Find Out More About Pagani’s Greatest Hits In This Museum Virtual Tour

It has been 25 years since Pagani first revealed the Zonda C12. Since then, the Italian marque has grown prominence with its handcrafted supercars and revolutionary design, with its very first nameplate existing to this day, in the form of the Zonda Arrivederci. But Pagani’s history goes back to the 1980s when its founder, Horacio Pagani, was still working in Lamborghini – a fact that the automaker wears proud in its museum in Italy.

Located in Modena beside the factory or atelier, the Horacio Pagani Museo highlights the automaker’s rich history in making some of the most exquisite cars in the world. Even better, a virtual museum tour from YouTube’s Double Apex, which you can watch at the bottom, gives us a closer look at Pagani’s greatest hits, including one-off models and a short dive into the marque’s deep connection with the use of carbon fiber composite material.

Pagani And Carbon Fiber

With guidance from Sebastian Berridi, a senior member of Pagani’s press relations and events team, the video into Horacio Pagani’s journey, starting with his work at Lamborghini in the 1980s. He held key roles, including designing the LM002’s interior and Countach 25th Anniversary model’s exterior. His pioneering use of carbon fiber in a road car was imagined in his work in the Countach Evoluzione, reducing its weight by around 882 lbs.

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Unfortunately, Lamborghini had other plans and refused the funding to acquire an autoclave that was needed for processing carbon fiber. Taking the setback as an inspiration, Pagani obtained a loan and began making carbon fiber components, which eventually became a hallmark of his brand. In 1999, Pagani revealed the Zonda C12, showered with composite material, including a single, hand-laminated carbon fiber bonnet.

Iconic Cars On Display

The museum tour also touched on some of the most iconic Pagani nameplates, led by the Zonda Revo Barchetta. Presented at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2022, this one-off, track-only supercar is one of Pagani’s wildest creations, boasting a roofless body and a design inspired by Can-Am race cars. It’s one of Pagani’s four track-only cars, joined by the Zonda R, Huayra R, and Huayra Revo, with the former standing as one of the crown jewels in the automaker’s lineup.

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The tour also highlighted one of the only five existing Zonda Cinque Roadster. Previously a customer car, this example comes with a distinctive design inspired by the Japanese flag with white and red striping. It was the company’s first production car with a carbo-titanium tub, still used in the latest Pagani Utopia. There’s also the Zonda F, named after Juan Manuel Fangio, which features the legendary F1 driver’s signature carved from a single block of aluminum.