Wild Pagani Huayra Roadster roars into Geneva 2017
Pagani has revealed a convertible version of its Huayra hypercar at the 2017 Geneva motor Show. It’s taken Pagani six years to debut Huayra Roadster – the coupe appeared at the Geneva motor show in 2011 – and in that time is has developed a roadster lighter than its hard top sibling.
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The Huayra Roadster weights 1,280kg – 80kg lighter than the coupe. This weight saving has been achieved through the use of a newly developed carbon-titanium composite known as Carbo-Triax HP52, which implies the Roadster is not only lighter, but a claimed 52 per cent stiffer. even more mass has been decreased through the use of a new aluminium alloy called HiForg to construct the suspension setup – a 25 per cent weight saving in this area.
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Under the rear clamshell, the Huayra Roadster gets Pagani’s trademark AMG-developed V12 engine. using two turbochargers and benefiting from the developments applied to the engine used in the Huayra BC it delivers 753bhp and over 1000Nm of torque. Pagani hasn’t revealed any performance figures, but a 0-62mph dash around or even less than three seconds is likely. Mated to the engine is a new seven-speed sequential gearbox also developed for the hardcore BC.