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"         Argentine-born Horacio Pagani&amp;#039;s sports-car company\u2014Pagani Automobili S.p.A., based near Modena, Italy\u2014has been hand-building the exquisite mid-engine masterpiece known as the Zonda since early 2000. But now Pagani says the time has come to produce &amp;quot;a brand new car from concept.&amp;quot;   We believe the Zonda captured here by a spy photographer is serving as a test bed for the upcoming C9, which sources tell us is due to start production toward the end of this year. The fact it&amp;#039;s wearing Michigan plates attests to the fact that Pagani aims to certify the C9 for the U.S. market.   Reports say the C9 will use a new carbon-titanium chassis and will have almost 4000 new parts\u2014as Pagani is a carbon-fiber specialist, you can expect many of those parts will be made of special composites.   You&amp;#039;ll notice a periscope-like air intake mounted aft of the engine on this Zonda-based prototype. Underneath lies an all-new powerplant: A twin-turbo 6.0-liter V-12 derived from the , replacing the Zonda&amp;#039;s normally aspirated 7.3-liter Mercedes-based V-12. Pagani has massaged a few extra horses out of the twin-turbo engine, bringing the total to 690 bhp (up from 661), while torque remains nearly identical at about 740 lb.-ft. The potent force will be fed to the rear wheels via a new sequential gearbox from ZF.   The Pagani C9 will feature all-new body panels and an advanced aerodynamics package, which most likely means some form of active aero. Pagani&amp;#039;s stated production goal for the C9 of 40 cars per year would be a big step up from current Zonda numbers. The price? About $1.3 million. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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