Pagani Zonda R, Another Beast from Automobili

Zonda R, not just a general Zonda

Zonda R from the front pasted from the official website of Pagani

 Hello, Petrolhead. Good to be back on writing this article. Thanks to God who gives me chance so i can be still alive until now and wrote this article about an amazing car, the Zonda R from italian supercar manufaturer, Pagani.

 Know Zonda? There are so many Zonda spread around the world, and also with many variants. Zonda as the mid-engined supercar was debuted in 1999 and the production stopped at 2011. Sorry to say, it was a pity to stop the production of a beast.

Zonda R. Only 15 units were available in the world

 Not taking much time, let's go to the main topic. Although Zonda had many variants like Pagani Zonda Cinque, Zonda C12 as the first Zonda born into the world, or the special edition the Zonda Monza, i will only discuss about the Zonda R, if i discuss all of them (the Zondas), i will not have enough time, because the Zonda R itself has a long explanation.

Look at its handsome face

 Designed by Horacio Pagani, the Zonda R was debuted in 2007 at Geneva Motor Show. It has 6.0 litre of M120 V12 engine,the same engine as the Mercedes CLK GTR. Sharing only 10% of Zonda F's components at maximum, it has a very light carbon fibre body.
Only 15 Zonda Rs were produced in the entire world.

Zonda R, looks like stormtrooper

 Although this car looks like the stormtrooper in the Star Wars films, the function will make you astonished. The bodywork and aerodinamics have been counted by the architect of the Zonda R, to increase its down force at maximum, and also keeping the car to turn at the corner at high speed.

Let's get into action!

 Zonda R has 740 HP of power (750 PS) at 7500 rpm and 710 nm of torque. This high output AMG(Mercedes) engine was combined by a 6 speed longitudinally mounted manual sequential synchronized gearbox, make it possible to reach a top speed of 218 mph (350.8 km/h), an acceleration from 0-60 mph (0-100 km/h) in less than 2.7 seconds, and corners at 1.62 G.

Finished the Nürburgring circuit in just 6 minutes and 47 seconds

 On 2010, June 30th, Zonda R made a
record and completing the international Nürburgring circuit in 6:47, beating the Ferrari 599XX.

 Thanks for reading.

Hachi-Roku's History

From the legendary AE86 (Sprinter Trueno) into the 2nd Concept

Toyota FT-86 II Concept

 Good to be back. And thanks to all of the readers who have spent time reading my first blog languaged english. I'm sorry if i have made lots of mistakes, wrong vocabulary or tenses, or even wrong information.

Initial D's most famous car, the AE86, Hachi-Roku, or Sprinter Trueno

 Let's start with Toyota Sprinter Trueno. The legendary AE86 which was used by Takumi Fujiwara, the tofu courier in the movie titled "INITIAL D"

Toyota AE86 was famous because of its presence in the Initial D's film

 Back to the topic. This is a legendary sportcar from Toyota, the legendary AE86 or in the other name Toyota Sprinter Trueno, petrolhead call it Hachi-Roku.

The tofu courier's race car

 This lightweight coupe was introduced to the world in 1983, such a long time ago as the 5th generation of Toyota Corolla lineup. In the other word, AE86 was the light weight edition of the Corolla.

Stopped the production for about a decade, this GT 86 is here to replace the oldish AE86

 "A" alphabet represents the engine series that installed in the car, "E" number means the Corolla itself, 8 represents to E80 (the fifth generation code of Corolla) and 6 means the variation of the 5th generation.

Many parts have been changed, like the design, the grill, the frontlamp, velg, and of course what's inside

 Toyota Sprinter Trueno (Trueno is a Spanish word means Thunder) has the same engine with Toyota MR2, Toyota Celica GT-R and GT Carina (GT Carina was only available in Japan), the standard 4A-GE. It was a fuel injected 4 cylinder 1587cc twincam engine which could produce 128 bHP or 96 kw of power and 150 nm of torque. It came with a 5-speed of manual transmission and an oldish automatic transmission. It was sure that the manual version is faster than the automatic one. LSD was optional for the AE86.

The paint is reflecting the light of the sun

 AE86's production was stopped for about a decade until Toyota finally launched it's successor, the Toyota 86 in October 2009, revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota 86 actually is the name of the unit production for Asia, South Africa, North America (2016), South America and Australia. It called as GT 86 in Europe, and FT 86 in Niaragua and Jamaica. Toyota 86 has 2 similiar siblings from 2 other brands: BRZ (Boxer engine, Rear wheel drive and Z for Zenith) from Subaru, and FR-S (Front engine, Rear wheel drive, Sport) from Scion.

It's worthead to be used as an everyday sportcar

 Toyota 86 uses an 4 cylinder naturally aspirated (non turbo) engine named 4U-GSE (by Toyota) or FA20 (Subaru's code).
This engine placed inside the Hachi-Roku has a front engine and rear wheel drive layout and it must drink at least RON 98 unleaded petrol to maximize its performance.

Now, this is the 2nd Concept of 86

 It has 200 HP of power (149 kw or 203 ps) at maximum (7000rpm), 151 lb-ft(205 nm) of torque at 6000 rpm combined with TL70 manual gearbox (manual version) or the automatic one that uses traditional wet torque converter design but with a dual-clutch software, making it easy and fun to drive. The automatic transmission offer 3 driving modes: Sport, Snow and Normal and LSD (Limited Slip Differential) is standard for all models.

The backlamp was changed from the previous generation

 86 can accelerate from 0-100 km/h / 0-60 mph in 6.2 seconds (7.6 seconds as the manufactur's claim) and a top speed of 145 mph / 233 km/h.

86 II Concept from beside

 In 2011's Geneva Motor Show, Toyota unveiled the third generation of Toyota 86, which was named "Toyota FT 86 II Concept". The 86's face was improved, with addition of body kit on its whole body, and minor change in the frontlamp and backlamp.

A sportcar for everyone

 86 is a car for everyone. Why not, it was awarded as the Car of The Year by Top Gear Europe (2012), Best Driver's Car by Autocar Europe (2012), Best Performance Car under 60.000 Australian Dollar by Drive Australia, 2013's Best Sportcar by Canada's Auto123, and the other awards.