Pagani Automobili S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of supercars and carbon fibre. The company was founded in 1992 by the Argentinian Horacio Pagani and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy.

Pagani Automobili S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of supercars and carbon fibre. The company was founded in 1992 by the Argentinian Horacio Pagani and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy.

Horacio Pagani, who formerly managed Lamborghini's composites, founded Pagani Composite Research in 1988. This new company worked with Lamborghini on numerous projects, including the restyling of the 25th Anniversary Countach, the Lamborghini LM002, the P140 design concept, and the Diablo.

His final car was named the Zonda C12, the first of the Zonda line. It was first presented at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show. In 2005, Pagani announced that it planned to triple its production output within the next three years, and to enter the US market in 2007. On 30 June 2010, Pagani claimed a new record for production-based cars using the Pagani Zonda R and completing the Nürburgring in 6:47, beating the Ferrari 599XX.

The Pagani Huayra debut was at the Geneva Auto Salon 2011 in March. It is named Huayra after the Incan god of wind. Pagani expects to build no more than 40 each year and each will sell for £1,000,000. The engine is a M158 twin-turbo 6.0 Litre V12 from Mercedes' AMG division producing 720 horsepower and 1,000 Nm of torque. The top speed has gone up from the 350 km/h (set by the Zonda F Roadster) to 378 km/h, and the 0–100 km/h time is 3.2 seconds. When the car was driven round the Top Gear test track by The Stig it set a lap time of 1:13.8, making it the fastest road car round the track.

During our production of K1 Attack Roadster, it was my honor to met Horacio personally in many car shows, share ideas, chat and enjoy his incredible personal charisma as well as his true automotive enthusiasm.