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Act fast! Four of the five Pagani Zonda R Evolutions to be built have been sold

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We in the Digital Trend cars section often get into squabbles over which supercars we’d buy, should we ever win the lottery. Now we have one more car to bicker over: the $2.2-million Pagani Zonda R Evolution.

Based upon the not-so-street-legal Pagani Zonda R, the Pagani Zonda R Evolution features the Zonda V12 engine from Mercedes’ AMG. For the Evo version, power has been turned up to 800 horsepower. This will propel the Pagani Zonda R Evolution to 60mph in 2.7 seconds and onto a top speed of around 217.

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Pagani will only build five of these beauties and according to GTSpirit, the Italian supercar maker has already sold four of the five, so act fast.

The pictures you see above are of the first Pagani Zonda R Evolution to roll out of the production barn and has simply been given a clear coat over its carbon fiber body. Sitting here, drooling over the pictures, we imagine eating our lunch off it, as sacrilegious as that might sound.

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What does the Pagani-tuned AMG V12 sound like? Check out the video below of both the Pagani Pagani Zonda R and the Pagani Huayra on the Nurburgring. They’re kind of shrill so if you’re at work, make sure your speakers are at full volume.

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Nick Jaynes
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Nick Jaynes is the Automotive Editor for Digital Trends. He developed a passion for writing about cars working his way…
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