Due to the lockdown, I will continue to discover how many cars of a certain model or manufacturer I have seen up to March 2020. Following the McLaren P1 document, it seems I should cover my favourite manufacturer being Pagani. First built in 1999, Pagani have been a true example of a small manufacturer taking on the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini and not going bankrupt in the process. I have had mixed luck in spotting Pagani's as at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed, I saw my first Pagani alongside two others which was incredible, the presence around them was absolutely stunning and it was rare to see so many in one place. Little did I know that the day before my first day there, there had been no less than nine Pagani's in the supercar car park, along with the three I saw. The second year of Goodwood Festival of Speed I attended was the 2019 edition which happened to be the same year as Zonda20 which was to celebrate 20 years of Pagani. Pagani UK announced that on the Friday and Saturday, there would be the largest collection of Pagani's ever seen in one place. However when I arrived on the Saturday, it turns out the plan had changed and most of the cars had left to see the debut of Zonda Venti, meaning I missed them. However, there was still seven Pagani's around the grounds which was incredible to see either way. Each car I have seen will be explained with origins, special features and my overall opinion of them. It shall also be in chronological order of when I saw the cars.
The first Pagani I saw was an extremely special one being the Zonda 760 Oliver Evolution. Featured in the central feature on the lawns of Goodwood alongside one car to represent each year of the Festival of Speed, the 760 represented the 2017 festival where it first featured in the supercar paddock. It is finished in satin silver with lots of black carbon fibre body panels such as a central panel on the body and the incredibly complex double winglet. Originally this car was a Pagani Zonda S 7.3 in silver for original delivery before it was converted to Zonda F spec and was labelled as the Zonda GJ. The GJ was delivered to Edinburgh before it appeared for sale at Amian Cars in Germany. After it was sold by Amian, it was in a road traffic accident where the owner leant it to a friend and he crashed it into wrought iron fence. The owner then sent the car back to Pagani to convert into the unique 760 specification based on the LM chassis design. When it returned it sported a manual gearbox and the unique double strutted wing design along with the Cinque roof scoop. With all the custom parts to this car it is difficult to put a price on a car like this, but other Pagani Zonda 760 models have appeared at auction and both sold for way over £5million. This was definitely one of the best cars I've ever seen, and this was only the start.
The next car was the Pagani Huayra Roadster which was in the supercar paddock at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Huayra was a spiritual successor to the Zonda and featured a specially sourced twin turbocharged Mercedes AMG V12 that gave the car upwards of 700bhp and up to a top speed of 222mph, making it one of the fastest convertibles in the world. The Roadster was, as the name suggests, a roofless version of the Huayra Coupe which meant they had to change from the gullwing doors of the coupe to regular doors but the car was just as special. The example that was at the Festival of Speed was finished in matte white with a carbon black and matte blue stripe down the centre of the body, and unbelievable is owned by the same person as the Zonda 760 Oliver Evolution. It was also the first right hand drive Pagani Huayra Roadster and was number 77 out of the 100 initial production. It still remains to be the only Pagani Huayra I have seen which is a slight shame but I have always preferred the Zonda as it is a lot more raw and aspirational than the Huayra. Only a few Huayra Roadsters have crossed the auction block but the most recent was a blue carbon car which sold at RM Sotheby's Arizona for £2.37million, showing there is no cheap way to get a Pagani.
The third Pagani was positioned just to the left of the Huayra Roadster and is one of the most bespoke Pagani Zondas ever made. It is owned by the owner of Pagani, Horatio Pagani, and is one of only three which will enter production even though only one has been built, being this one. It is called the HP Barchetta because of the low screened, roofless layout of the car and the initials of the founder. It features some very unique features such as the covers on the rear wheels that cover half of the wheel with black carbon. In fact, the rims of this car is the only part of the body that is not made of carbon fibre, even with the unique blue wheels. The main body is blue carbon with black carbon accents. The interior is stunning with seats inspired by the Mercedes W196 formula one car driven by Juan Manuel Fangio. This is because Horatio Pagani is Argentinian much like Fangio so there's a connection between the two as well as the fact that the Pagani Zonda F being named after Fangio himself. This was number 1 of the three as none of the others have even started production yet but they will soon to be completed for high end customers. It was also on display at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed alongside 4 other Paganis on a special display to celebrate the Zonda.
At the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed, there were a large number of Pagani's around the area of the festival and the first I saw was in the supercar paddock which was a Pagani Zonda Revolucion. This was a road legal version of the track only Pagani Zonda R and was only made in 5 examples. This one was probably the most famous of all of them as it featured on BBCs Top Gear where it lapped their famous test track in 1:08.5 which was for a long time the fastest lap although of course it was ruled out as it was in R specification at the time. It also is the car that held the Nürburgring lap record at 6.30 and it usually is housed at the Pagani Museum. It had its full track time livery with golden rims and exposed matte carbon fibre bodywork. It drew a bit of attention with an unfortunate event at the festival where it went to turn at the bottom of the hillclimb and snapped some of the delicate carbon fibre canard on a haybale. But as the car accelerated up the hill, it screamed louder than even the Ferrari FXXK and the Apollo IE. This is car number 2 of the 5 produced and it cost £2.2million before tax when it was new in 2013.
