PAGANI HUAYRA

The wind is blowing in a different direction now. No, don’t get us wrong we are not reporting the weather of any place, we are talking about the representation of Horacio Pagani’s seven years of hard work, which has shaped as the 50th-scale aluminum 2012 Pagani Huayra. The project was long known as the C9 but after the fruition at his workshop, it’s the “Huayra”, which is the name of a god of wind in the Andes. The name absolutely personifies what a car powered by a twin-turbo V12 engine and having a top speed of more than 200 mph is capable of doing.


Pagani got great success over the decade with their outrageous design sense, and with 2012 Pagani Huayra the company hasn’t tried anything different. The company has extensively known as the company which is utterly different from the other automakers in the market. The most prominent model from Pagani is the Pagani Zonda, and despite its immense success and prominence the Horacio Pagani has claimed that their new car is completely different from the Pagani Zonda.



The God of Wind


We are more than happy to see that the 2012 Pagani Huayra is utterly different from the prominent Pagani Zonda, we can say that the car is a lot more than just the evolution of the Zonda, though. And it becomes pretty apparent when you look under the hood of Huayra, where now you’ll find an AMG-tuned twin-turbo 6.0 ltr Mercedes V12 engine rather than the Zonda’s 7.0 ltr Mercedes V12 engine.

The standard version of the turbocharged 5,980cc V12 engine will be generating maximum power of 700 horsepower @6,300 rpm and 664 lbs-ft of maximum torque from 2,500 to 4,250 rpm. The Sport version on the other hand will be having power of 730 horses and 811 pounds-feet of maximum torque. The basic engine is from Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series. It should be noted that the AMG version of the engine gets completely new cylinder heads, pistons, turbochargers and exhaust manifolds. The best thing here is that the Horacio Pagani has made sure that the turbocharged engine of the car meets the air emission regulations and hence he intends to get certification for US market.


The turbo V12 engine of the 2012 Pagani Huayra generates a totally different engine note from the naturally aspirated howl of the Pagani Zonda’s V12 engine. The engine is comparatively discreet at idle, having a huge bass note from the exhaust. But upon starting the engine makes its presence copiously clear, by generation a jetlike roar, which is clearly audible in any environment you take the car. The engine is comparatively less exciting than the glitzy V12 engine, but at the same time is obviously forceful. Horacio said that he wanted the Huayra to deliver the feel of a dominant airplane on take-off.


Meant For Speed:


All through the development of the 2012 Pagani Huayra, there has been rumors regarding the transmission selected for the car, but Pagani decided to fit an automated manual system for the car which is ideal for a race-bred car like Huaya, but at the same time he came to know that the dual clutch gearboxes of the car are still limited by their torque capability. So, finally the Huayra comes with a quick-shifting single-clutch automated manual transmission, which is pretty much like the one that we’ve seen in the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera and Audi R8 5.2 FSI. The car comes with a 212-pound, 7-speed transmission built for Pagani by XTRAC, which also provided the transmission for the Pagani Zonda R.


At present, Horacio Pagani has not disclosed anything about the performance of 2012 Pagani Huayra, and has been heard saying “Maximum speed of the car is not our primary concern.” But still he has mentioned that the car has touched the 230 mph mark in our testing. So, what about 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph)? Pagani has recorded this timing as 3.3 secs, which we would say is rather impressive. 


The Future of Floridity

For Pagani, we would say that the 2012 Pagani Huayra is one step into the future, the Pagani Zonda was priced at $320,000, about a year ago, but the Huayra now will be having a price tag of around $1.4 million, and that too is for the version that will be having the standard engine.


It’s pretty true that finding customers for such expensive cars won’t be an easy nut to crack, but Pagani is hopeful that the access to some new markets like US and China definitely will make a difference. He even is getting ready to build a completely new production facility this year. So fasten your seatbelts and get ready to ride the “God of Wind”, the 2012 Pagani Huayra.