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Horacio’s Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta is Drop-Dead Gorgeous

The founder of Pagani Automobili is a man who knows what he wants. This, in part, made Horacio Pagani break ties with Lamborghini and start his own business at the beginning of the 1990s. The Zonda, which is the first-ever production Pagani, may be old by Huayra standards. Nevertheless, the Zonda soldiers on to this day as one of the Argentinian engineer’s favorite cars of all time.
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In fact, the Zonda is still manufactured to this day despite the fact the Huayra superseded it in 2012. And for a change, Mr. Pagani bought one for himself instead of building an example of the free-breathing V12-powered supercar to a customer’s demands. Being Mr. Pagani, the HP Barchetta is a one-of-three boasting styling details you won’t find on any other Zonda, period.

First things first, look at the chopped windscreen, harking back to prototype racing cars of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Then there are the partially covered rear wheels, which harks back to the Zondo ZoZo’s carbon fiber wheel-arch covers. The finishing touch comes in the form of tartan-upholstered seats, which are derived from the bottom huggers one would find in the Huayra BC.

A striking machine with forged wheels, front canards, and Cinque-inspired air intake, the Zonda HP Barchetta is the product of the automaker’s Uno-di-Uno skunkworks. Fittingly for a supercar with performance that makes grown men go weak in the knees, the mesmerizing HP Barchetta wears Pirelli P Zero Corsa rubber on all four corners. All in all, this is arguably the ultimate evolution of the car that put Pagani on the map, a line started in 1999.

Tipping the scales at 1,250 kilograms (2,755 pounds), the HP Barchetta relies on the Mercedes-AMG M120 V12. It’s the 7.3-liter variant of the free-breathing powerplant, but Pagani is keeping the output secret for whatever reason. Most likely, the twelve-cylinder mill produces around 760 PS (750 hp).

 

The Zonda HP Barchetta has just been revealed, how Horacio imagined his own Zonda. Come to see it in person tomorrow at #pebblebeach! Stay tuned for more. #pagani #zonda #barchetta #hp #zondahpbarchetta

A post shared by Pagani Automobili Official (@paganiautomobili) on Aug 20, 2017 at 1:56am PDT

 

1250 kg of pure beauty. The Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta. #pagani #zondahpbarchetta #zonda #hp #barchetta

A post shared by Pagani Automobili Official (@paganiautomobili) on Aug 20, 2017 at 3:53pm PDT

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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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