The next car was a surprise to see as it was located in the southern supercar car park seemingly isolated away from the other Ferrari Pistas and Lamborghini Aventadors. It was also very close to the start line of the hillclimb so a lot of the attention was on the cars at the start line (which at the time was contemporary Le Mans cars) rather than the beautiful car glistening in the sunlight. The car itself was a Pagani Zonda 7.3 S which was the first car to feature the slightly larger 7.3 Mercedes V12 but yet was still an early Zonda. It was a C12 chassis which was the first model of the Zonda before being replaced by the Zonda F. This example was finished in Blue Francia with a cream/blue leather interior as well as a manual gearbox which makes it even more special. It has been seen at multiple car shows across the UK as it is a UK car and is allegedly housed in London somewhere. There are some small carbon fibre touches to the car also, not as many as the 760 models but enough to make enough of an impact on the styling. There are carbon fibre surrounds on the headlamps as well as the front splitter and the double rear winglets which helped to accentuate the blue colour of it.
The final area that featured Pagani's at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed happened to be an extraordinarily incredible display of five of the most beautiful cars I have ever seen. In front of the Kinrara enclosure happened to be five Pagani's in a line. The first of these Pagani's was truly the first of these Pagani's as it was the C12 number 001, meaning it was the genesis of the name Zonda. It was the first car Pagani ever built and was shown at many, many international car shows where the car was debuted for the first time. It was later used as the crash test car for the safety regulations to be placed upon the car and remained at Pagani as a test mule. It was restored heavily for 2019 for the 20th anniversary of Pagani, repainting the car to Grigio Monte Carlo inspired by the Group C Mercedes Benz C9s and C11s. The car was then taken on a world tour to celebrate the anniversary with select Pagani's such as to Goodwood like this was but to see the origin of Pagani alongside all the upgraded versions in the evolution was truly special.
To the right of the Zonda C12 001 was the next car on the list being the Pagani Zonda F. This was the model that made me fall in love with Pagani as it was so radical in design yet so beautiful at the same time, it was the ultimate car. The F replaced the C12 model as a tribute to Juan Manuel Fangio through the F name. This example is finished in Rosso Dubai, a brilliant dark red colour which pops in the sunlight and usually resides in Italy at the Pagani Museum as the demonstrator Pagani Zonda F. It is also rumoured that this was one of Horacio Pagani's personal cars however it is now a factory car. Although this car does not feature carbon fibre like some of the other cars I have seen, it did use the factory two tone with the colour over black which gives it a special edge. I think of all the Paganis that I have seen, this has to be up there with my favourite just given that it is the model I fell in love with originally and am still in love with now. This was production number 18 of 25 Zonda Fs.
The penultimate car I have seen is by far one of the most special cars I have ever seen. In 2009, Pagani created a run of what would have been the final iteration of the Pagani Zonda, but since has not been the final run. It was known as the Cinque, meaning five in Italian, and came in a Coupe and Roadster variant with five units of each. The example that was at Goodwood was the Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster owned by famed car collector Azzurrodino that resides in the UK and is the only Zonda Cinque in the UK permanently. All the Zonda Cinque's are supposed to be finished in the white and carbon body with the red pinstripe down the centre but four of the cars are finished in unique specifications. The example at Goodwood was a white specified car and was identifiable as the Roadster as the carbon fibre roof scoop was positioned at the rear of the roof so that a panel could be removed to become the Roadster format. The fact that it's the second rarest Pagani I have seen (behind the one of one HP Barchetta and 760 Oliver Evolution) makes it an even greater spectacle but it was a shame that it was in a cordoned off area so I could only admire it from one angle. It was number 3 of the 5 Zonda Cinque Roadsters.
The final Pagani is one of the most carbon fibre heavy cars I have ever seen. It is the second Revolucion I have seen and is usually housed in the Pagani Museum in Italy and is finished in blue carbon fibre over black carbon fibre with unique tricolore front canards and once was fitted with extremely beautiful gold wheels, they were black carbon when I saw the car. The styling cues that come from the R are extremely prevalent in the Revolucion with the largest rear wing I have possibly ever seen fitted to a road legal car. It is finished with interior blue leather which contrasts with the black carbon in the bodywork and is by far one of the best specced Pagani's I've ever seen. It was number 4 of the 5 Pagani Zonda Revolucions.
