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Does the new Pagani Utopia look better finished in carbon fibre?

Horacio’s third hypercar gets shown off in a museum with a new finish and da Vinci backdrop

This is the new Pagani Utopia. It is the third all-new model to emerge from the small Italian hypercar maker and cloaked in a carbon fibre body, looks right at home in a museum.

Specifically, the National Science and Technology Museum in Milan. Horacio wanted to showcase his newest creation alongside artwork from his hero Leonardo da Vinci. A creation that fires a 6.0-litre Mercedes-AMG biturbo V12-shaped riposte to the growing drive towards hybridisation and electrification.

“No heavy batteries, no hybrid power, just a wonderful V12,” Pagani itself said of the new project. Hence the name. It even comes with a proper manual gearbox option too.

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Does the new Pagani Utopia look better finished in carbon fibre?

Horacio’s third hypercar gets shown off in a museum with a new finish and da Vinci backdrop
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Pagani says the Utopia could have been a 1,000bhp hybrid

Apparently AMG offered its twin-turbo, twin e-motor GT 63 unit for Pagani's latest hypercar

Horacio Pagani has revealed that the Utopia could have used a 1,000bhp hybrid V8 instead of the V12. In initial discussions about powerplants for the new hypercar, Mercedes-AMG suggested using the twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 with twin electric motors as featured in the GT 63 e-Performance.

The plan was for it to be uprated from 831bhp to 1,000bhp. It would also have meant adopting 4WD, as the system mounts the electric motors on the front wheels.

Pagani got as far as running lap time simulations using both set-ups. These revealed that although the hybrid was considerably more powerful than the 852bhp 6.0-litre twin turbo V12, it would actually be 4-5 seconds a lap slower around the Nürburgring. The reason? The significant weight penalty.

"Pagani cars are meant to be lightweight," Horacio told TG. "So [although] we will continue to invest in developments for electrification, the biggest goal for us is to find a way to make the car more enjoyable, more fun, more Pagani."

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Pagani says the Utopia could have been a 1,000bhp hybrid

Apparently AMG offered its twin-turbo, twin e-motor GT 63 unit for Pagani's latest hypercar
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You can now listen to a Pagani making music

Horacio Pagani, that is. And yes, real music; with an orchestra and all

It’s no great stretch to say that Paganis have always created sonorous sounds. In fact, it’s all too easy to get a head full of steam and start calling them musical.

This is not what’s happening here.

Yes, if the entire orchestra behind Horacio didn’t give so much away already, we’re talking about actual music. Back when Pagani first introduced the Utopia – to an audience in the Teatro Lirico in Milan, as you do – he then handed the stage to the Symphonic Orchestra of the Milan Conservatory. As you do.

Just beforehand, however, Mr Pagani “sat at the piano and played the first few notes of a tune he composed as a young man”, which the orchestra then picked up and belted out.

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You can now listen to a Pagani making music

Horacio Pagani, that is. And yes, real music; with an orchestra and all
www.topgear.com www.topgear.com

 
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