45:00 EDT

Until now, we hadn't heard Mr. Pagani's new Huayra ~~catfish~~ supercar take to a track in anger, but this Italian videographer not only captured it at full wail, he focused on the car's most appealing angle. More »

All your Pagani Huayra dealerships are belong to California

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:00:00 EDT

If you live in the United States and you want a Pagani Huayra you'll need to travel to California, home of the only two dealers. You'll also need $1 million and a lozenge. More »

Pagani will build equally unpronounceable convertible

Justin Hyde — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:30:00 EDT

Horacio Pagani says the Huyra roadster will arrive in 2013, he might consider a less-expensive supercar for his next project, and that his first choice for naming the throat-catching Huyara was "Da Vinci." More »

Sweeping dramatics of the new Pagani Huayra video

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:30:00 EST

Wait, are you saying that ancient legends of the Aymara tell us of Huayra Tata, god of wind, who commands the breezes, winds and blizzards that invade the mountains, cliffs and hills of the Andean Highlands? That is fascinating. More »

The 235 mph Pagani Huayra will make you heave with joy

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:05:00 EST

By now you've heard 700hp is the new 600hp, and the 6.0-liter, twin-turbo V12 is the new... oops, killed another analogy dead. Yes, Pagani's Huayra debuted in Geneva, and it looks like it wants to be anywhere but there. More »

Driver who survived 199 mph supercar crash is new Gemballa owner

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:15:00 EST

The guy who miraculously survived the 199 mph Zonda F crash is none other than Steffen Korbach who invested heavily in the company after founder Uwe Gemballa was murdered. You think he'd be smarter than to tempt fate. More »

Driver miraculously survives 199 mph supercar crash

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:30:00 EST

A $1.5 million Pagani Zonda registered in Monaco spun out of control at 199 mph earlier this week on Italy's A10 autostrada. Miraculously, the young Italian-Argentine-German driver survived, but sadly, the black Zonda F gave its life so he might hoon catastrophically another day. More »

Pagani Huayra: A 230 MPH V12-Powered Catfish

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:30:00 EST

Pagani's Zonda replacement, the Pagani Huayra, finally emerged officially from the company's Modenese studio. We've seen the leaked imagery, now come the hardware specs. Better wear your rubber pants to this show-and-tell, kids. More »

More Angles Of Fishy Pagani Huayra Revealed

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:40:00 EST

Maybe the Pagani Huayra looks less awkward in wind-tunnel analysis than it does in pictures. New magazine shots revealed online this week show some new sides to Horacio Pagani's tortured virtuosity. Just keep telling yourself: "700 horsepower. 700 horsepower." [AutoBlog.gr] More »

The Pagani Huayra Couldn't Possibly Be This Hideous

Justin Hyde — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:30:00 EST

After CAR magazine put the Pagani Huayra on its cover, CarsUK unleashed this shot, showing a menacing collections of scoops, sleek headlamps and ... sorry, it's a catfish. I see a catfish. A 700-hp, one-million euro catfish. [CarsUK] More »

The Easiest Way To Get A $2 Million Pagani Zonda

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EST

Facebook's game for the car-obsessed cubicle worker, Car Town, is adding a new digital car to help you take down that pesky McLaren F1: a Pagani Zonda. Time to get those interns to start cranking out more paint jobs. More »

The Pagani Zonda Was Named After a Fruit Crate

Peter Orosz — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:00:00 EST

Pagani's about-to-retire supercar is officially named after the zonda, a type of föhn wind local to the eastern slope of the Andes. Yeah, right. The greengrocers of Buenos Aires tell a different story. More »

Pagani Huayra Is The New Pagani C9

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:30:00 EST

Pagani's new C9 supercar (teased above) will be called the Pagani Huayra (which means "Wind" in some archaic language) according to two sources who spoke with Britain's CarsUK. It will not be called the pretentious Deus Venti. Thank Deus. More »

Pagani Shows Off C9 Supercar, Espresso Technique

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:30:00 EST

This video appeared today at the domain Deus Venti, bearing the name of Modenadesign in the source code. Modenadesign is the company that builds the Pagani Zonda and Deus Venti means, roughly, "God of the Winds" in latin. It's on. More »

How Need For Speed Got Pagani And Lamborghini Playing Cops And Speeders

Justin Hyde — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:30:00 EST

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There are games out there other than Gran Turismo 5 and Forza, and more importantly, other corporations willing to talk Lamborghini into putting a Murcielago in uniform and toss it around the Dolomites. More »

The Zonda's In The Details

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:30:00 EDT

It's hard to grasp just how spectacular the Pagani Zonda is until you've seen one in person. They aren't automobiles, they're craft-built dream machines fantastic down to the smallest detail. Photographer Ronnie Renaldi has captured some of that magic. More »

