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If you thought Pagani had milked the Zonda for all its worth, think again. This is the new Cinque Roadster, a roofless version of the Cinque Coupe, based on the track-only Zonda R. Like the Coupe, the Roadster has a carbon-titanium body, which means it's more rigid than concrete.
And because carbon is so strong, Pagani hasn't had to faff about making the Roadster as tight and honed as the Coupe - give or take the odd chassis tweak. Which means it weighs exactly the same at 1201kg. That's good news for the power-to-weight ratio, because behind the driver sits a 678bhp Mercedes V12.
Pagani's engineers were obviously kept awake at night, thinking up new ways to keep this thing agile. Everywhere you look there's high-tech stuff, from the magnesium-aluminium wheels to the magnesium-titanium suspension. There's even a ceramic coated exhaust (Wedgewood, we believe).
It's a very special bit of kit, then, and only five will be made. So what's stopping you? Not the £1.1-million price tag, surely?
Now watch James give the Zonda a thrashing, with a little help from the Stig:
Cinque hole
Meet the latest entrant to the supercar clique: Pagani’s stunning Cinque Roadster
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 01:37 pm on 03 July 2009
What's the new obsession with very low-production £1million megacars? The ONE-77, the Bertone Mantide, the GTbyCITROEN, now this. If I were going to go for this one, I'd ask them not to paint that red stripe down the middle. It's a bit apologetic in it's thinness and it sticks out rather than stands out.
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A4R0N-24 commented on this article
at 04:19 pm on 03 July 2009
WOW I WANT IT, i bet that is going to be good, down the straights.
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StigsIrishCousn commented on this article
at 05:14 pm on 03 July 2009
So this is a limited edition of a version of a version of the track version of the version of a Zonda?!
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MattG commented on this article
at 05:40 pm on 03 July 2009
I LOVE IT!!! Looks great and I bet it drives well. If only they were gonna make more of them. 5 is a very limited production but it's a very special car as well I suppose.
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ChriSTIGpher commented on this article
at 08:30 pm on 03 July 2009
I agree. It looks mad!!
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