Pagani Huayra Roadster teased and leaked

Pagani has released two new teasers of its long awaited Huayra Roadster over the Christmas period.

The first is an overhead shot of the camouflaged drop top on the Italian supercar maker's annual Christmas card it sends out to special friends and customers of the brand.

The second image was tweeted out last night via the firm's official social media.

Curiously, the evidence of the camouflaged bodywork hint at significant changes over the standard coupe and suggest completely new body panels, hence the need for a disguise.

Shortly after both official teasers emerged, online Pagani fans discovered @fede_perico had posted an image on his Instagram account that shows three pics of completely undisguised roadsters that all appear to show the convertible hypercar will get its own bespoke body work.

Pagani hasn't confirmed whether or not the images are genuine but it's thought, if they are, they're part of promotional material sent out to prospective customers, who have been sworn to secrecy.

Originally the Huayra Roadster was tipped to be revealed at the Pebble Beach Concours event in August 2016 but, reportedly, the Italian car maker changed its mind at the last minute. Instead it decided to unveil its million dollar hypercar at a private event at its Modena factory in Italy.

Now, it's claimed, Pagani plans to pull the drapes off its Huayra Roadster at the Geneva motor show.

It's thought the reason for the considerable changes over the coupe are because the car maker wants to apply the aero know-how it learned when developing the Huayra BC.

The most extreme version of the coupe was the product of countless hours of wind-tunnel testing that saw engineers not only fine tune the standard car's active aerodynamics but also saw the addition of new aero tricks to reduce drag and boost down force without compromising engine and brake cooling.

We expect the new Pagani Roadster to incorporate some of the BC's weight-saving measures, like the hardcore coupe's full titanium exhaust, ultra-light suspension and brakes.

A removable carbon-fibre roof panel, plus its full carbon monocoque construction, meanwhile, has helped engineers keep off the extra weight of converting the coupe to a Roadster.

Under the all-new rear-clamshell boot lid the Roadster will come equipped with the 522kW/900Nm Mercedes-AMG-sourced 6.0-litre twin-turbo V12 engine. The German firm’s seven-speed single-clutch automated manual is also in there.

That said, there's also no reason to say why some cars leaving the factory won't come with the full 588kW/1000Nm that the Huayra BC produced, if owners demand it.

Weighing in at less than 1300kg, an updated launch control system should see the Roadster reach 100km/h in less than 3.0 seconds.

Since the regular Huayra coupe sold for a cool $1.5 million it's not known how much of a premium Pagani will happily charge for chopping off the roof. We imagine quite a lot,  since production is expected to be limited to just 100 cars.

In any case, the Huayra hasn't been made in right-hand drive, so it's unlikely to ever be sold in Australia, however much the Italian car maker charges for it.