Wow this is going to be a monster, I cant wait to see this thing and its specs. Some prelim info from AMS.
PAGANI HUAYRA R
Pagani plans hardcore athletes with a V12 vacuum cleaner
The Italian sports car manufacturer is planning an exclusive and extreme Huayra offshoot that swaps in its turbocharger but hardly loses any performance.
If
Pagani gives one of its models the letter R, then it becomes exclusive. But above all extremely - and extremely quickly. At least that was the case with the Zonda R. It was a non-street-legal racetrack version of the Italo-Boliden, which in 2010 punched a - then - best time of 6: 47.5 minutes in the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring - and quite easily (
here is a look back at the record run at that time ).
"New, specially manufactured suction motor"
Well, a good ten years later, history seems to repeat itself. As various media report unanimously, Pagani is planning another R version - this time based on the Huayra. As can be seen on the website of the specialist medium "Evo", the Pagani
Huayra R is also likely to be denied road approval. The same apparently applies to turbochargers, but this should not be understood as a criticism. At least company boss Horacio Pagani announces in this (admittedly quite difficult to consume) video that the drive of the Huayra R is supposed to be a "new, specially made for this purpose naturally aspirated motor" (from about 37:00 minutes).
So is the era of AMG engines coming to an end in the center of a Pagani sports car? The six-liter V12 with double turbocharging currently used in the Huayra - in the equally
extreme Huayra offshoot Pagani Imola , the engine delivers 838 hp and a maximum of 1,100 Newton meters - is out of the question for the R. The same applies to the long-discontinued 7.3-liter unit of the Zonda. The Italian auto website "Info Motori" assumes that it will be a direct descendant of the Zonda R engine. And that was not just any, but a 750 PS and a maximum of 710 Newton meters strong version of the V12 from the legendary Mercedes CLK-GTR.
Official unveiling in November
Whichever engine rages between the passenger cell and the rear axle of the Huayra R - it will probably produce over 800 hp. Or even 900 HP, as "Info Motori" speculates? In any case, the Huayra R should have sophisticated aerodynamics, a fairly dynamic chassis, semi-slick tires, a reduced cockpit with roll bar and even more carbon than the previous model variants. We don't know any more at this point in time. We have to wait until
November 12th; Pagani will officially present the Huayra R there.