Pagani hasn?t made a rational car yet, and the Huayra BC does little to change that fact. Adhering to the same “better performance through a cost-is-no-object blend of passion and technology” approach that it applies to all of its creations, the Huayra BC is Pagani?s most powerful road car to date. Lighter and more powerful than the original Huayra, the BC represents Pagani?s goal of creating the lightest globally homologated hypercar on the market today. The ?BC? suffix honors the late Benny Caiolo, a car enthusiast and friend of Horacio Pagani who purchased the builder?s first automobile.
Relying on the same 750-hp twin-turbo Mercedes-AMG 6.0-liter V-12 as the Huayra, Pagani assures us that the output of the engine in BC spec will surpass that of the base car, but hasn?t yet quoted a number. Although not spelled out implicitly, it?s a good bet that part of that increase in power will come from the BC?s low-back-pressure muffler, which incorporates titanium and is said to be significantly lighter than the unit on the Huayra. Shifting duties are performed by an entirely new seven-speed automated manual engineered and built by Xtrac. It features an electrohydraulic actuation system, carbon-fiber synchros, and a heavily revised clutch-control program. The gearbox and brand-new electronically controlled active differential are said to be approximately 40-percent lighter than those of the regular car. Driveshafts derived from Le Mans racing are also new. Pagani ...