Horacio Pagani revealed this week that his company’s next car will feature an AMG-sourced V12 as well as a manual transmission. Speaking to Quattroruote, Pagani revealed that although a name has been chosen for the upcoming hypercar, the company is not ready to reveal it yet. In the meantime, they are using the codename C10. Pagani said that the new hypercar will be offered with Mercedes’ 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12 and with either a new sequential gearbox or a manual transmission. “There are customers who didn’t buy the Huayra because we didn’t offer [a manual],” he said. “My audience wants to feel emotions when driving: they don’t care about pure performance.”
That was a theme throughout Pagani’s
conversation, who said that development was more focused on dropping weight
than adding horsepower. The C10 won’t add more than 30-40 PS over
the Huayra and certainly won’t go over 900 PS. Although that’s
certainly plenty of power, it’s less than electric hypercars offer. Pagani is
aware of that, but not particularly concerned about it.
Indeed, he says that the weight of EVs
concerns him, especially as someone who puts his own name on his cars. Although
Pagani has an interest in electrified powertrains, he’s not sure he can make a
business case for one yet. For now, he’s satisfied with internal combustion and
said the twin-turbo V12 powering the C10 will meet regulatory requirements
without any form of electrification until 2026: “For the time being, we have
not asked for concessions and we hope to continue like this. But if one day we
have to switch to hybrid, we will,”
We’ll have to wait a bit more before
learning the new car’s official name, never mind seeing how it looks, as Pagani
says he plans to unveil his latest creation, of which between 280 and 300
examples will be made, in 2022.
