Driving the Pagani Utopia – car pictures of the week
In issue 330 of evo, we get behind the wheel of Horacio Pagani’s latest creation – the sensational, exquisite Utopia. These are our favourite shots
It’s hard to think of any supercar maker that has built up an esteemed legacy in as little as time as Pagani. It’s produced just three core models in just over 25 years, yet each of them rank among the all-time great super and hypercars. The latest is the stunning, 852bhp Utopia, and we’ve driven it.
evo’s Richard Meaden paid a visit to the Pagani factory in Modena for a date with the Utopia for issue 330 of the magazine, plus a back-to-back test of the Huayra Roadster BC and Codalunga. To read the full feature, pick up a copy in-store or online via the evo shop.
The numbers aren’t the most incredible thing about the £2.2million Utopia, which sounds impossible when you hear them. The successor to the Huayra has a 6-litre twin-turbocharged V12 that develops 852bhp and 811lb ft of torque, weighs just 1280kg (dry), and has a colossal power-to-weight ratio of 676bhp/ton. It reaches 62mph in 3.1sec and tops out at 217mph.
Even more impressive than this is the level of detail that’s been lavished over every inch of the Utopia, and the unforgettable driving experience it delivers – as Dickie explains.
‘Extending the Utopia through the gears is like riding a rocket. The AMG-designed and hand-built Pagani V12 is far from a screamer – the red line is 6700rpm – but each gear is something to savour. In Race mode, the V12’s bellow is harder and more guttural under power and there are all manner of respiratory chuffs and gurgles from the induction systems and turbos when you blend in and out of the throttle.’
To read the full feature – plus our test of the BC Roadster and Codalunga, and an interview with Horacio himself – pick up a copy of evo 330 in-store or online.
