Chapter 440 Who Stole My First Zonda?

"Li, why did you only book a supercar with Horazio Pagani, and how did you know that he was developing his own brand of supercar? Our town of Modena now has three of the world's most famous supercars, including Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. sports car brand, why don’t you choose one of the three brands above? Our INTERM company is also the supplier of the three supercar companies mentioned just now. If you want to order a car from these three supercar companies, we can also help. You contact..."

Vittorio fired off a series of questions.

He felt a little puzzled, and he couldn't understand the thinking of the young man from Singapore in front of him. There are so many mature supercar series cars to choose from in their small town of Modena, why would this young man take a different approach?

The Horazio Pagani mentioned by Li Xiaofan and Vittorio was born in Argentina. He designed and built an F2 racing car by himself at the age of 23.

13 years ago, he was penniless and came to Italy, the birthplace of his parents, under the introduction of legendary F1 driver Fangio. He worked at Lamborghini, a supercar manufacturer in the town of Modena, and participated in Lamborghini's... The design of the classic car Diablo.

Five years ago, in 1991, the talented designer left Lamborghini to create his own studio: Modena Design Company, which began producing carbon fiber parts for the Ferrari F1 team and some other supercar customers.

Pagani founded Pagani Automobiles four years ago. Vittorio's INTERM company began to become Horazio Pagani's close partner in the machining of precision supercar automotive parts.

Currently, Horazio Pagani is going all out to develop the first supercar of his own brand: the Pagani Zonda.

In the previous life, this model had to wait until three years later at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show to be officially unveiled, and then it stunned the world in an instant!

What makes Vittorio strange is that the current Pagani Automobile Company is almost unknown. Only in their small circle of locals in the small town of Modena are they aware of the existence of a talented supercar designer like Horazio Pagani.

How does this young Chinese guy from Singapore know about Horazio Pagani?

"Mr. Vittorio, I am a supercar enthusiast. I saw about Mr. Horazio Pagani's Modena Design Company and his newly created Pagani Automobile Company on a BBS Internet forum on the subject of supercars. Introduced. I have full respect for Mr. Pagani..."

Li Xiaofan started making nonsense.

Indeed, as Vittorio said just now, the town of Modena is the headquarters of the three most famous supercar brands in the world, including Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. Just go to these three brands and choose the latest supercar. Running is already exciting enough!

But for Li Xiaofan now, doing so is too unchallenging and meaningless.

Things are rare and valuable, and he wants to fulfill several unique wishes in this life:

For example, book the first supercar produced by Pagani; take control of Tesla in the future and book the first electric car produced by Tesla; cooperate with Elon Musk in the future to launch the first interstellar spacecraft to send humans to Mars. …

Seeing that Li Xiaofan talked about Horazio Pagani in a clear and concise manner, as if he was very familiar with it as an old friend, Vittorio finally agreed to Li Xiaofan's request.

In the afternoon, Vittorio accompanied Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi to Horazio Pagani’s Modena design company.

When he came to the company's Pagani trial production workshop, Li Xiaofan felt that the atmosphere here was different from any car factory he had ever visited.

This workshop is more like a high-end furniture showroom.

The workshop is very quiet and the smell is very pleasant. There is no noise or smell like that of a large automobile manufacturing factory.

Li Xiaofan discovered that the exquisite and delicate parts produced by outsourced suppliers were like precious jewelry, shipped in specially cut foam boxes, and were being assembled with great precision by technicians led by Horazio Pagani. .

There are no noisy power tools here. Horazio Pagani and the technicians mostly use torque wrenches with their bare hands, as if they are manually building an exquisite handicraft...

Li Xiaofan immediately understood that the legendary so-called "hand-made supercar" should describe the current scene.

"Horazio, please introduce me. This is Mr. Li from Singapore whom I introduced to you on the phone before. He owns a company listed on NASDAQ in the United States..."

When Horazio Pagani stopped to rest, Vittorio accompanied Li Xiaofan over to say hello.

"Hi Lee, hello and welcome!"

Wearing glasses and a gentle face, Horazio Pagani looks like a elegant university professor.

Horazio Pagani, who is as amiable as the uncle next door, is short in stature. He wears work clothes on the upper body, purple jeans on the lower body, and a pair of Diadona casual shoes on the feet.

Although he is only 41 years old, his hair has almost completely turned gray and is neatly combed back. His thin-framed glasses project a sharp but expressive gaze.

Without an introduction, it would be difficult to associate him with a passionate supercar.

But Li Xiaofan seemed to be able to tell from his wise and deep eyes that the Horazio Pagani in front of him was different.

After greeting, Horacio Pagani took the initiative to smile and said:

"Li, I heard that you want to order the first Pagani supercar I am developing?"

"Yes, that's what I mean, Mr. Horacio!" Li Xiaofan answered truthfully.

"Li, do you know that it takes five, ten or even longer to develop a new supercar? And the Pagani supercar I will officially launch in the future must be a finished product with a high mileage after a long period of various safety and reliability tests. I will not casually launch a supercar product to destroy my brand. Li, are you willing to wait another three or five years..."

"Mr. Horacio, I know roughly, and I am willing to wait!"

Li Xiaofan thought to himself, isn't it just three years later? If I give you a sum of money now, maybe I can speed up the development process.

He then asked, "Mr. Horacio, is your company short of funds now? If possible, I would like to invest in your Pagani Automobile Company and reserve your first Pagani supercar!"

"Li, I'm sorry, my first Pagani supercar has been reserved. If you want to reserve, you can only reserve the second one..."

Horacio Pagani's answer surprised Li Xiaofan. Someone actually got ahead of him and reserved the first Pagani supercar. Who is this great man?