In the previous summer, Pagani surprised the automobile industry with an exclusive extended version of the Huayra known as the Codalunga, which translates to “long tail” in Italian.
The Codalunga was the outcome of the desire of two devoted Pagani customers for a car that has a streamlined design similar to the grand racing cars of the 1960s. Over two years, the customers worked in collaboration with Pagani Grandi Complicazioni, the automaker’s special projects division, to create the ultimate design.
Pagani committed to producing five units of the car, each priced at 7 million euros (around $7.6 million). The second of the five vehicles was revealed this week, featuring a bronze color with a carbon fiber tail stripe.
The car’s body is constructed from lightweight composites, and the extended tail required an engine cover 14.2 inches longer than the standard Huayra. It is equipped with the same twin-turbo 6.0-liter V-12 engine as the Huayra, but the output has been increased to 827 hp from the Huayra’s 730 hp.
The Huayra Codalunga is said to be the ultimate version of the Huayra, but Pagani could develop new versions of the car, as they did for their debut supercar, the Zonda.
In September last year, Pagani introduced the Utopia, another V-12 supercar that is considered the successor to the Huayra. Initially, the automaker planned to produce an electric version of the car, but the project was abandoned last year due to a lack of demand and a perceived lack of emotion in electric vehicles.
