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Pagani debuts 3-million-euro Huayra BC Roadster

Pagani debuts 3-million-euro Huayra BC Roadster
We wouldn't mind one of these in the New Atlas garage
We wouldn't mind one of these in the New Atlas garage
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The Huayra BC Roadster's cabin
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The Huayra BC Roadster's cabin
Aeros focused on 500 kg of downforce at 174 mph
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Aeros focused on 500 kg of downforce at 174 mph
Those mirrors look to us like they're going to open up and say "feed me, Seymour!"
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Those mirrors look to us like they're going to open up and say "feed me, Seymour!"
Signature 4-port exhaust still looks great
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Signature 4-port exhaust still looks great
A new carbon composite body is more rigid both torsionally and in flex
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A new carbon composite body is more rigid both torsionally and in flex
A Huayra BC with its roof off
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A Huayra BC with its roof off
Here it is with the roof on
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Here it is with the roof on
20-inch forged alloy wheels
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20-inch forged alloy wheels
New AMG 6-liter V12
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New AMG 6-liter V12
Still has the standard Huayra's mechanical art piece of a gearshift lever
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Still has the standard Huayra's mechanical art piece of a gearshift lever
We wouldn't mind one of these in the New Atlas garage
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We wouldn't mind one of these in the New Atlas garage
The chassis with its clothes off
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The chassis with its clothes off
Opened up into party mode
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Opened up into party mode
The Huayra Roadster BC - another tribute to Pagani's first customer Benny Caiola
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The Huayra Roadster BC - another tribute to Pagani's first customer Benny Caiola
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After cheekily first unveiling it in a freaking mobile phone game, Pagani has announced its Huayra BC Roadster, named again for Pagani's first and favorite customer Benny Caiola. While it looks just like the Huayra BC coupe with the roof chopped off, it's actually had a fair bit of work done to justify its US$3-million-plus price tag.

The engine, for example, is new and by AMG, a 6-liter, 36-valve, 60-degree, twin-turbo V12 making a healthy 791 horsepower (590 kW) and 774 lb-ft (1,050 Nm) of torque between 2,000 and 5,600 rpm. A decent amount of shunt for a rear wheel drive, but certainly no challenge to the wild electrics and hybrids we've been seeing for the last few years.

The transmission is an Xtrac 7-speed automatic manual – you do your own shifting with the paddles or the stick – with an electro-mechanical differential.

The chassis with its clothes off
The chassis with its clothes off

Where the original Huayra famously used carbon-titanium "carbotanium" weave for its strong, lightweight bodywork, the BC Roadster moves to a new composite developed by the Pagani team that's 12 percent more torsionally rigid and 20 percent more rigid in a flex.

Aeros and suspension have been reworked, the former with the goal of developing 500 kg (1,100 lb) of downforce at 174 mph (280 km/h), and the latter with electronic active damping. As a result, Pagani says it'll pull up to 2.2 G of lateral acceleration in the corners, so be sure to sticky-tape your face on.

The Huayra Roadster BC - another tribute to Pagani's first customer Benny Caiola
The Huayra Roadster BC - another tribute to Pagani's first customer Benny Caiola

Forty will be built, at a price of €3.085 million. If that sounds a little steep, well, that new carbon composite is four and a half times as expensive as the old carbotanium, for starters. And it doesn't matter anyway, they're sold out and will be unavailable to the likes of you and I until they start popping up at auction for twice that price.

Source: Pagani via Top Gear

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