Pagani Automobili headed back to Goodwood this July, and this time it is brought something new to show off. The 2026 Festival of Speed hosted the world premiere of the Huayra 70 Derecho, one of just three cars built to celebrate Horacio Pagani’s seventieth birthday. It rolled onto a stand already carrying two of the brand’s biggest names, the Zonda F Roadster and the Utopia Roadster.
Nothing about this car came off a standard production line. It was shaped by the Grandi Complicazioni division, the tight-knit team Pagani calls on when a car needs more time, more attention and more hands than usual. Months went into every stitch, every panel, every finish, and it shows the moment you look at it.
“When work is guided by curiosity, passion, and a sense of beauty, the desire to constantly improve arises naturally. Our daily commitment is to dedicate the utmost attention to every single detail, striving to approach that essential harmony between form and function, intellect and craftsmanship, just as Leonardo da Vinci taught us. To be able to present the world premiere of the Pagani Huayra 70 Derecho at Goodwood is a privilege for us: an opportunity to share the fruits of this labor with those who share our same profound love for the automobile.“
Horacio Pagani, Founder & Chief Designer, Pagani Automobili
Goodwood is not a place for quiet unveilings. The hill climb has a habit of showing exactly what a car is made of within seconds of the flag dropping, and Pagani has built an entire week around that fact. The Derecho’s debut was only one part of a programme designed to remind everyone what this brand sounds like flat out.
A calendar built around the hill
Two cars tackled the hill across the event, the Huayra Codalunga Speedster and a Huayra R fitted with the optional Tempesta package. Together they showed off both ends of what Pagani builds, one tuned for smooth, effortless speed and the other sharpened purely for the track.
The Codalunga Speedster brings its long tail and open top to the hill, a design built as a nod to a more graceful age of speed. The Huayra R with Tempesta brings its own character, built with motorsport in mind specifically. Watching both climb the same hill gave spectators a full picture of everything the Huayra name has come to stand for.
The name Derecho belongs to a real weather event, an organised storm capable of throwing out straight-line winds with real force, driving forward without ever curving off course. Pagani chose the name to reflect that storm and the way this car is meant to feel: relentless, precise and completely unbroken in its path.
Colour, carbon and craft
The Derecho wears an exclusive livery in Pearl Orange and Blue, developed specifically to expose the fish-bone weave of the carbon fibre beneath rather than hide it. Inky Blue, dark and near-transparent, covers the lower sections of the body and the interior monocoque, lending the car a sense of forward motion even at a standstill.
Pearl Orange takes over the main body, catching warm golden reflections in direct sunlight that reward a closer look at the surface underneath. Solid-milled aluminium components, finished in Glossy Titanium, are worked into the bodywork as small precise details rather than decoration for its own sake. The same titanium finish reappears on a set of custom Huayra 70 wheels made specifically for this car.
Inside, the palette continues with Ceramic White leather set against Tricolore Blue, joined by bespoke contrast stitching that carries the exterior’s colour language into the cabin. A Pearl Orange stripe marks the twelve o’clock position on the steering wheel, echoed by the same colour on the gear knob. Small touches, but ones that tie the whole car together as a single considered object rather than a collection of separate ideas.
“The configuration of this car stems from the encounter between aesthetic research and material innovation. Every design choice, from the materials to the finishes, has been studied to express an authentic synthesis of sportiness and elegance, where dynamism and refinement blend into a coherent and distinctive language.“
Lorenzo Kerkoc, Head of Grandi Complicazioni, Pagani Automobili
A car named after a storm needs the numbers to back it up, and the Derecho delivers. Power comes from a 5,980cc V12 developed for Pagani by Mercedes-AMG, producing 864 hp and 1,100 Nm of torque, sent through a seven-speed manual gearbox built by Xtrac. Top speed sits at 350 km/h, electronically capped to keep things sensible.
A carbon and titanium monocoque keeps weight down, Brembo carbon ceramic brakes handle the stopping, and Pirelli’s Trofeo R tyres put the power down at each corner.