Pagani Fan's Dream Day Out
Touring an automotive assembly plant is one of those items that should be on every gearhead's bucket list. Especially when that factory belongs to an elite supercar manufacturer like Pagani.

When Pagani extended our friend Hank Guerci-Taveni an invitation to its headquarters in Modena, it was an offer he simply couldn't refuse. Here's his story, sent exclusively to CarBuzz: Long before boarding my flight to Italy, I had already read the reviews of Pagani's new Huayra, marveling at its advanced aerodynamics, exquisite craftsmanship and screaming 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12, and fully digested its mind-boggling specs: 730 horsepower, 737 lb-ft of torque, 0-60 in 3.3 seconds and a 230mph top speed.

Seeing the magnificent hypercar up close, however, promised to take my love affair with the Huayra to new levels of lust. My first contact with Pagani was with PR man Luca Venturi, who invited me to the workshop for a chat with some of the crew. After a brief tete-a-tete with a roll-cage fitter, an assembler and a carbon fiber specialist, it was blindingly obvious how much these guys love their jobs. Half of the workforce, I later found out, have been with Pagani since day one. An inspection of the units currently in various stages of production followed, from the naked shell to the final product ready for delivery.
Each was being finished to customers' exact specifications, from the color of the interior, spoilers and rims to the spec of the sound system. Pictured is a finished Huayra that will soon be on its way to a customer in China, sporting a delicious deep green and carbon exterior and regrettable pink interior that aptly (and lamentably) demonstrates at least one way to ruin a million-dollar-car. The first Pagani car to be delivered to the USA was also at the factory, having passed endless comprehensive safety tests that tragically included the total destruction of a dozen or so models.

Full story here: http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2012/10/...y-Out-7710896/

 

Fantastic read, thanks for sharing! Wish they would cll me up randomly and ask to visit

 

Second photo:is that zonda 764 passione?

 

Nice tricolore calipers

 

You are right.


The panels, painted in aubergine are waiting to get mounted on the car. The brake calipers of the car are painted in the Italian Tricolore (Kevin from Autogespot)

 

Is that the interior of the 764 Passione?

It is very disgusting, what a bad way to say goodbye to the Zonda!

 

^ I agree.
Both the interior and the brake calipers are pink to fuchsia, lamentably.
There should be another zonda to do justice to his retirement, but I think it will not happen.

 

Relax. There will be always another special edition! :d

 

Boring read. But thanks anyway.

Sent from my communicator using Teamspeed.

 

Mr. Pagani has said numerous times that he will never stop production of the Zonda; however, limited editions will remain limited. If you come to him with €1,000,000-2,000,000, he will still make you your very own handmade Zonda, and for that alone, we should be very grateful.