Pagani Huayra 70 Derecho Unveiled at Goodwood 2026

Pagani returns to Goodwood with a bold new Huayra

At the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Pagani Automobili added another striking chapter to its limited-run legacy: the Huayra 70 Derecho. Built by Pagani’s Grandi Complicazioni division, the Derecho is the second of three bespoke Huayra specials created to mark founder Horacio Pagani’s 70th birthday. The car is a dramatic, open-top statement piece that blends hand-crafted coachbuilding, artful carbon fiber, and old-school driving purity courtesy of a gated 7-speed manual.

Design language: nature, color and craft

The name "Derecho" draws inspiration from a rare meteorological phenomenon — a powerful, organized storm system known for sudden, straight-line winds — and Pagani translated that intensity into paint, material choices and surface treatments. The bodywork showcases a layered finish combining Pearl Orange with Blue highlights designed to emphasize Pagani’s fish-bone carbon weave. An inky, fully transparent blue overlay covers the lower sections and the monocoque, while anodized glossy titanium aluminum elements and milled solid components add sculptural contrast.

Inside, Pagani mixes Ceramic White with Tricolore Blue leather and vivid Pearl Orange accents on the 12 o’clock steering wheel stripe and the gear knob, emphasizing the handcrafted nature of the cabin and the bespoke approach typical of Pagani’s limited editions.

Analogue driving: the exposed gated 7-speed

The Huayra 70 Derecho’s defining mechanical highlight is its exposed gated seven-speed manual gearbox, engineered by Xtrac. This analogue shifter is directly linked to the AMG-sourced 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12, which in this tune produces 852 hp and 811 lb-ft (1,100 Nm) of torque. The combination of a high-revving V12 and a physical gate-shift evokes classic hypercar drama rarely found in modern, transmission-heavy supercars.

Performance figures underline the car’s serious credentials: the open-top Derecho is rated to a top speed of 217.5 mph (350 kph), delivering both thunderous acceleration and the visceral experience of a manual hypercar.

How it fits the Huayra family and Pagani’s strategy

Pagani’s approach of revisiting and evolving its own models has been a recurrent, profitable strategy. From the Zonda and Huayra to the more recent Utopia, the company repeatedly mines its catalog for opportunities to create exclusive, highly collectible few-offs. The Huayra 70 series—of which the Derecho is the second—continues that tradition, joining other special models displayed at Goodwood such as the Zonda F Roadster, Utopia Roadster, a Huayra Codalunga Speedster, and a track-focused Huayra R fitted with the Tempesta package.

Collectors value these bespoke Pagani creations for craftsmanship, rarity, and the emotional connection they provide to Horacio Pagani’s design philosophy.

• Powertrain: AMG 6.0L twin-turbo V12, 852 hp, 811 lb-ft (1,100 Nm)
• Transmission: Exposed gated 7-speed manual by Xtrac
• Top speed: 217.5 mph / 350 kph
• Body & wheels: Fish-bone carbon fiber, anodized titanium elements, Huayra 70 Titanium wheels
• Interior: Ceramic White & Tricolore Blue leather with Pearl Orange accents

Collector appeal and market positioning

The Derecho is a few-off special aimed squarely at collectors who prize exclusivity and analogue driving engagement. In a market increasingly dominated by electrification and automated transmissions, Pagani is doubling down on artisan techniques and mechanical purity — a strategy that keeps resale values robust for the most desirable coachbuilt models.

Horacio Pagani’s creative DNA remains central: guided by curiosity, passion and an artisanal obsession with detail, the brand continues to chase a harmony of function and form reminiscent of classical craftsmanship. That mindset is visible in every surface, stitch and machined part of the Huayra 70 Derecho.

For enthusiasts, the Derecho is more than a Goodwood showpiece — it’s a reminder that visceral driving experiences and handcrafted hypercars still have a place in the 21st-century automotive landscape. Expect demand from collectors to be intense, and for Pagani’s limited Huayra 70 series to secure its place among modern coachbuilt icons.