Pagani has tweeted a mysterious video showing what seems to be a new supercar. Facts are scant, but like many of its creations there appears to be considered a strong aeronautical theme.
The first thing we have seen is really a blue device using the words “Airflow Sensor. Handle with Care” etched below it in a nice serif font. Presumably, it’s not the normal mass airflow sensor throwing a check engine code out of your old Ford Escape’s intake. In fact, it appears as though among the various sensor probes you’ll find on airplanes and even Formula One cars. It’s also mounted to some big piece of blue tinted carbon fibre, which is probably the car’s hood or roof.
Next, a gauge flashes before us. It looks like a speedometer, except velocity is measured not in miles or kilometers each hour, however in knots, indicated by an analog dial and red needle on the exterior, and the speed of sound in a vertically oriented digital readout on the inside. Also known as mach speed, or 767.269 mph, appears like a significant quick pace for a road car, but you’ll spot the speed features a little decimal point. In the trailer, the vehicle accelerates to Mach 0.12, an easily attainable 92 mph. Of course, that’s still just a fraction from the speed other Paganis have achieved, like the Huayra Imola’s 240 mph to take just one example.
Notably, the engine is really a growling car unit. There have been rumors of an electric Pagani but this isn’t it. The Huayra replacement was designed to have debuted in the Geneva Motor Show in March for any 2021 arrival, but the event was canceled at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Research indicates the successor may have an AMG-built V12 such as the Huayra, with electric power in the future later.
Accompanying rapid video tweet is a cryptic message: “On December 17th, we will celebrate Air Speed. Stay with us and hold on tight!” It ought to be noticed that Pagani, like Volkswagen, has had past using wind-themed names because of its cars. Zonda refers to a hot and dry wind that blows down in the Andes within the pampas of Argentina. Huayra was a god of wind worshiped by the native people of what is today South America.
While we aren’t getting excited about needing to convert fractions of mach to mph while accelerating inside a multi-million dollar supercar, we suspect buyers won’t worry an excessive amount of and instead enjoy the novelty.
