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AUTOS: Pagani Ramps Up Production
The new Huayra, shown at the Geneva Motor Show in raw carbon fiber, is ready to launch worldwide with confrimed orders and expansion plans, the founder says.
The Pagani Huayra Carbon Edition unveiled in Geneva shows off the supercar's mostly carbon-fiber construction. (Photo: Motor Authority)
For anyone doubting Pagani’s ability to launch a world-class supercar the second time around, Pagani’s founder and chief designer Horacio Pagani has confirmed that his company’s latest car, the Huayra, already has 85 confirmed orders and that production is being ramped up.
Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show, Pagani also unveiled the Huayra Carbon Edition, composed almost entirely of carbon fiber and unpainted so that every piece of the exotic material is visible.
Pagani revealed that the changes required to make the Huayra pass U.S. certification are in progress and that the first U.S.-spec cars are on track to be delivered in 2013. European and Asian customers won’t have to wait that long as the Huayra has already been certified in most other regions and is scheduled to be delivered to its first customers in April.
In fact, no fewer than 25 Huayras will see the light of day this year, the automaker said, and 40 more will be built in 2013.
Over the past 12 months, Pagani has been establishing a global dealer network for the Huayra, with new showrooms set to open in Chile, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand and the UK. A few will also open at U.S. locations
in Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco.
The major announcements don’t end there, however. Pagani was also quick to mention that his company’s facilities in the San Cesario sul Panaro province of Italy, near Modena, are currently being expanded for increased production of the Huayra.
He said the expansion will allow for the construction of a larger R&D facility that will focus on innovative concepts as well as a new laboratory for advanced composites. In the end, Pagani expects to have 40 percent additional factory surface compared with the existing facilities.
Pagani has always made extensive use of advanced composites, which he says not only improves the safety of his cars but also their weight, which consequently leads to advantages in performance and environmental factors. The Huayra Carbon Edition serves to emphasize that point.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show, Pagani also unveiled the Huayra Carbon Edition, composed almost entirely of carbon fiber and unpainted so that every piece of the exotic material is visible.
Pagani revealed that the changes required to make the Huayra pass U.S. certification are in progress and that the first U.S.-spec cars are on track to be delivered in 2013. European and Asian customers won’t have to wait that long as the Huayra has already been certified in most other regions and is scheduled to be delivered to its first customers in April.
In fact, no fewer than 25 Huayras will see the light of day this year, the automaker said, and 40 more will be built in 2013.
Over the past 12 months, Pagani has been establishing a global dealer network for the Huayra, with new showrooms set to open in Chile, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand and the UK. A few will also open at U.S. locations
in Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco.
The major announcements don’t end there, however. Pagani was also quick to mention that his company’s facilities in the San Cesario sul Panaro province of Italy, near Modena, are currently being expanded for increased production of the Huayra.
He said the expansion will allow for the construction of a larger R&D facility that will focus on innovative concepts as well as a new laboratory for advanced composites. In the end, Pagani expects to have 40 percent additional factory surface compared with the existing facilities.
Pagani has always made extensive use of advanced composites, which he says not only improves the safety of his cars but also their weight, which consequently leads to advantages in performance and environmental factors. The Huayra Carbon Edition serves to emphasize that point.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
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