THE WIND GOD : PAGANI HUAYRA

PAGANI HUAYRA

Pagani Huayra

The Pagani Huayra is an Italian mid-engined rear wheel drive supercar or grand tourer. The Huayra is without any doubt one of the best hypercars in the world. It is flawlessly aerodynamic and has a better power-to-weight ratio than a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. It is a hand-built supercar. Huayra is actually pronounced Why-rah. It is the successor to the legendary Pagani Zonda. The car is named after a south American god of wind “Huayra Tata”. The wing shaped design of the car is not only fashion, it is the fundamental aerodynamic principle behind the supercar. As Pagani is the only car manufacturer to use Carbon-fibre and Titanium alloy chassis, the Huayra also features the same and gets a weight advantage from other supercars. The car just weighs 1350 kgs. Being 6.5 times lighter than steel, the carbo-titanium has the best weight to strength ratio in automotive industry. The quadruple exhaust is a trademark of pagani car designs. The one in Huayra is made of 22-pound pure titanium built by MHG-Fahrzeugtechnik in Germany to sound like an airplane taking-off. The Huayra was named "The Hypercar of the Year 2012" by Top Gear magazine and received a very positive review when tested by Richard Hammond on Top Gear. The Huayra was previously the fastest road car to go around the Top Gear Test Track, setting a time of 1:13.8, beating the previous record of 1:15.1 set by the Ariel Atom V8 in January 2011, and also placed above other hypercars such as the Aston Martin Vulcan, Bugatti Veyron 16.4, Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, Ferrari Enzo Ferrari, Koenigsegg CCX, Lamborghini Sesto Elemento, and Pagani Zonda F.

PERFORMANCE

The Huayra uses an 6.0-litre 60-degree V12 with two turbos to produce 720 bhp and 1000 Nm of torque. Mercedes-Benz's AMG division provides the engine of the Huayra which is hand-built. The 5,980 cc, twin-turbo, 60° AMG M158 V12, has been designed at the request of Pagani to reduce turbo lag and improve response, realized with smaller turbos, a different intercooler configuration and re-programmed ECU settings. The power is delivered through a seven-speed sequential gearbox and a single disc clutch. The Huayra is capable of reaching 383 kmph (238 mph) and it can go from 0-100 kmph in just 2.8 seconds. Using Pirelli tires, the Pagani Huayra is capable of withstanding 1.66 g of lateral acceleration at speeds of up to 230 mph (370 kmph). The car is equipped with Brembo brake calipers, rotors and pads. The calipers have four pistons in front and four in the rear.

DESIGN

Exterior

The Pagani Huayra is different from its predecessor in that it incorporates active aerodynamics. It is capable of changing the height of the front from the ground and independently operating four flaps placed at the rear and front of the car. The behavior of the flaps is managed by a dedicated control unit that is fed information from systems such as the ABS and ECU, which pass on information about the car's speed, yaw rate, lateral acceleration, steering angle and throttle position. This is intended to achieve minimal drag coefficient or maximum downforce depending on the situation. The rear flaps also act as an airbrake. Under hard braking, both the front suspension and the two rear flaps are raised to counteract weight transfer to the front wheels and keep the whole car stable, for instance when entering a corner. Air from the radiator is extracted through an arch in the bonnet at an angle that is designed not to affect the streamline around the body. The side air intakes behind the front wheels create a low pressure zone, resulting in downforce.

Interior

Huayra’s interior could be dropped into an art museum and it wouldn’t look out of place. A few primary materials make up the cabin : aluminum, titanium, carbon fiber, and leather. The seats look like space-age saddles, the instrument binnacle looks almost organic and the exposed gate of the sequential ‘box is a thing of beauty. It has the drama you expect from a car at this price level, neatly occupying territory reserved for both technology and classic performance cars. Every leather on the inside of Huayra is hand-stitched and the seats are also hand made with high density cushions. Like almost every other piece of metal in the car, the housing for the Huayra’s gauges is milled out of a single piece of aluminum. The carbon-fiber dash frame is also a single piece. In fact, the lightweight material was chosen because it can be left hollow and remain stiff. This allows the air conditioning system to blow air inside of the carbon-fiber dash frame and out through the vents, which saves weight on extra pipes for the a/c system.

Pagani Huayra's Interiors

Pagani Huayra's Instrument cluster

HUAYRA BC

An even more extreme version called the Huayra BC model debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2016. The Huayra BC is named after the late Benny Caiola, a friend of Horacio Pagani, and the first Pagani customer. The Huayra BC has an improved version of the standard Huayra's 6.0 liter V12, twin turbocharged AMG engine, and now produces 790 bhp as well as 1,100 Nm of torque. The dry weight is now reduced to just 1,218 kgs after a 132 kilogram decrease in weight, thanks to a new type of carbon fiber that Pagani claims is 50% lighter and 20% stronger than regular carbon fiber. Pagani have also fitted the Huayra BC with a lighter titanium exhaust system, new aluminum alloy wheels, and a stripped out interior. The Huayra BC also has a new front bumper with a splitter and winglets, deeper side skirts, and an air diffuser that stretches the entire width of the rear bumper, and a massive rear wing. All the components are made of carbon fiber, and are add-ons. The Huayra BC also has changes made to all but one of the body panels to maximize downforce and minimize drag. The Huayra BC uses a next-generation 7-speed manual gearbox, and has an electro-hydraulic actuation.

Pagani Huayra BC

Pagani Huayra BC's Interiors

APPEARANCES

The Pagani Huayra has appeared in 2014 movie “Transformers : Age Of Extinction” as “Stinger”, a human-made KSI Transformer modeled after Bumblebee who later becomes a Decepticon.

Pagani Huayra in "Transformers : Age Of Extinction"

The Huayra has appeared in EA’s Need For Speed racing video game series several times. It first appeared in 2011 Need For Speed : Shift 2: Unleashed and Need for Speed: The Run. Then it also appeared in Need For Speed : Most Wanted and Need For Speed : Rivals. It has appeared in several other racing video games like Project Cars, Grid Autosport, The Crew, Forza Horizon, Forza Motorsport 5 & 6, Gran Turismo 6 and mobile video games Asphalt 7 & 8 and Real Racing 3.