Horacio Pagani hit seventy last year. He is celebrating it loudly. Well, quietly enough for a boutique car maker. Loudly for the world of hypercars. The Huayra 70 DeRecho rolls out at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It is a roadster. And you have to shift it yourself.
Carbon Woven, Light Captured
This is the second of three special models marking his birthday. A “few-off creation.” That means rare. Not mass-produced. Ever. The Grandi Complicazioni team built it. They gave it a two-tone coat. Pearl Orange on top. Blue in the highlights. The idea? Lightness. Forward motion. They want the paint to feel fast just looking at it. It also shows off the carbon fiber underneath. The fish-bone weave is visible. Beautiful, really.
The hardware isn’t shy either. Milled aluminum parts wear a glossy titanium anodizing. Weird colors for metals but that is Pagani. Big wings too. The rear one sticks out like it is trying to stay in one place. The air intake hovers above the occupants’ heads. Like a mechanical halo.
Inside the Cabin
Slip inside and things get expensive. Handcrafted. Everything is touched by a human. Ceramic White leather meets Tricolore Blue. Contrast stitching ties them together. Blue carbon fiber accents. High-quality switchgear that clicks satisfyingly. Even the steering wheel and shifter get the Pearl Orange treatment. Badging on the doors says “Huayra 70 DeRight.” Spelled wrong. Intentionally. It is “Derecho” in Spanish. It means “Right.” Or “Storm.” Probably both.
The interior is a masterclass in manual attention to detail.
Manual Transmission in an Automatic World
Now the engine. A twin-turbo 6. liter V12. It makes 852 horsepower. That is a lot of push. Torque is 811 lb-ft. Enough to break trees. Or tires. It sends that power to the back wheels. Here is the kicker. A seven-speed manual transmission. Not a DCT. Not an automatic. You shift it. In a 852 horsepower hypercar. This enables a top speed of 218 miles per hour. Electronically limited, of course.
Who still does that? Maybe nobody. Maybe Pagani knows someone will. The DeRecho is for that person. The one who wants the connection. The one who thinks computers are for counting money not changing gears.
