Pagani Epitome debuts at 2024 Festival of Speed as a one-off manual Huayra

Indeed it’s this that makes the Epitome a headline-grabber, as the first Huayra in the model’s 13 years to have a manual gearbox. The seven-speed unit comes courtesy of the Utopia and joins that unique body kit and seven-spoke Imola wheels that make the Epitome a one-off. 

The car is recognisably all blue carbon with small gold highlights – as opposed to the dual-tone theme many Paganis are presented in – with a very contemporary tan-trimmed interior. In fact, the scheme of the cabin is reminiscent of the first Huayra, revealed in 2011, though this of course features the gated seven-speed manual shifter. Present and correct, of course, a twin-turbo AMG V12 engine.

The Epitome is the latest product of Pagani’s Grandi Complicazioni division, the exclusive project wing within one of the most exclusive manufacturers in the industry.

It joins a sprawling rangine of the artisanal automotive works of Horacio Pagani that will be out in the greatest force yet at Goodwood. Most prominently we have the ‘25 years of Zonda’ class on the Cartier Lawn, featuring six examples from across its history including one of the first ten chassis made, as well as one of the very latest recommissions to leave the factory.

The Epitome is joined on the Pagani stand by the Imola Roadster, also getting its debut. A pop-top version of the most focused road-legal Huayra variant, just eight will be made.

So, let’s count them down. Between Cartier, Pagani’s stand, the Supercar Run and the Kinrara enclosure, Goodwood is hosting no less than eleven Paganis at the Festival of Speed this year, or a full two percent of the total number of Paganis in the world, with examples from across the timeline of the less than 500 cars built since 1999. Now there’s a stat for you.

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