Today, Zonda remains one of the most iconic cars ever made. A combination of form and function, art and science, Horacio deems that it was the ingenuity of Leonardo Da Vinci that inspired him to build what would be considered today as a 'hypercar'.

Its design was drawn from fighter jets and the famous Sauber-Mercedes Silver Arrow Group C cars, with several unique design elements, including its circular four pipe exhaust system.

Its firstborn, the Zonda C12, was powered by a mid-mounted 6.0 L DOHC V12 engine, producing 460 PS (338 kW; 454 hp) at 5200 rpm and 640 N⋅m (472 lb⋅ft) at 4200 rpm mated to a 5-speed manual transmission gearbox. The C12 could accelerate to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 4.0 seconds and to 100 mph (161 km/h) in 9.2 seconds. Eventually developments were made in this particular type, which gave birth to Zonda S, Zonda Roadster, Zonda F, Zonda Cinque, and recently—and what would be its last—the Zonda HP Barchetta in 2017.

Pagani ended the production of Zonda, with the last variant having unique exterior design cues, distinguishably having the barchetta body style and rear wheel covers inspired by group C race cars. It also has a rear spoiler, air intakes and rear lights taken from the 760 series cars. Power comes courtesy of the 7.3 L DOHC V12 engine engine producing 800 PS (590 kW; 790 hp) and 850 N⋅m (627 lb⋅ft) of torque making it the most powerful road legal Zonda ever produced. 

Pagani's follow-up offering—the Huayra—has found just as much success and is likewise a celebrated piece of hypercar history. Named after the Quechua wind god Huayra-tata, it has a base price of US$1.1M. It uses uses a twin-turbocharged 6.0 L M158 V12 engine developed by Mercedes-AMG specially for the Huayra, which produces 730 PS (720 bhp; 537 kW) at 5800 rpm and 1,000 N⋅m (738 lbf⋅ft) of torque at 2250-4500 rpm. Its top speed is about 238 mph (383 km/h) and it has a 0-60 mph (97 km/h) acceleration time of 2.8 seconds. Using Pirelli tires, the Pagani Huayra is capable of withstanding 1.66 g of lateral acceleration at speeds of up to 230 mph (370 km/h).

The Pagani Huayra is different from its predecessor in that it incorporates active aerodynamics. It is capable of changing the height of the front from the ground and independently operating four flaps placed at the rear and front of the car. The behavior of the flaps is managed by a dedicated control unit that is fed information from systems such as the ABS and ECU, which pass on information about the car's speed, yaw rate, lateral acceleration, steering angle and throttle position. This is intended to achieve minimal drag coefficient or maximum downforce depending on the situation. The system also prevents excess body roll in the corners by raising the "inside" flaps (i.e. the left ones in a left-handed corner and vice versa), increasing the downforce on that side of the car. The rear flaps also act as an airbrake. Under hard braking, both the front suspension and the two rear flaps are raised to counteract weight transfer to the front wheels and keep the whole car stable, for instance when entering a corner. Air from the radiator is extracted through an arch in the bonnet at an angle that is designed not to affect the streamline around the body. The side air intakes behind the front wheels create a low pressure zone, resulting in downforce.

From the dream of a single man, and with the help of a few collaborators, Pagani Automibili has since grown to include 177 enthusiasts and artisans, all driven by the same passion that birthed the Zonda. Each car to come out of the Modena-based atelier is a hand-built work of art, combining the science of speed with the artistry of the human soul.