Pagani’s New Huayra Few-Off Is a Stunning Pearl Orange Manual
Here’s one way to celebrate a milestone birthday.
Pagani has just unveiled the Huayra 70 Derecho in the lead-up to this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The hypercar is the second of three few-off models the boutique automaker will produce to celebrate the 70th birthday of its founder and namesake, Horacio Pagani.
The marque’s latest is the handiwork of its Grandi Complicazioni division and is based on its second distinct model, the Huayra, a model many assumed was on its way out a few years ago but continues to hang on after 15 years in production. Named after a fast-moving band of windstorms with destructive winds, the Huayra 70 Derecho is a roadster with a two-tone livery that combines Pearl Orange with Inky Blue. The colors are transparent enough to show the intricate fish-bone weave of the carbon fiber beneath. Rounding out the unique design details are a wider rear wing and a set of custom titanium wheels.
Pagani Huayra 70 Derecho
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Inside, the two-seat cabin is covered in Ceramic White and Tricolore Blue leather. The cockpit, in true Pagani fashion, features a steampunk-esque array of gauges, while the center stack is equipped with physical controls, though there is room amid all the buttons, knobs, and switches for a digital display.
As visually striking as every Pagani is, their most beautiful feature has always been their V-12 engine. The mill in the Huayra 70 Derecho is an AMG-sourced, 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged unit that makes 852 hp and 811 ft lbs of torque. All that power is directed to the rear wheels by a seven-speed manual gearbox. The transmission is actually connected to the engine, which means that rowing through the gears is real and not simulated unlike with another of this week’s big debuts. Pagani hasn’t said how quick its latest build can accelerate, but it did reveal that its top speed is electronically capped at 217 mph.
Inside the Huayra 70 Derecho
Francesco Ferrarini/Pagani
The Huayra 70 Trionfo was a one-off, but the company’s announcement makes clear that its successor is a few-off. Pagani didn’t say how many examples it will build or how much it will cost, but considering that the original Huayra was priced at $1.4 million at launch, something well north of that seems very likely.
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