Designed by possibly the most fastidious design engineer you could ever meet, a continuously developed species of Pagani for over a decade, a car bonded by materials you could never see in any other cars in this world, an Italian ultra-supercar a step above Ferrari or Lamborghini's finest machine, so expensive in fact it's called the 'billionaire's toy' by many. It's none other than the latest creation by Horacio Pagani's final iteration of his iconic supercar, meet the
Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster.
This is it. God damn it! It's beautiful.
Today, a new Zonda is an extremely expensive car and you'll need a very deep pockets if you want to take the advantage of this last chance to join the Zonda club. This Cinque Roadster (pronounced as chin-keh) costs an astonishingly £1.5million (which is somewhere north of RM30million if it's sold in Malaysia and we had only one of the older Zonda S in Malaysia). Question is why is it so expensive? Simple, because it's Pagani, just like the price for a pair of bespoke shoes from Berluti. So exclusive in fact only 5 will ever be built and all had been spoken for before it was launched, therefore owning one would be elusive. Besides, it's being a singularly bespoke car even it's components made on a largely individual basis including the engine.
The first of five of a masterpiece. Lucky fella, eh?
Just like it's coupe version, it's body tub, crafted from what Pagani called it their 'wonder material' of carbo-titanium. A type of carbonfibre with threads of titanium woven into it which allows Pagani to shed some extra kilos from it's already bantam-weight monocoque chassis while also adding extra stiffness to the tub. So tough in fact it's stronger than concrete. Everywhere you look in the car there's high-tech stuff, from magnesium-titanium suspension to brake discs from carbonfibre rather than conventional carbon ceramics or heavy steels, even the bolts are made out of magnesium.
Truly magnificent isn't it? Everywhere you look, it's carbonfibre.
Behind the driver sits a massive Mercedes AMG's 7.3 litre V12 engine, which gives an output of 678bhp which makes it the most powerful street legal production ever made by Pagani (besides the Pagani's track-only 750bhp Zonda R). That's gonna propel this beast from nought to hundred in mere 3.4 seconds and all the way to top speed of 348km/h with a mind-boggling 556 horsepower per ton (mind you a Bugatti Veyron has only 529hp per ton ratio).
It's rather like having a stethoscope on the heart of the car.
Notice that brilliant prominent snorkel-style air-intake hanging amidships, like a praying mantis eyeing up it's next victim, it helps feed air into the engine and to provide some aero effect. The Cinque's ceramic-coated exhausts howl magnificently as you wind on the revs, the noise is simply spectacular. Floor the gas pedal, wait until the rev-counter hits the red paint, flick the right-hand gearshift paddle and outside the car the noise is accompanied by a stab of blue-flame from all four tailpipes.
Zonda's iconic quad tailpipes never changes.
Bucket seats are a new design made by Toora and are unique only to the Cinque.
Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster.
This is it. God damn it! It's beautiful. Today, a new Zonda is an extremely expensive car and you'll need a very deep pockets if you want to take the advantage of this last chance to join the Zonda club. This Cinque Roadster (pronounced as chin-keh) costs an astonishingly £1.5million (which is somewhere north of RM30million if it's sold in Malaysia and we had only one of the older Zonda S in Malaysia). Question is why is it so expensive? Simple, because it's Pagani, just like the price for a pair of bespoke shoes from Berluti. So exclusive in fact only 5 will ever be built and all had been spoken for before it was launched, therefore owning one would be elusive. Besides, it's being a singularly bespoke car even it's components made on a largely individual basis including the engine.
The first of five of a masterpiece. Lucky fella, eh?Just like it's coupe version, it's body tub, crafted from what Pagani called it their 'wonder material' of carbo-titanium. A type of carbonfibre with threads of titanium woven into it which allows Pagani to shed some extra kilos from it's already bantam-weight monocoque chassis while also adding extra stiffness to the tub. So tough in fact it's stronger than concrete. Everywhere you look in the car there's high-tech stuff, from magnesium-titanium suspension to brake discs from carbonfibre rather than conventional carbon ceramics or heavy steels, even the bolts are made out of magnesium.
Truly magnificent isn't it? Everywhere you look, it's carbonfibre.Behind the driver sits a massive Mercedes AMG's 7.3 litre V12 engine, which gives an output of 678bhp which makes it the most powerful street legal production ever made by Pagani (besides the Pagani's track-only 750bhp Zonda R). That's gonna propel this beast from nought to hundred in mere 3.4 seconds and all the way to top speed of 348km/h with a mind-boggling 556 horsepower per ton (mind you a Bugatti Veyron has only 529hp per ton ratio).
It's rather like having a stethoscope on the heart of the car. Notice that brilliant prominent snorkel-style air-intake hanging amidships, like a praying mantis eyeing up it's next victim, it helps feed air into the engine and to provide some aero effect. The Cinque's ceramic-coated exhausts howl magnificently as you wind on the revs, the noise is simply spectacular. Floor the gas pedal, wait until the rev-counter hits the red paint, flick the right-hand gearshift paddle and outside the car the noise is accompanied by a stab of blue-flame from all four tailpipes.
Zonda's iconic quad tailpipes never changes.
Bucket seats are a new design made by Toora and are unique only to the Cinque.
It's just absolutely stunning to look at. Agree?
Well, it's a shame that only very few people get to experience this phenomenon of a car. Is it just another billionaire's toy or a real driver car? It turns out to be both I think, being stunning to look at and simply magnificent to drive one. This is definitely the best Zonda ever made and probably the last Zonda and it was rumoured that a brand new replacement named the C9 is coming real soon. I'm hooked to it, seriously.
Well, it's a shame that only very few people get to experience this phenomenon of a car. Is it just another billionaire's toy or a real driver car? It turns out to be both I think, being stunning to look at and simply magnificent to drive one. This is definitely the best Zonda ever made and probably the last Zonda and it was rumoured that a brand new replacement named the C9 is coming real soon. I'm hooked to it, seriously.
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