Pagani and HWA were able to achieve 850 horsepower by developing the engine to spin to 9000 rpm (more revs equals more power, essentially). You lose over 250 lb-ft of torque compared to the Tricolore, but that doesn't really matter in a track-day car. And there's no power sacrifice for ditching turbos as the V-12 in the R makes 850 hp compared with 840 hp from the twin-turbo unit in the Huayra Tricolore. 'Not only has the architecture been specially developed, but also every single component of the engine has been specifically designed and bears the Pagani brand name.'Ī twin-turbo V-12 was considered for the Huayra R, but most customers said that given the choice, they'd prefer natural aspiration. 'We wanted to create an engine that recalls the sound and appeal of the twelve-cylinder naturally aspirated F1 engines of the past, obviously with the best technology available today,' company founder and CEO Horacio Pagani told R&T over email. Despite sharing a displacement with the V-12 used in the Huayra, Pagani tells us this V-12 is entirely new, based on no other preexisting engine. Founded by Hans Werner Aufrecht (he's also the 'A' in AMG), HWA is headquartered just down the street from AMG and builds and services AMG GT3 race cars, among many other things. Pagani tapped German engineering firm HWA to develop the engine. It's a similar story with the new Huayra R, as Pagani commissioned a totally bespoke engine, dubbed the V12-R, for the new track car.

For example, the Huayra Roadster isn't simply a Huayra coupe without a roof-its bodywork is almost entirely new, and the resulting open-top car weighs less than the hardtop it's based on.

The amount of work Pagani puts into new model variants is astounding.

Asphalt 8 airborne pagani huayra bc