The "One-Off" concept and the special series—today better known as the Grandi Complicazioni series—encompasses the Zonda Tricolore, the Zonda Cinque, and the Zonda 760. These represent the pinnacle of the product range for Pagani and are a result of state-of-the-art knowledge, technological application, driveability, and safety. The uniqueness of the stylistic expression makes the design features of the model exclusive, as well as the direct involvement of the customer and Pagani’s team.

In this case, for the first time with the Zonda offered here, the client asked Pagani to create a new Zonda model inspired by the Le Mans sport prototypes. This entailed the development of 60 dedicated components, including the original front bonnet with its distinctive design and belonging to the two unique existing LMs—one Coupé and one Roadster—which, together with the rest of the bodywork, required a dedicated aerodynamic study due to the uniqueness of the shapes in order to optimise the vehicle’s extreme performance.

The car exploits Pagani’s technical knowledge gained from production of the Zonda Revo, which shares a version of the carbo-titanium chassis in road-legal configuration and the composite materials used to manufacture the complete bodywork. On a mechanical level, it also features the 7.3-litre naturally aspirated V-12 engine and the seven-speed sequential gearbox from the 760 as well as a suspension system, evolved to match the car specific dynamic characteristics. These activities were managed by the Pagani Research and Development department for six months with a comprehensive road and track test programme.

The LM was still the most challenging Zonda-based project that Pagani Automobili claims to have faced over the years, right up to the customer delivery. The car was regularly serviced at Pagani R&D department following the prescribed maintenance plan. Given the exclusivity of the model, the 60 specific moulds are kept at Pagani for after-sales necessities. The vehicle book, which is made for each individual car and meticulously collects the entire history of each component since its birth and completes the information with the entire maintenance programme along its life, can be consulted in the company’s Atelier.

At the time of cataloguing, the car's odometer read 9,604 kilometres.

RM Sotheby’s thanks Horacio Pagani and Pagani Automobili for this catalogue description contribution