Pagani Zonda HH: Another Last HHurrah

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:30:00 EDT

The Pagani Zonda R was supposedly the last hurrah in the Zonda line, but one filthy rich American buyer's convinced them to build one more, the Zonda HH. The one-off convertible uses all the top shelf pieces and no restraint. More »

What the Pagani Zonda R’s Insane Nürburgring Record Really Means

Peter Orosz — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:00:00 EDT

6:48 versus the ultimate record of 6:11 means a quasi-production car is now within 10% of the time set in the fastest Porsche sports prototype by a man who made Ayrton Senna look timid. Let’s dive into some numbers. More »

Pagani Zonda R Shatters Ferrari Nürburgring Record

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:30:00 EDT

The exclusive Pagani Zonda R just set a new "road-based car" record of 6:47 around the Nürburgring — crushing the Ferrari 599XX and even beating the Radical SR8LMS. [Pistonheads, Photo: CarPlatform] More »

$1.3 Million Pagani C9 Prototype Totaled Outside Stuttgart

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:30:00 EDT

The test driver of the twin-turbocharged Pagani C9 prototype hopefully learned something valuable about the car's performance in the seconds before the $1.3 million Italian exotic slammed into a wall outside Stuttgart. More »

Pagani Zonda Smashed On Test Drive, Repair Bill Comes To $449K

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:30:00 EDT

While on a test drive, a Pagani Zonda was smashed up — to the tune of $448,900. Unbelievably, the insurance company didn't write it off, deciding to instead send it to Modena for repairs. [BBC] More »

Pagani Zonda R: This Is How Car Porn Is Done

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:15:00 EST

You're going to want to take three minutes, put down what you're doing and watch this. Pagani put together an homage to its track-day specialist, the Zonda R. It's the finest piece of product-focused marketing we've seen in ages. More »

Photographing Supercars with Weird, Old Cameras

Peter Orosz — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EST

Bored of the deluge of perfect photographs pouring out of motor shows? We’ve taken some old and strange film cameras to Geneva to show you another side of cars. Well, of supercars anyway. More »

VIDEO: Even Hypercars Need To Sleep

Peter Orosz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:30:00 EST

Have you ever seen a Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster tucked gently away for the night? Two ladies at the Pagani booth performed the procedure for Cinque #3 and we have video. More »

Pagani C9: A Twin-Turbo V12 Needs A Lot Of Gas

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:30:00 EST

Even supercars, like the upcoming Pagani C9, need gas. All the easier for spy photographers to catch your never-before-seen gullwing doors. Full gallery below. More »

2011 Pagani C9 A New, Turbocharged Unicorn

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST

There may only be one 1994 Escort built with Electric Green exterior and pink interior, but nobody cares. A Pagani, on the other hand, is something rare and special. Time to start saving for the twin-turbocharged 2011 Pagani C9. More »

SL73 AMG: The Pagani Zonda's Evil Sire

Peter Orosz — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST

7.3-liter V12’s don’t grow in peach orchards. Before AMG gave Pagani the monster engine to propel the Zonda, they built it for one of their own cars: the ferocious SL73. More »

$1.1 Million Pagani Zonda F Crashes In Hong Kong

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:00:00 EST

Another Pagani Zonda F has crashed, this third smash-up occurring in Hong Kong. The lunatic-machine's carbon fiber body, shattered and spread all over the street like a ghastly automotive murder scene is almost too gruesome to share. Full gallery below. More »

Auto-Erotic Design: The Pagani Zonda’s Wing Mirror

Peter Orosz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:30:00 EST

Horacio Pagani’s first and only super car is a cornucopia of baroque executed in carbon fiber. One detail stands out: the outlandish side-view mirrors. Can you show us one that's more sexy? More »

Pagani Zonda R: Naked And Exposed

Peter Orosz — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT

The Zonda’s insane farewell special may be old news, but would you just walk by if you saw one with its ~~hood~~ carapace torn asunder? You could not. Come and see the gallery of heat-rainbowed titanium below! More »

$1.8 Million, Limited-Edition Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster

The Auto Insider — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:30:00 EDT

With its carbon fiber body, 678 HP AMG-sourced V12 engine, $1.8 million price tag and limited production of five, we know the type of enthusiast the Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster is aimed at. Oh and it's roofless. More »

Pagani Factory Packed With Carbon-Fibered Goodness

The Auto Insider — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EDT

In the midst of cookie-cutter super cars, Pagani has brought the wildly proportioned, high horsepower hyper car back to reality. But where do they build the madness that is the Zonda? Speedhunters decided to see for themselves. More »

Ho Hum, Just Another Pagani Zonda Parked On The Frankfurt Street

Murilee Martin — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:00:00 EDT

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Ever seen one of these parked on the street? Vega has! More »

In Europe, The Wheel Goes On Your Head

Peter Orosz — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:40:00 EDT

Looking for a proper dress to wear for driving? Look no further: Alexander McQueen’s Fall/Winter 2009/2010 collection might be the answer. More »