Pagani Imola, born for the track News

“Imola is a sacred place for a car enthusiast. A track fast, technical, hard, that always separates the wheat from the chaff, whether with regard to man, both as regards the machine.
A circuit that has made the fast of the fastest, which gave rise to the struggles fierce adversaries and gentlemen, that has seen the victories sweeter, and the tragedies of love.
A circuit of Emilia Romagna, the Motor Valley. A land that has given so much to the automotive industry. That has given a lot to the Pagans.”

So Horacio Pagani, founder and chief designer of Pagani Automobili, introduces his latest creation, the new Pagani Imola, a true hypercar homologated for road use, but designed for the track, where he was born and from which it took its name.

Thanks to the chance to turn on the circuit emiliano in different conditions of temperatures and road surface, the designers have been able to test new solutions, by analyzing their response in the most extreme conditions.

With tires semi-slick, for example, it has been possible to submit the different components of the car to stress the much harder, on the topic of suspension and lateral forces, as compared to what can happen with road tyres.

The Pagans Imola, with its 827 Hp and 1,100 Nm (provided by the engine Mercedes-Benz AMG V12 of 5,980 cc), has been protagonist of the most rigorous cycle of validation on the track never applied to a model Pagani, because, in addition to the regular and careful validation, the car has been involved in more than 16,000 km in circuit at the speed of a race ( in practice, it is as if she had done approximately three times in the 24 hours of Le Mans).

For the factory in San Cesario sul Panaro, the Imola is a fundamental step in the technological and scientific progress of Pagani Automobili, the car-laboratory, which were designed, tested, and developed important innovations that will equip future models of the brand, in addition to already be applied on the new Roadster BC.

“The character's aerodynamic Pagani Imola emerges from three concepts. The general form, the internal aerodynamics and the aerodynamic details such as fins, wings, deflectors, explains Horacio Pagani – we can call it a car elegant.
we were looking for a effective machine, and this has led us, as when we look at a Formula 1 single-seaters, to conceive of a car more rich of elements aerodynamic. If from one side these details interrupt the lines and the aesthetics of the car, the other to improve the lap time, the ease of driving and, above all, safety.
On this last aspect, we could reduce the height of the car from the ground, taking advantage of the large surface area of the bottom plate so as to increase the effect of downforce. But – remember – the irregularities of public roads can lead to the loss of several hundreds of kilograms of downforce in a few moments.
in the face of these dangers, we have worked carefully on the top and on the details of the car”.

Also on the new Imola has been applied to the system of active aerodynamics introduced on the Huayra, which allows working with each of the four moveable wings in a dynamic way that is immediate and on the basis of the driving conditions (even in braking, by generating aerodynamic brake).

in Addition, the new geometry of the group suspensions has been developed ad hoc to allow you to ground the power and the torque, to reduce the effect of dive under braking and body roll, all to detached from the thrill to the last thousandth of a second.

On each wheel acts on a system of shock absorbers, active electronic, interconnected between them and the front suspension, able to vary the height from the ground in an autonomous and intelligent, it interacts with the “Central Unit” that manages the active aerodynamics, the engine control unit, the differential and the management of change (equipped with Smart Gas,which reduces the time changed).

And as takes place on every true racing car, the weight saving of Imola (1.246 kg) have been adopted in components in advanced composite materials, such as for the monocoque in Carbon-Titanium, HP62 G2 and Carbo-Triax HP62 that confer a greater stiffness, torsional and flexural.

But the maniacal attention to weight saving has led to the introduction of a new painting process called “Watercolor” Light " that has resulted in a reduction of five kilograms.

“The paint of a vehicle is not only an aesthetic requirement, but has technical functions, how to protect from external influences and prevent the aging of the material, in particular of advanced composite materials – stresses Horacio Pagani – We've managed to create a shield of protection able to isolate the underlying material from external threats, and increasing the resistance to the impact, and after years of research to optimize our paint system with the goal of significantly reducing the weight, we are proud to finally announce the achievement of this goal through a car as special as the Imola.
The new technology will of course be available on future models Pagani”.

continuing the theme of lightening up, even for the Imola designers have resorted to the use of noble alloys such as, for example, those of aluminum, titanium, and chromium-molybdenum alloy, solutions that in the end translate into more than 770 components are forged or machined from solid.

also noteworthy is the innovative braking system provided by specialist Brembo, with four ventilated discs carbon-ceramic that has been optimized, through a study of aerodynamic and with specific tests aimed at the improvement of the cooling system, while the tires dedicated for the new Next Mirs are the result of the know-how from Pirelli.

Finally, as for all the other special edition badged Pagani Automobili, the five specimens available from the Imola are gone immediately “sold out”, despite the list price was over six million euros.

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