HUAYRA PURPOSE

Pagani pulls out all the stops for its crown jewel – the Roadster BC

Rowan Horncastle

Ladies and gents, we have a new Pagani: the Huayra Roadster BC. “Looks like the other one with the roof chopped off!” I hear you scream. But it’s not. It’s all-new. Let’s start with the engine – a 6.0-litre twin-turbo V12 specially designed for Pagani by AMG, whose engines have powered all of Pagani’s cars. It’s now the only V12 AMG makes and is bespoke to Pagani to futureproof 12 cylinders for years to come. It’s a thumper, too – there’s 590kW and 1050Nm for the bespoke Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R rear tyres to try to deal with. It uses a completely new composite of carbon that’s stiffer and lighter (overall weight is 1,250kg), although it does increase costs by 450 per cent. Oops. There’s 500kg of downforce at…

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Top Gear South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2019

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