carlh193: Pagani Zonda R

The Zonda is on the way out, but that doesn’t mean it will go quietly. So before the replacement for Pagani’s current supercar arrives, there is one more edition of this wild Italian. Pagani revealed this week the Zonda R in Vienna at the Luxury Motor Show.

The Zonda R is limited to only 10 units each priced at ?1.4 million euro (about $1.85 million at current rates). It will compete with models like Ferrari FXX and Maserati MC12 Corse. Just like those Italian exotics, don’t bother trying to hang a license plate on this Zonda; this car is track only.

Zonda R is powered by a V12 AMG engine that delivers 750 hp (100 more than the Zonda F) at 8000 rpm and 524 lb. ft. of torque. Although it looks like other Zondas, this only uses ten percent of the Zonda F components. New parts include a suspension forged in Avional (aluminium alloy), a new Pagani six-speed transversal sequential gearbox, and a carbon fiber monocoque chassis.

UPDATE 06/30/2010: Pagani has announced today that their Zonda R recorded a Nurburgring Nordschleife lap-time of 6:47. This is better than the 6:58 lap time Ferrari recently achieved in a 599XX.

UPDATE 07/02/2010: Pagani has released the video of the Zonda R breaking the Nurburgring record. Check it out after the jump!

UPDATE 07/28/2010: Here’s another video of the record-breaking Zonda at work on the Nurburgring as it sets the pace and breaks the record. Check it out by clicking on the picture above!

UPDATE 12/10/2010:Marchettino has provided an eight-minute video devoted solely to one of our favorite cars in the world, the Pagani Zonda R. There aren?t a lot of cars on this planet that we can watch for eight minutes straight, but the Zonda R is definitely one of them. In this video, the Zonda R is being driven by former Formula One driver Andrea Montermini, where he takes one of the fastest cars in the world for a number of driving demonstrations, including launches, full throttle standing starts, tire-screeching accelerations, full-limit revs, and even fly-bys. Check it out after the jump!!

Press release after the jump.

Pagani Zonda R originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 10 December 2010 14:00 EST.