FIRST DRIVE: Pagani Utopia – 864bhp V12 Hypercar Or Art?
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Published 2024-04-29
And there’s much promise too, for the new Utopia: a twin-turbo, AMG-supplied V12 with 846bhp; a carbo-titanium monocoque; even the option of a manual gearbox…
Only 99 will be built, each costing around £2.2m a pop.
But is it a piece of automotive art, too delectable to be driven? Top Gear Magazine’s Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, finds out…
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00:00 Intro
00:14 History
00:42 Manual gearbox
3:22 Walkaround
5:01 Interior
6:20 Driving
9:50 Conclusion
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All Comments (21)
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Only Pagani’s third ever car, Zonda, Huayra or this?
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this feels like a Retro-Futurism aesthetic that 50's - 70's people thinks what would the future would look like. A car from a lost future
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This guy is such a good reviewer, he is holding it down at Top Gear for sure
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Not that I could ever in my wildest imagination afford one or fit in one for that matter, but, this car is incredible. It’s nice to see a super car that isn’t completely electronic and computerised. Something about a clutch and a manual transmission with actual dials and buttons is a thing of beauty
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"it's not about driving performance but the performance of driving" PERFECTLY said and the reason i love pagani
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THIS is how you do a hypercar. Exquisite.
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Been to the factory and toured the production process, it’s got cobble floor and brick walls with trees etc to mimic outdoors…it’s so quiet and peaceful, everything you see looks beautiful. Workers are encouraged to take the day off if they’re stressed with personal issues. Horacio is a genius, what he and his immensely skilled team create is so inspiring.
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Who is missing Jeremy Clarkson?
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When he pressed start, I love how the gauges tick backwards then forward!
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It is a work of art that also just happens to be a car. That cabin is to die for and I suspect that we'll never see that level of "mechanical" and tactile equipment in a car again. These days it's all screens, touch-pads and haptic feedback -- so clinical 😞
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The Pagani Utopia looks like a love child of the Zonda and Huayra. At first I wasn't sure I liked its design but over time it has grown on me and now I think it's pretty good. Also it has a manual gearbox!
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Pagani did such a good job on this car. The evolution from the huraya to this is car art at its best. The angle from the back over the exhaust and you see the rainwater stays on the engine cover and not floating away gives me butterflies in my belly. The effort and details makes it, from my point of view, the most beautyful car design a.t.m. on road. And i hope for a ling time. Like bugatti in the old times...
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I am so happy to have been alive when pagani was building cars I was in Singapore one time just before the gran Prix and got to see a zonda r and sneak a touch in I didn’t think I would see one let alone touch one and photograph it 😍😍😍 Hopefully I may get there again this year and see one of these
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I mean, you can put that in a gallery! Unbelievable, I’m truly stunned🤩🤩🤩
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I was never going to drive a car that costs almost two million dollars in such atmospheric conditions and besides that is not mine, these guys are really brave.
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i dont want to take away form all the comments in the video, but its a Pagani, some things are impossible to describe however the "No and Yes" is the best and most accurate comment. That is why every Pagani is amazing. Its that AMG based v12 heart, my favorite engine and it is true to how it differentiates the car and the driving experience. Pagani takes all the design characteristics to perfection, he is a master of user experience, design and the combination of the two. It is for this reason that this car becomes artwork. We have a dealer near us in Greenwich CT. I have been lucky to meet Horatio once while he visited Miller Motorcars. He is a very calm and cool guy and his background is amazing. For me his innovation around Carbon fiber will always be in my top 5 of all automotive accomplishments.
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I wasn't sure on release, but now it's bedded in and in that colour in that lighting, It looks nuts, just amazing. Then add that lush interior, the switchgear, the manual gear box and no pathetic glare in your eyeline touchscreen (although it loses points for that lcd panel). Well, just magic.
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"Look! its got a manual gearbox!" shifts from 3rd to 6th and back to 3rd 1:01 😂😂
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The amount of art in this car is insane, the interior it's LUXURY, the manual gearbox It's beautiful, I hope one day I can drive one of these!
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I have never heard a better guy to review cars . This guy doesn’t talk to loud or to much . He just gives you everything about the car. No stupid little comments. It’s a pleasure to listen to his reviews 👍
