Bad news for David Heinemeier Hansson who has just received a one-of-a-kind Pagani Zonda HH that he can only enjoy during vacations in Italy. Pagani has just announced that their new generation supercar that will be replacing the Zonda, the C9, will be homologated for the US market. The company has announced that the new twin-turbo 6.0-litre V12 motor and automated manual gearbox will meet 2013 California emissions regulations, and will be Euro 5-compliant.
This is the first time US customers will be allowed to enjoy a Pagani model. Until now the Zonda was never made available in the US because it did not meet the country’s EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and DOT (Department of Transportation) regulations.
Horacio Pagani also confirmed that the future C9 will be powered by an AMG sourced 6.0-liter V12 engine that will develop a total of 690bhp and 737lb-ft of torque. Also, the C9 will be a completely new product in terms of design, weight, distribution, materials and dynamics, and revealed that it will feature 3770 new parts.
An Autoweek.nl reader caught the future Pagani C9, the replacement for the current Zonda, on a German street. This time the future supercar revealed its Mercedes SLS AMG-inspired gullwing doors which will replace Zonda’s conventional doors. The C9 was being followed by a Mercedes full of test equipment. The official debut will be made in September at the Paris Motor Show with sales beginning in 2011. The supercar will be priced in the $1,250,000 area.
The next C9, described by Pagani CEO as "a completely new car from concept, weight distribution, materials and dynamics" will be powered by a 6.0-liter V12 engine with two turbochargers that will deliver around 700 hp and 1000 NM of torque. This will sprint the car from from 0 to 62mph in less than three seconds and on to a top speed of more than 220mph.
The supercar will come with 3770 new parts, a carbon-titanium chassis, specially developed Pirelli tires, and Bosch electronics.
A few months after those gut-wrenching photos of a crashed Pagani C9 brought us all close to tears, we’re delighted to tell you that the new C9 is once again up and running and out on the road to continue to do more testing after its unceremonious break.
This photo was sent over by a Dutch fellow that was traveling along the Brenner Pass from Italy to Austria when he, much to his surprise, caught a real-life C9 blazing along the same road. In his haste to snap a photo, he was only able to catch one photo of the new prototype C9. While we’d be thrilled to have seen more than one photo, it’s still one more than nothing.
Pagani hasn’t announced an unveiling date for the C9, but we’re all hopeful that it could come sometime later this year, possibly at the Paris Motor Show. In any case, we’re just glad to see Pagani’s new supercar back testing on the road after that ridiculous crash a few months ago.
In a recent interview, Horacio Pagani offered new details on the future C9 supercar. According to him the future Pagani is the same as the Bugatti Veyron as far as price and collectibility go, but at the same time the two models can’t be considered competitors because, even though they are sold to similar customers, they are two very different cars.
He also said that the "C9 is a completely new car, designed from the ground up, so it doesn’t share anything in common with the Zonda. We have started work on this project since as early as 2003 and the final production version will be released at the end of this year. Naturally, we hope it will have at a similar success as the Pagani Zonda."
Under the hood there will be a completely new V12 specially created for the C9. The engine will be mated to a new transmission with a single clutch.
And even if he didn’t offer up the name for the car he did confirm that it will have an appropriate meaning (Zonda is a type of wind from the Argentinean Andes mountains).
After a Pagani C9 test mule crashed a few weeks ago, the car is now back on testing, and badder than ever. It seems the supercar will be ready for its world debut at Paris Auto Show. Sales will begin at the beginning of 2011.
The C9 will feature a redesigned rear diffuser featuring twin instead of quad exhausts, a brand new air intake behind the clear engine cover and a bluff front nose section. Under the hood there will be an AMG sourced 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12 producing around 700bhp and 1000Nm of torque. This will sprint the car from from 0 to 62mph in less than three seconds and on to a top speed of more than 220mph.
According to Horacio Pagani the new C9 will be "a completely new car from concept, weight distribution, materials and dynamics." So, we can hardly wait its official debut!
