Wednesday 31st July 2019

£3.36m Pagani Huayra BC Roadster revealed

1,250kg BC generates 500kg of downforce and gets a more powerful V12 along with its removable lid

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Pagani has uprated the V12 engine in its new Huayra BC Roadster to produce 791hp at 5,900rpm, giving it a 40hp advantage over the 2016 BC coupe, more than countering the negative impacts of a 38kg weight gain. The carbon-roofed BC Roadster, of which just 40 examples are set for production, uses AMG’s M158 6.0-litre with enhanced twin turbochargers, producing 775lb ft of torque from 2,000rpm to 5,600rpm and giving the car a power-to-weight ratio of 640hp per tonne.

Interestingly, Pagani has opted against the use of a double clutch gearbox, instead preferring to use the lighter Xtrac single-clutch seven-speed transaxle that was also used in the BC coupe. The car is built around the carbon fibre structure of the Huayra but the surrounding parts, including its double wishbone suspension, make more use of ultra-exotic materials such as carbon-titanium. This helps keep the car’s total weight down to 1,250kg dry, resulting in an open-top V12 hypercar that’s barely heavier than a Ford Fiesta ST.

To keep this featherweight Italian pinned to the tarmac, the BC Roadster’s bodywork has been crafted to produce 500kg of downforce at 174mph. There are even flaps located along the car’s exhaust system to make use of the hot air for added downforce, a system that you may remember was utilised and then subsequently banned in Formula 1’s blown diffuser days. The results make for some pretty spectacular performance; Pagani claims that the BC Roadster can generate up to 2.2G of force, 1.9G of which is available in a continuous longitudinal form.

With such pace comes the requirement for big stopping power, and the BC duly delivers on that front too. The brake discs are 398mm and 380mm in diameter, working with six and four pot calipers respectively. They’re located behind APP forged monolithic wheels of 20 and 21-inch diameters, which come wrapped in sticky Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R boots. The results make for what is probably the most extreme way to get wind in your hair. If you’ve £3.36 million to hand, we wouldn’t hang about in getting your name down. Alternatively, there's always this 'regular' Huayra...

Introducing Roadster BC: the new creation of the Pagani Atelier // https://t.co/qicO2bHYTm#pagani#huayra#roadsterbc#csr2#[e-mail]/uTKQ8I5Bbh

— Pagani Automobili (@OfficialPagani) July 31, 2019

 

 

[sh33n]

Yes please. The Huarya never seemed to command that (virtual) bedroom wall poster that the Zonda did. This changes that, it’s got the look it should have had from the outset.

Performance ain’t half bad either.

[ZX10R NIN]

Just amazing.

[anonymous-user]

Another mad and lovely Pagani, it was a memorable sight to have so many at FoS this year, bonkers cars. And, dear PH, please could you consider sharing actual useable car weights, rather than this dry weight nonsense? Some people will actually want to drive it rather than solely look at. And while it really doesn’t matter, it does trickle down to comparisons of real, affordable cars and it’s more helpful to know what a car weighs as you can drive it. I may as well drain my blood out to impress the doctor with my weight loss achievements.

[DanielSan]

How to make the Huyara more desirable, make it it look more like the Zonda again. This looks unbelievably good.

[jakeb]

yes, the front of the huayra never looked right - this fixes it

[soad]

Just who can afford one of these?

[anonymous-user]

Agree with all the comments about the looks- the Zonda was always the Pagani looker!

[g4ry13]

DanielSan said:

How to make the Huyara more desirable, make it it look more like the Zonda again. This looks unbelievably good.

I'd honestly struggle to tell the difference.

[bomb]

For a moment there I thought that was a Ginetta.

[bomb]

soad said:

Just who can afford one of these?

Lots of people. Lots and lots.

[geo1905]

Pagani's, Koenigsegg's etc are all wonderful examples of extreme automotive engineering, fabulous to own and drive and very rare. But......the days of these vehicles are drawing to a close. With ever more draconian emissions legislation, cameras everywhere, noise regulations and a somewhat "Stalinist" attitude towards private cars in general, it's just a matter of time. Long may they continue but I'm not holding my breath.

[AmosMoses]

Anything Pagani makes is just engineering and craftsmanship porn

[Krikkit]

bomb said:

soad said:

Just who can afford one of these?

Lots of people. Lots and lots.

Quite, there are at least 75000 people in the world worth more than $100m, and more than 2700 worth $1b

[Esceptico]

Krikkit said:

bomb said:

soad said:

Just who can afford one of these?

Lots of people. Lots and lots.

Quite, there are at least 75000 people in the world worth more than $100m, and more than 2700 worth $1b

That only sounds a lot in isolation but as a fraction of the 7.7 Bn people on the planet it is tiny.

If you look at those that can afford the car and potentially interested the numbers will be tiny. As evidenced by production numbers for the Zonda which was on sale for 20 years but I believe only 140 (of all variants) were made.

[Red6]

I'll be honest, I've never been a fan of the Huayra and despite all the aero aids being functional, it seems to be suffering from the Countach-effect. Gaining more wings and scoops, loosing it's original purity. Give me a Zonda F, please.

[TIGA84]

Original Huyra was £1,029,430 as list and they built 100, for a ground up, clean sheet of paper car, and made profit.

Call me cynical, but I don't think there are £2,330,570 worth of extra bits or R&D in it, given they already had 90% of it to base this on.