Pagani is simply weeks out from revealing its successor to the Huayra, a supercar presently doing the rounds beneath the C10 code identify, however the Italian firm on Thursday shocked us with yet one more model of the Huayra, the Codalunga, Italian for “Longtail.”

The automobile is the creation of Pagani’s particular initiatives division, often called Pagani Grandi Complicazioni, and simply 5 are destined to be constructed, every priced from 7 million euros (roughly $7.36 million). Even at these nosebleed ranges, all 5 construct slots are claimed to be offered.

The thought for the Huayra Codalunga got here from two followers of the model. They approached Pagani in 2018 and requested a long-tail model of the Huayra, one with a streamlined design paying homage to the grand race automobiles of the Nineteen Sixties. The colours and supplies had been additionally chosen to recall these early racers, although there are nonetheless fashionable touches like uncovered carbon fiber.

The work that went into the automobile was intensive. The design part alone took two years, a course of that concerned constructing quarter- and full-scale fashions. And regardless of solely having a five-unit run, the automobile was additionally developed to be authorised for street use all around the world.

Then there’s Pagani’s penchant for meticulous consideration to element. A chief instance of that is the machining of aluminum elements within the cabin from a single block, which recollects the guide strategies of the previous, when the components would have been individually polished by hand.

The physique of the Huayra Codalunga is made out of light-weight composites, with the automobile’s prolonged tail requiring a stretched engine cowl 14.17 inches longer than the duvet on the usual Huayra. Regardless of the lengthened physique, the Codalunga’s dry weight of two,822 kilos is roughly 154 kilos lower than that of the Huayra.

Weight-saving measures included the shortage of rear grilles and the addition of a titanium exhaust. The lacking grilles on the rear additionally imply you get a transparent have a look at the automobile’s exhaust system.

Energy comes from the identical twin-turbocharged 6.-0-liter V-12 discovered within the Huayra, however with output pumped as much as 827 hp and 811 lb-ft of torque. Drive is the rear wheels through a 7-speed sequential transmission. The wheels are cast items measuring 20 inches on the entrance and 21 on the rear, and housed inside these are carbon-ceramic brakes. The tires are Pirelli P Zero Corsas measuring 265/30 on the entrance and 355/25 on the rear.

No efficiency specs had been talked about however a 0-60 mph time of beneath 3.0 seconds and a prime pace approaching 220 mph is probably going, given the same efficiency ranges of different Huayra fashions.