The 2014 Pagani Zonda Revolucion | Pagani Zonda
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Almost a decade in the past Horacio Pagani got here up with an incredible concept, he already had the record-breaking Zonda R that taken onto the well-known Nurburgring Nordschleife to set a lap time of 6 minutes and 47 seconds, however that was with a Mercedes-AMG V12 pumping out ‘simply’ 739 bhp, after 10 items of the Zonda R track-only monster have been constructed, by June 2013 we bought one thing new from Pagani, the Zonda Revolucion, an evolution of the Zonda R, therefore the R Evolution title, now with 800 hp, and with much more spectacular aerodynamics this automotive promptly set a brand new report on the Inexperienced Hell monitor: 6 minutes 30 seconds.
Initially, the rumor was that just one single unit of the Zonda Revolucion could be constructed, priced at €2,200,000 earlier than taxes, however it turned out Horacio determined to construct 5 items, and considered one of them is really a murals, apparently, the quantity 5 of 5 which was on show through the 2014 Geneva Motor Present has not too long ago modified palms after being positioned in Japan for nearly 10 years, and this beast is one thing completely different, completed in a blue-tinted, seen carbon fiber weave physique rolling on shiny black center-lock wheels hiding blue calipers.
And the inside is equally as spectacular with numerous carbon fiber being seen whereas seated in blue and black seats in an upholstery of easy leather-based mixed with Alcantara for that additional grip when cornering this track-only hypercar, and also you’ll want all of the grip you will get with 800 hp accessible, 730 Nm (or 538 ft lbs) of torque, all inside a automotive that places simply 1,070 kg on the dimensions … simply one other quantity to impress you, the Pagani Zonda Revolucion can speed up with a 0.8 G-Power hitting the occupants.
I couldn’t discover any official data if this particular automotive additionally left the manufacturing facility for €2,200,000 (about $2,900,000 again in 2014) or if this seen carbon fiber physique was an costly choice, however it’s protected to say that when this automotive modified palms after being listed for public sale by BH Public sale (Bingo) in Japan (which hasn’t disclosed the sale worth by the way in which) it will have required much more cash to be transferred between the vendor and the client, who apparently had the automotive shipped to the US a couple of days in the past.
The spectacular Mercedes-Benz AMG 6-Liter V12 engine was taken from the Zonda R to be developed additional for the Zonda Revolucion, however wait, there’s additionally a Zonda R Evolution it appears, out of the ten or so Zonda R, a handful have been reportedly upgraded to ‘Evolution’ specs, which isn’t the identical as a Zonda Revolucion by the way in which, however again to the engine, we’re speaking in regards to the well-known M120 V12 unit, mated to a 6-Pace sequential gearbox to ship a staggering acceleration of simply 2.7 seconds to 60 mph from a standstill, and whereas we’re speaking a few automotive that weighs simply 2359 lbs, that is nonetheless a relatively giant hypercar with an total size of a minimum of 4774 mm (188.0 in).
So we now know this very uncommon automotive modified palms not too long ago, the client had the automotive crated for cargo from Japan to the US, full with the extra crates for wheels, tires, and even Pagani racing overalls have been delivered with the Pagani Zonda Revolucion when new, all of them got here to the USA as we will see within the Shmee150 video beneath who occurred to be current when the automotive was revealed sitting inside her crate:
The Pagani Zonda Revolucion was subsequently transported to Pagani of Greenwich, a division of Miller Motorcars, which was answerable for importing this uncommon magnificence within the USA and ensuring this considered one of 5 was able to be delivered to her lucky proprietor who will actively apply it to the monitor and produce her to numerous automotive occasions throughout the US:
