The one-off track specialist is here, all-new Pagani Huayra R aka Maximus Supercarcus.“The Huayra R, just like the Zonda R, is the freest, most extreme, and performance-oriented Pagani car of all time,” Boss Horacio Pagani himself explains.
Mention of the Zonda R provides some indication of the Huayra R’s prowess. We begin our descent into otherworldly, track-only performance through the traditional Pagani route: a big, fat V12. “The new engine had to have the charm, romance, sound, and simplicity of the F1 engines of the 1980s while incorporating state-of-the-art technology available today,” explains Horacio.
PAGANI HUAYRA R
Engineered and built by Mercedes's HWA racing subsidiary and AMG collaborator, the naturally aspirated 6.0-liter V-12 shrieks to 9000 rpm and on the way makes 838 horsepower at 8250 rpm and 553 pound-feet of torque at 5500 rpm. "It will sound like an F1 car. An old F1 car, not a new one," said Pagani's head of sales and marketing, Hannes Zanon, with a smirk.
PAGANI HUAYRA R
The Huayra launched in 2014, and existing variants are powered by Mercedes-AMG's twin-turbo 6.0-liter V-12, but there's no commonality between the two V-12s. This is no fragile race engine; Pagani promises 6200 miles between top-end overhauls to replace valves and valve springs. Sadly, there's also no way for the R's naturally aspirated V-12 to meet today's emissions standards, which is why the Huayra R won't be street legal.
PAGANI HUAYRA R
Instead of the street-legal Huayra's seven-speed automated manual, the R gets a six-speed dog-ring, a non-synchronized sequential box that's rigidly mounted to the monocoque and contributes to chassis rigidity. Electronics handle initial clutch engagement; after that, you bang through the straight-cut gears using shift paddles. The R employs the carbon-titanium structure that debuted on the Huayra Roadster BC, which has helped to improve the R's torsional stiffness by a claimed 16 percent and bending stiffness by 51 percent compared with the coupe.
PAGANI HUAYRA R
Pagani says the R's Pirelli slicks are derived from GT3 racing and provide 30 to 40 percent more grip than the grippiest street tires. The 275/675R-19 fronts and 325/705R-19 rears are available in two compounds—in racing parlance, a dry medium, or a wet medium. Both driver and passenger are held in place by six-point belts. They'll need them. Brembo's 16.1-inch front and 15.4-inch rear CCM-R carbon-ceramic rotors are tasked with working these meats to their maximum under braking. If things go amiss, there's also an automatic onboard fire extinguisher.
PAGANI HUAYRA R
Two movable flaps at the back of the car shuffle aerodynamics on the fly, similar to the coupe, which has four flaps. Pagani claims 2205 pounds of downforce at 199 mph, which is nearly as much as its quote for the R's 2315-pound dry weight. That's roughly 350 pounds lighter than the Huayra BC coupe and should put curb weight in the neighborhood of an incredibly light 2600 pounds or so.
So, how much this monstrous drive will cost? Well, the price is set to be $3.1 Million and only 30 of these would be made. And the good news is that the car is not yet sold out. If you want to take your hands on this monster, you might be able to do so.
-by AMAAN ATTAR
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