With their first car unveiled at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show, Pagani Automobili sought to challenge the supercar establishment by setting up shop in Ferrari and Lamborghini’s own backyard in Modena, Italy.

After having a fruitful career at Lamborghini, Horacio Pagani had the experience necessary to succeed, and his first production model, the Zonda, proved to be very successful in Europe.

For their next car, Pagani upped the ante and started development in 2003, midway through the Zonda’s production run.

Seeking to retain the overall ethos and design language of the Zonda, Pagani pushed toward the future with more advanced technology and components.

The car was eventually dubbed the Huayra, after a god of wind of the Quechua peoples of South America (including Pagani’s native Argentina).

Turning to Mercedes-Benz once again for their power plant, this time Pagani chose to fit twin turbochargers to their 6.0-liter V-12, producing 730 bhp and an incredible 1,000 Newton-meters of torqu...