If our memories serve us correctly - and why wouldn’t it - we’re pretty sure that this is the same Pagani C9 supercar that we dug up spy photos on a few weeks ago.
So you can imagine our shock when we found out that the very same car crashed at around 10am this morning while testing on the Autobahn B14, which just so happens to be near the Mercedes-Benz factory in Stuttgart, Germany.
There are no specific details on what happened to the mule C9 except that the driver somehow lost control of the super car in the middle of testing. So if anybody knows something, don’t hesitate to drop by and share with us!
Reminder: The Pagani C9 is expected to come with a smaller engine than that of its predecessor. The 7.3-liter AMG V12 engine of the Zonda won’t be found in the C9, but what you can expect is a still impressive 6.0-liter V12 twin-turbo engine. The C9’s modest engine, which supposedly will be a lot lighter than the engine from the Zonda, will mean that the total power output of the little brother – somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 horsepower – will exceed that of the big brother.
We don’t know if the Pagani C9 is just a photogenic little supercar, but it seems to have taken quite a liking to being photographed before its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show.
We already saw the first set of spy photos of the C9 getting filled up with gas but while those pictures still left a lot to the imagination, this new set captures the new Pagani supercar up close and in the flesh, leaving no doubt that this most definitely is the C9.
What’s more, in addition to looking at as clear a set of photos as we can find, these spy shots also has photos of the car’s interior and, much to our delight, its Mercedes SLS AMG-inspired gullwing doors.
Despite being the successor of the Zonda, the Pagani C9 is expected to come with a smaller engine than that of its predecessor. The 7.3-liter AMG V12 engine of the Zonda won’t be found in the C9, but what you can expect is a still impressive 6.0-liter V12 twin-turbo engine. Besides, the supposedly modest engine of the C9 will be a lot lighter than that from the Zonda, which means that the total power output of little bro – somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 horsepower – will exceed that of the big brother.
The new Pagani C9 supercar was recently spotten doing some test runs in Upington, South Africa where the car was being put through a rigorous hot weather test – temperatures were taken at around 39°C (102°F) - near the Kalahari desert. By all indications, it seems to be getting its pistons running in time for its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
The C9 – not it’s official name, as we’ve been told – will be succeeding the highly-successful Zonda supercar and much like its predecessor, the C9 packs power and speed to the absolute brim. Powered by an AMG Mercedes 6.0-liter V12 bi-turbo engine that’s capable of producing in excess of 700 horsepower and over 1000Nm of torque, the supercar also comes with about 3,770 new parts including a carbon-titanium chassis, specially developed Pirelli tires, and Bosch electronics.
Needless to say, the C9 looks every bit as tasty as the Zonda supercar.
For a car brand that rarely makes a splash in the news these days, the unveiling of the C9 supercar has made Pagani one of the most highly-anticipated attractions at the Geneva Motor Show. And if the C9 can live up to the high expectations set forth by the Zonda, then you can bet that Pagani’s new supercar will attract more than its fair share of customers.
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Horacio Pagani has revealed new details on the future generation Pagani supercar. According to him the new C9 will be launched towards the end of 2010 and will be "a completely new car from concept, weight distribution, materials and dynamics."
The future Pagani C9 will be powered by an AMG sourced 6.0-liter V12 engine with a total output of 700 hp and 1000 Nm of torque. The supercar will come with 3770 new parts, a carbon-titanium chassis, specially developed Pirelli tires, and Bosch electronics.
Production will be limited to 40 units a year. Price for the C9 will be in the $1,250,000 area.
Pagani is currently building an all-new factory that’s three times bigger than the existing facility. The new factory will be ready by 2010 when the new C9 is scheduled to be launched.
Pagani will increase production from the currnt 16 units a year to 60 units, so it represents a big investment for the company. Development of the C9 is progressing well with four prototypes currently undergoing 800,000km of durability testing.
It’s rumored that the C9 will be powered by a new AMG engine, designed exclusively for the Pagani model.
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