The story of the birth of Pagani from the mistakes of Lambo

Pagani supercars are a masterpiece of Italian engineering and art, but the story of how they were born out of a decision made by Lamborghini bosses is just as fascinating.

The Hermes version of the luxury brand Pagani Huayra has annual service costs that are hard to believe and the ‘Tempesta Package’ costs as much as a brand new car.

But this is partly because Pagani is the only Italian carmaker that still makes their supercars as an independent company.

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Pagani’s design and design direction is still under the control of its founder, Horacio Pagani.

Lamborghini’s high earnings, on the other hand, were sold and became a publicly traded company.

Although still rare, Lamborghini increased production numbers to make money for their shareholders, Pagani production is still limited to 50 per year.

One example is the 1-in-10 Pagani Zonda R that was expected to fetch $6.5m at auction last year.

Driving shortages, demand – and prices – skyward.

Horacio Pagani was born on November 10, 1955, is an Argentinian-Italian businessman and automotive engineer.

He worked at Lamborghini, rising from a floor sweeper to chief engineer.

Pagan saw carbon fiber as the future of high-performance supercars after it was first used in automotive manufacturing in 1981, for Carbon touch.

He began experimenting with materials before Formula One cultivated lightweight polymers.

Realizing that carbon fiber was the future, Pagani tried to convince Lamborghini’s decision makers to invest in a carbon fiber factory to expand its production of carbon fiber components for the Countach Evoluzione.

However, to their later chagrin, Lamborghini bosses did not listen.

It is thought that this is because their rivals at Ferrari, did not have an autoclave yet.

Deciding that carbon fiber, lightweight cars were the future, Mr Pagani took out a bank loan and bought an autoclave himself in 1987.

In 1988, Mr Pagani founded Pagani Composites Research and worked on many Lamborghini projects, including the 25th Anniversary Edition of the Countach.

Horacio Pagani began designing his own car in the late 1980s as part of the ‘C8 Project’.

He would later rename the model ‘Fangio F1’ in honor of Argentina’s five-time F1 winner, Juan Manuel Fangio.

Being a respected name in the world of automotive engineering and design, he was able to start his own company: Modena Design.

The Modena design met the new requirements for carbon fiber composites used in F1 cars by automakers such as Ferrari, Daimler and Aprilia.

His company later evolved into a small factory, Pagani Automobili.

There he was able to oversee the creation of hand-built supercars.

Construction began in 1992 of the Fangio F1 model – later renamed the Pagani Zonda.

Seven years later, Pagani unveiled the $2.3 million Zonda C12 at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show.

Now, along with next-generation supercars, Pagani is developing a new naturally aspirated V12 for the Huayra R in collaboration with HWA AG, builder of the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR.