Horacio Pagani unveiled the third one-off just ten days before turning 71, closing a three-car birthday commission.
One car. Three pedals. Diamond dust. Horacio Pagani pulled the cover off the Huayra 70 Anima at the Concours at Wynn Las Vegas on October 31, 2026. It is the third and last of a birthday trilogy he commissioned for himself, and the strangest of the three.
The Huayra nameplate was supposed to fade after the Utopia arrived in 2022. It hasn't. Special commissions have kept the car in headlines for four additional years — longer than many full product cycles at volume manufacturers. The Anima now closes that run, according to Pagani's official product communications released October 31, 2026. No successor one-off has been announced.
A Trilogy Assembled in Las Vegas
Pagani built the Huayra 70 series across three years and three very different briefs. The Huayra 70 Trionfo came first — a commission for the Barchetta Collection, destined for Cincinnati, Ohio. The Huayra 70 Derecho followed, premiering at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July 2026. The Anima arrived last, on Halloween night, at the Concours at Wynn Las Vegas. Horacio Pagani stood on stage himself to pull the cover. All three cars stood together in public for the first time at that Las Vegas event — the only confirmed occasion the full trilogy has appeared side by side. Pagani has not announced a date or venue for the Anima's first European appearance, leaving that question open as of publication. The name translates from Italian as "soul." Pagani's own materials describe it as the soul of the Atelier given physical form, a framing the company has used consistently since the October 31 debut. This article is part of our coverage of the European coachbuilt hypercar segment expansion tracked across our manufacturer database.
The Numbers Pagani Did — and Did Not — Release
The Huayra Epitome, which introduced the seven-speed manual gearbox layout to the Huayra line in 2024, carries an officially rated 852 horsepower and 1,100 newton-metres of torque from its twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre V12, built by Mercedes-AMG. Those figures are publicly attached to the Huayra 70 Derecho. The Anima shares the same engine architecture. If the Anima matches the Epitome's output exactly, the power-to-displacement ratio works out to 142 hp per litre (852 ÷ 6.0 = 142.0 hp/litre) — a figure that would rank among the highest for a naturally aspirated-architecture block running forced induction at this displacement. Pagani has not published a specific horsepower figure for the Anima, nor a torque figure in pound-feet. Pricing has not been disclosed. The car joins a one-off commission category where Pagani has never published transaction prices publicly. Three cars in the trilogy. One confirmed power figure across the set. Zero pricing data released for any of the three.
What the Atelier Said — and Left Out
Pagani's official release, published October 31, 2026, describes the Anima as "the soul of our Atelier given physical form" — eight words that carry the full weight of the company's marketing position for this car. The statement leans entirely on symbolism. There is no lap time. No kerb weight. No 0–100 km/h figure. The release confirms the diamond-dust Custom Metallic finish, the platinum leaf striping, the Inky Blue detailing, the bespoke six-pipe exhaust in white ceramic, and the exposed shift linkage inside the cockpit. It does not confirm whether the Anima's V12 has been retuned relative to the Epitome's 852 hp baseline. Pagani's communications team had not responded to follow-up questions on output figures by the time this article was filed. That silence is consistent with how the Modena-based Atelier has handled every one-off commission announcement since the Zonda Cinque in 2009, according to archived product release records reviewed for this report.
A 2014 Platform Still Headlining in 2026
The Huayra's core carbon-fibre and aluminium monocoque traces its production roots to the car's original launch in 2013. The Utopia, Pagani's declared next chapter, arrived in 2022 — and was widely read at the time as the signal that Huayra's headline run was ending. Four years later, the Huayra 70 Anima is on a concours stand in Las Vegas, drawing more press than most of the Utopia's own special editions. That gap is hard to explain purely through collector demand. Pagani produces roughly 40 cars per year across all models, according to production data cited in the Modena Chamber of Commerce industry registry filings, most recently updated for the 2025 fiscal year. Against that output ceiling, three one-off Huayra 70 commissions represent a meaningful share of workshop capacity — time that did not go to Utopia derivatives. Whether the Anima was always planned as the final Huayra public appearance, or whether further commissions remain possible, Pagani has not said.
Manual Gearboxes in a Sector That Gave Them Up
The seven-speed manual in the Anima — first seen in the Huayra Epitome in 2024 — runs against the direction of every comparable coachbuilder active in this price bracket. Koenigsegg has used a single-speed direct-drive layout since the Regera in 2016. Bugatti shifted to a seven-speed dual-clutch on the Veyron in 2005 and kept that philosophy through the Chiron. Ferrari's LaFerrari used a seven-speed dual-clutch; the SF90 Stradale uses an eight-speed wet dual-clutch. Pagani's own Huayra originally launched with a seven-speed automated manual built by Xtrac in 2013. The reintroduction of a true manual — three pedals, exposed linkage, driver-operated clutch — in 2024 and carried forward to the Anima in 2026 puts Pagani in a category of one among hypercar builders producing more than a single prototype. Gordon Murray Automotive's T.50 offers a six-speed manual, but total production is capped at 100 units. Pagani's manual trilogy spans three confirmed one-off builds across 2024–2026.
Horacio Pagani turned 71 on November 10, 2026 — nine days after the Anima's Las Vegas debut. Earlier that year he purchased a Ferrari 275 GTB4, a car he had sought since childhood. The Huayra line spans 13 years of continuous production from 2013 to 2026. Pagani has not confirmed a final production count for all Huayra variants combined. The complete Pagani model history and specifications are catalogued in the Global Auto Index manufacturer database.
