One thing odd is going on amongst the auto trade’s higher echelon. As most automakers give attention to making their machines faster, even at the price of weight and driver engagement, hypercar producers are shifting in the other way. In September of 2022, Pagani unveiled the Huayra’s successor, the Utopia, a V12-powered rolling piece of artwork that introduced with it a shock: a guide transmission. As we speak, the Italian carmaker revealed its roofless counterpart, the Pagani Utopia Roadster.
The Roadster’s recipe has turn into fairly acquainted. As with the Zonda and Huayra that preceded it, you gained’t discover a complicated folding mechanism added to stow away its exhausting carbon-fiber and gentle material roof choices. By sticking with manually detachable items, the Utopia Roadster and its intensive use of composite supplies like Pagani’s Carbo-Titanium and Carbo-Triax retain its structural rigidity with out including pointless weight. The result’s an open-top hypercar that weighs the identical – 2,822 kilos dry – because the coupe.
Alongside its give attention to lightness, the Pagani Utopia Roadster retains a Mercedes-AMG sourced 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged V12 as its powerhouse, now growing 864 horsepower and 811 pound-feet of torque. In contrast to its predecessor, the Utopia gives the selection between an automatic guide transmission or a correct seven-speed guide field designed in collaboration with Xtrac. These pair with a brand new digital rear differential, permitting it to place its large energy output down completely by way of its rear wheels.
Whereas Pagani has but to publish full efficiency stats for its newest open-top hypercar, we at the least realize it’s electronically restricted to 217 mph.
In a primary for the Italian automaker, the Roadster will put on Pirelli’s Cyber Tire, measuring 265/35 R21 on the entrance and 325/30 R22 within the rear. Out there in both P Zero Corsa, Winter, or Trofeo RS varieties, they host sensors embedded into their tread. This permits the automobile to obtain real-time info from its varied stability and traction management methods to make steady changes. These wrap round a set of staggered 21 and 22-inch wheels.
Given how a lot work went into dialing within the coupe from an aerodynamic perspective, Paganini selected to restrict the modifications between it and its newest Roadster. As such, it incorporates the identical open entrance fascia characterised by two twin-beam headlights. Regardless of including new detachable roof items, the Utopia retains its teardrop silhouette, which feeds air over and across the engine compartment and into two large air channels that emerge from its rear quarter panels. Its rear finish incorporates two movable energetic items to channel the outflowing air whereas producing downforce.
Introduced sporting an exposed-carbon Habanero Pink end, the Pagani Utopia Roadster retains the coupe’s gorgeous seems whereas introducing a brand new Sport Pack obtainable additionally for the coupe. Inside, you’ll discover seats fabricated from Carbo-Titanium to cut back their weight whereas its shift paddles, gear-lever, ground mats, and energetic aero parts additionally undertake the light-weight materials.
Inside, the Utopia Roadster builds on a design philosophy first launched within the Zonda that focuses on superbly sculpted analog options and uncovered mechanical parts. Its dashboard, heart console, and instrument cluster comprise largely analog dials, switches, and levers. Other than offering Pagani with a chance to showcase its manufacturing prowess, this permits the cabin to retain its timelessness.
In contrast to the split-window roof design seen within the coupe, its open-top counterpart employs a big glass piece for its composite roof possibility, permitting extra mild to permeate the cabin. Nonetheless, an included material prime blocks it out whereas permitting it to stow and fold between the 2 seats.
The Pagani Utopia Roadster will make its first public debut throughout Monterey Automobile Week with a presentation at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. The Italian carmaker plans to construct simply 150 items of its newest open-top creation, every with a beginning value of €3.1 million or $3.35 million.
Alongside the coupe it launched final 12 months, Pagani and different hypercar producers prefer it present a larger focus than ever on design and the driving expertise. The Utopia takes this additional by combining its aero-focused design with a superbly sculpted cabin and a strong V12 engine with none electrification. Nonetheless, the inclusion of a brand new guide transmission possibility amongst these different parts exhibits that because the trade basically strikes in a single path, the Italian carmaker continues to observe a singular path.
