Pagani plotting $5 million SUV
As well as a Rolls-Royce Cullinan rival, Italian car-maker is readying an electric hypercar and V12-powered Huayra successorHoracio Pagani has confirmed that his car-maker is planning to create an SUV, but it won't arrive until 2025 and will probably cost more than €3 million ($A5m).
Speaking to
, Pagani said: "If I had to come up with a Pagani SUV, it would need to have a price tag of €3 million or above to be in line with our current strategy."We don’t know if there is any market for such a product, but there could not be any compromise. If there is a Pagani badge on a vehicle, it must be the highest quality. But it is something that has been discussed a number of times with collectors."
Pagani went on to explain the SUV could benefit from the car-maker's technical partnership Mercedes-Benz, that currently supplies the Huayra's twin-turbo V12.
“We would access the technology of Mercedes-Benz because they produce SUVs, and because of the close relationship we enjoy, we could maybe use the big SUV platform. It’s something that has been in the back of my mind, but the journey from concept to reality for anything like that is a long one,” said Pagani.
As well as the Rolls-Royce Cullinan-rivalling SUV, the hypercar-maker's founder confirmed in the interview that the recently revealed BC roadster would be the last version of Huayra, although he added that a few one-offs or limited-editions might be commissioned by private collectors that could extend its life.
Confirming work on Huayra-replacement was "well underway", Pagani said its next-gen hypercar -- known internally as the 'C10' -- would be launched in 2022 and come powered once again by a V12 engine.
“This next model will have a similar philosophy. It will have a traditional combustion engine, a new-generation Mercedes-AMG V12 twin-turbo,” he said. “We have a very close relationship with Mercedes already and this new V12 engine will be homologated until 2026.”
Cannily, the same architecture being developed for the forthcoming C10 will be adapted for a new pure-electric hypercar.
“The C10 will have a regular V12 but, at the same time, there will be a full-electric vehicle,” he said. “It is not going to be exactly the same platform. It will be modified.”
The motivation to produce its first electric hypercar is not just environmental legislation, says Pagani, but a drop in the average age of its customers, mainly down to buyers from Asia Pacific region and North America (Silicon Valley).
, Pagani revealed the EV would arrive in 2025.Pagani makes just 40 cars a year. It's not known if the hypercar-maker plans to expand production at its plant in Atelier, Italy, to cope with the model expansion.
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