PAGANI

Huayra 70 Trionfo

Pagani has a tradition that many manufacturers would love to adopt, and it celebrates the founder's big birthdays with special hypercars.

When Horacio Pagani turned 60, the Italian brand marked it with the extreme Zonda HP Barchetta. Ten years later, a new gift arrives, the Huayra 70 Trionfo, a model that celebrates another major milestone in the life of the former Lamborghini chief engineer.

The Huayra has officially been retired to make way for the new Utopia, but that clearly doesn't mean Pagani is done with it. The return of this model to the spotlight is in line with the brand's philosophy that doesn't let its legendary cars retire so easily, according to Autonews.

Compared to the standard Huayra, only the doors and window frames remain from the original. The rest of the bodywork is completely new. The headlights now have a double light signature that is reminiscent of another special version, the Huayra Codalunga. The departure from the classic configuration significantly changes the visual impression, and everything is further emphasized by the striking combination of green and orange carbon.

Pagani is developing a healthy habit we can all get behind. When the company’s founder turned 60, the Italian exotic marque marked the occasion with the wild Zonda HP Barchetta. A decade later, the new Huayra 70 Trionfo celebrates another milestone in the life of Lamborghini’s former chief engineer.

Just when we thought the Huayra had officially taken a bow to let the Utopia enjoy the spotlight, Pagani does what Pagani does best and pulls us right back in. The new Huayra 70 Trionfo arrives as a birthday celebration for company founder Horacio Pagani, and it is the kind of rolling sculpture that reminds you this brand never really “moves on” so much as it evolves its legends. It also continues a tradition, since Pagani marked Horacio’s 60th with the unforgettable Zonda HP Barchetta.

What makes the 70 Trionfo especially wild is how little of the original car actually remains. Pagani says only the doors and window frames carry over, while everything else has been reimagined, including fresh bodywork and a new lighting signature that swaps the Huayra’s familiar quad setup for dual-point headlights that hint at the long-tail Codalunga. Add in the green-and-orange exposed carbon theme and the whole thing reads like a one-off showpiece that somehow still looks ready to attack a runway at full song.

Only three examples are planned, and this particular car is reportedly the only one wearing the “Trionfo” name. The aggressive aero and track-ready attitude suggest it’s closely related to the Huayra Roadster BC formula, but the power story gets even better. The AMG-sourced twin-turbo 6.0L V12 is said to be turned up to 834 horsepower, and in a move that will make purists smile, it’s paired with a seven-speed manual transmission instead of an automated manual.

It’s an outlandish take on a car that was technically retired years ago to make room for the Utopia. But knowing Pagani’s modus operandi, it’s hardly surprising the Huayra is back in the limelight. Compared to the standard car, only the doors and window frames carry over. The rest of the body is entirely new, including dual-point headlights that recall another special Huayra, the Codalunga.

Dropping the quad-light theme shakes things up in the design department, though the green-and-orange carbon-fiber color scheme was already eye-catching enough. Pagani says it will build just three examples, without specifying whether these are entirely new cars or conversions of existing vehicles. As a reminder of the brand’s fondness for eternal nameplates, the Zonda proved its immortality last year with the Unico, some 26 years after the original debuted.

Pagani plans only three examples, but did not specify whether they are completely new cars or modifications of existing Huayras. The brand also showed last year that it likes to keep its models "eternal" when the Zonda reappeared in a unique Unico version, 26 years after the original model was introduced.

The ultra-aggressive bodywork and extreme aero suggest the 70 Trionfo is based on the Huayra Roadster BC. That model featured Mercedes-AMG’s twin-turbo 6.0-liter V12 tuned to a staggering 791 horsepower and 774 pound-feet (1,050Nm) of torque. A seven-speed automated-manual gearbox sent power to the rear wheels, all in a supercar weighing just 2,756 pounds

The extreme aerodynamics and aggressive body kit suggest that the Huayra 70 Trionfo is based on the Huayra Roadster BC. That model used Mercedes AMG's 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12 engine with 800 hp and 1050 Nm. Power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a seven-speed automated manual transmission, and the car weighed only 1250 kilograms.

But the 70 Trionfo goes even further. The car's owner revealed on Instagram that Pagani has further boosted the engine, so the AMG V12 now develops 834 horsepower. Even better news for purists is that the power is transmitted via a real seven-speed manual transmission.

Pagani has not yet shown the remaining two examples of the 70 series, but this one, according to available information, is the only one to bear the name Trionfo, which means triumph in Italian.

by Autonews