Pagani unleashes 588kW 'final' Zonda

Published Jun 5, 2013

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While the new Huayra has been Pagani's headline grabber in recent times, the hypercar specialist is not completely done with its Zonda just yet.

In fact, it'll be screeching off into the sunset with ferocious intensity.

Pagani refers to its Zonda Revolucion track car as the final version of the Zonda and it pushes the performance envelope with some useful upgrades.

Thanks to a carbon-titanium central monocoque, the Revolucion tips the scales at just 1070kg, making it just a few kilos heavier than a VW Polo. It's so slim it hardly needs a monster of an engine to get it off the line in a plume of tyre spoke, but this is Pagani we're talking about here.

MODIFIED AMG POWER-HOUSE

Their definition of adequate is a version of the 6-litre V12 AMG engine fitted to the Zonda R, modified to produce 588kW and 730Nm. Hold tight for its 2.7 second 0-100km/h blast and 350km/h top speed.

This engine's mated to a six-speed magnesium transversal and sequential gearbox that's said to swop cogs in just 20 milliseconds.

Horacio Pagani and his team have also done some aerodynamic work, like putting new deflectors on the front bonnet, a vertical stabiliser on the rear bonnet and a Drag Reduction System on the rear wing. The latter has two operating modes, which can be activated by the driver at the driver at any time.

What's more, the Brembo braking system gains some F1 technology in the form of CCMR discs that are stiffer and 15 percent lighter than previous CCM discs.

THE BOSS SPEAKS UP

In the words of company owner Horacio Pagani: “We knew that Pagani Zonda R was already a fast car, the fastest ever on the Nuerburgring Nordschleife. We knew it would be very difficult to design and build a car that was even more extreme.

“But thanks to the creativity of our designers, engineers, and the whole Pagani family, we created a beautiful object and the fastest Pagani vehicle ever.”

The Pagani Zonda Revolucion will go on sale in Europe for a cool 2.2 million Euros, which translates to a jaw-dropping R28.3-million.

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