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Now that’s what we call going out with a bang. The Pagani Zonda will soon be put out to pasture - to be replaced by an even more extreme supercar codenamed the C9 – but not without a final, ultra-extreme goodbye.
This is the Zonda R, a madly expensive, madly fast version of Pagani’s hypercar set to go on sale some time next year.
Limited to just 10 examples – five for the track and five for the road – the Zonda R will cost an eye-watering 2,000,000 Euros. And that’s before you’ve specced the iPod connector…
Though it looks superficially similar to the other Zondas, the R shares a mere 10 per cent of its underpinnings with the outgoing model. Some five centimetres longer than the Zonda F, the R’s shape is even more focused on downforce – there’s a bigger splitter, a bizarre new rear diffuser and, as you may have spotted, a mahoosive rear wing.
More significantly, Pagani has ditched the Mercedes-sourced 7.3-litre V12 in favour of AMG’s six-litre V12 as found in the S65. That should be good for around 650bhp and, we’d guess, a 0-60mph time pretty close to three seconds.
The production Zonda R should be unveiled at the Geneva motor show next spring. Time to start saving up, then?
You can see Clarkson driving a Zonda - only not this one - in his new DVD.
Or, watch that F lapping the 'Ring:
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What do you think?
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Petrellis commented on this article
at 12:32 pm on 27 January 2010
Can you give us a couple of wallpapers with Pagani Zonda?
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esscoss commented on this article
at 07:46 pm on 26 October 2010
This must be third version of the Zonda R according to TG. And 650bhps??? Pah! The last Zonda swansong I read about had 730 and then there's the purple one off that clearly had a wee bit more. www.TG is a getting a bit thin on fun in favour of becomming a showcase for exclusive manufacturers' hard-ons. But, I wonder, who is licking who's arse?
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