Pagani Remains Loyal To V12 As No One Wants a Hybrid

The bosom of immoderate Pagani is its engine, and erstwhile it came to the successor of the Huayra, Horacio Pagani and his squad knew precisely wherever to start. The collaboration with Mercedes-AMG initially focused connected a twin-turbo V8 hybrid, the presumed aboriginal of hypercars but that thought was axed reasonably rapidly arsenic it would adhd excessively overmuch weight.

Unveiled successful September 2022, the Utopia Roadster proudly sported a 6.0-litre, twin-turbo V12 – a defiant connection against manufacture trends. No electrical motors, nary batteries, conscionable pure, unadulterated driving pleasure.

According to Horacio Pagani, lawsuit request played a pivotal relation successful rejecting electrification. “In reality, nary 1 is funny successful a hybrid car,” helium told The Drive. “And I person hybrids successful my collection; I person a Porsche 918 and a fewer more. But erstwhile it’s clip for maine to instrumentality a Porsche retired for a spin, I’ll instrumentality my 911R oregon Carrera GT. Our clients deliberation on those lines. I judge that if you inquire people, astir of them volition accidental that a hybrid is thing bonzer due to the fact that it has each the problems of an electrical car and each the problems of a combustion car—along with higher [development and maintenance] costs.”

According to Pagani, the existent V12 and its aboriginal evolutions are homologated until 2031, allowing him to “give the lawsuit what it wants” until then. As acold arsenic what’s coming aft 2031, Pagani enactment it this way: “We’re doing everything we tin to support the V12.”

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