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The Zonda R and Zonda Cinque. In 2006 Pagani began designing an extreme car, based on the Zonda F and intended for use on the track. After six months of work, and given the commercial success that the project was receiving, Horacio Pagani decided to start all over again in total creative freedom. In 2006… Continue reading 2009

The Zonda F becomes Roadster. The new version shared with its sister coupe all the finishes and equipments, in order to represent a real alternative to the potential buyer. The adoption of new triaxial carbon fibre fabrics allowed to redesign the frame and to achieve a car as light as the coupe. The new version… Continue reading 2006

The tribute to Juan Manuel Fangio: Zonda F. “Life is a series of races. At the end of each it is good to look back and recognise the support of those who helped you along the way, because you can only win thanks to a good team. “ Juan Manuel Fangio The F is a… Continue reading 2005

Zonda Roadster is the star of the Geneva Motor Show. The first Zonda Roadster was completed just a few days before leaving for the Geneva Motor Show in 2003. Horacio had been thinking about an open-top version of the Zonda Coupe since the original designs of the ’90s. The first Zonda Roadster was completed just… Continue reading 2003

The Zonda S also debuting in Geneva. One year after the exciting debut of the Zonda C12, Pagani Automobili was able to present the Zonda S, which brought out a massive seven-liter engine. The car, in addition to the enhanced thruster, presented a wide range of technical improvements. One year after the exciting debut of… Continue reading 2000

  The Zonda C12 is presented at the Geneva Motor Show. “The shape had to be sensual, the wheel arches should recall a woman’s bosoms, the rear bonnet the hips. Inside, the seats would be shaped like an inverted pyramid to wrap around the shoulders, giving a sense of power to the man, and protection… Continue reading 1999

Modena Design arises and Zonda is taking shape. Interrupted the collaboration with Lamborghini, Pagani concentrated his energies on the design of a new car. He was convinced that the projects he had been imagining did not reflect the house of the charging bull. It was time to think of a 100-percent Pagani car. To finance… Continue reading 1991 – 1998

The Lamborghini years. The passionate relationship began many years before Horacio Pagani started working for the Modenese manufacturer. He was fascinated by Bertone design: he admired his work and felt a great harmony of style with the designer, father of the most fascinating Lamborghini of all time, the Miura and Countach. The passionate relationship began… Continue reading 1983 – 1991

The commission of the roughness meter. Horacio used to spend the week at his workshop, dealing with special orders. Among the most difficult challenges that he had to face at that time, there was the contract for the construction of two units of a prototype commissioned by the Road Laboratory of the Institute of Research… Continue reading 1982

The first F2. The job took over a year and something like five thousand hours of work were invested in the project. The vehicle was completed and presented at a dinner that counted over 300 people, including journalists from the specialized press of the city of Rosario, entrepreneurs, technicians and fanatics of the races. The… Continue reading 1979