The object
Horacio Pagani designed the Zonda, a carbon-fibre supercar that established Pagani Automobili's fusion of composite engineering and sculptural bodywork. The low-volume manufactured car became a modern collector icon, providing the design and technical basis for the company's successive Huayra and Utopia models.
What Horacio did
Designed the Pagani Zonda, the first production car of Pagani Automobili, and directed its carbon-composite engineering and styling.
Why it matters
Pagani's anniversary material identifies the Zonda as project C8 and its first car, while the 2025 company programme calls it the car that began Pagani's story.
Living-status check
Pagani's December 2025 release quotes Pagani as founder and chief designer discussing a new Zonda-related project, positive evidence he was alive and working in 2025.