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Unleashed: Pagani Zonda Revolucion
Last hurrah in Pagani's Zonda series is obviously the fastest and baddest of them allFerrari and Lamborghini may well have the Italian hypercar caper pretty well sewn up, but Horacio Pagani (pictured) and his eponymous marque have also quietly forged a presence since the brand was launched in 1999 with the Zonda C12.
It seemed the Zonda had reached the end of the line when the Huayra was launched a couple of years ago, but proof to the contrary comes via the Revolucion – a $3 million (ex-Europe) last hurrah that’s faster and more potent than any of its predecessors.
Festooned with all manner of carbonfibre body addenda, the Zonda Revolucion appears more Le Mans racer than streeter, but be assured it is indeed road legal.
It’s assured of being the fastest thing on public roads (possibly short of a Bugatti Veyron) as its Mercedes AMG-sourced 6.0-litre V12 has been tuned to crank out 589kW and 730Nm – and these outputs become all the more significant when you factor in the car’s waif-like 1070kg kerb weight.
Drive is channelled to the wheels via a six-speed sequential transmission that allegedly rifles through gearshifts in 20 milliseconds.
Pagani hasn’t as yet announced any performance figures, but it’s obviously not going to be a slouch given that even the less powerful Zonda R was capable of sprinting to 100km/h in 2.7sec and topping out at 350km/h.
Given the car’s massive grunt and relative lack of mass, the Revolucion comes with a Bosch traction-control system with no less than 12 settings, and it’s backed up by the latest ABS system operating on the huge Brembo stoppers.
The brake discs are fabricated from a new carbon-ceramic material that’s claimed to be four times longer lasting than the previous items. They’re also claimed to provide stronger stopping power and be more fade-resistant.
Meanwhile, the ultra-comprehensive aero package includes a massive front splitter, above which is a trio of winglets to maximise downforce over the front axle.
An oval-shaped air scoop sits atop the roof, while the gi-normous rear wing has an F1-inspired Drag Reduction System (DRS) that can be operated manually via a button on the steering wheel (at speeds above 100km/h), or left in automatic mode.
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