Horacio Pagani has sold his personal Zonda Cinque for a record price, worthy of the greatest Ferraris.

According to information revealed by The Trillionaire Life, the Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster personal to the founder of Pagani recently changed hands for $28 million at a private sale. A staggering sum, never before achieved publicly by a Pagani, which places the Italian supercar in the same financial sphere as the most legendary Ferrari collectors. Although the transaction was not carried out by the major auction houses, it has already sent shockwaves through the market. It far exceeds all known Pagani public sales, setting a new record for the San Cesario sul Panaro brand.

A unique Pagani, the last one, the founder's one

The car in question isn't just any Cinque. It's 5 of 5, the very last Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster ever assembled. Its chassis, referenced under number #76111, is immediately recognizable by its "Bianco Benny" configuration: white bodywork, exposed carbon in the center and fine red accents underlining the extreme aerodynamics.

It was Horacio Pagani's own Pagani, the one he kept and regularly exhibited at the Museo Pagani. Its provenance, coupled with a limited production run of five units for the Roadster version, partly explains the private auction frenzy surrounding this particular example.

28 million against much lower public records

Until now, Pagani records have been based on much more "reasonable" public auctions, at least on a hypercar scale. In December 2024, a Pagani Zonda LM Roadster fetched $11,086,250 at RM Sotheby's in Dubai, setting the brand's official auction house record. Before it, the Pagani Zonda Aether fetched $6,812,500 at Abu Dhabi in 2019, and several Huayras have regularly topped the $5 million mark in recent years. Against these benchmarks, the 28 million figure seems almost unreal. We're no longer talking about a speculative surge linked to a state of competition, but an absolute premium granted to the personal history of an object: the last Cinque Roadster, owned by its creator.

Pagani takes on the world's most expensive Ferraris

At $28 million, the personal Zonda Cinque doesn't surpass Ferrari's historic heights - a Ferrari 250 GTO sold for over $51 million in New York in 2023 - but it clearly enters the closed club of supercars with a "museum" price tag. It even surpasses such iconic Ferraris as the Ferrari 290 MM (28.05 M$) or the Ferrari 275 GTB/4S NART Spider (27.5 M$), two Maranello landmarks. For Pagani, an ultra-confidential manufacturer in the face of the Ferrari giant, the symbolism is immense: a contemporary car, produced in just five examples, now reaches levels long reserved for the legends of the 50s and 60s.

This type of transaction is more than just a numerical record. It repositioned Pagani in the minds of collectors worldwide. The brand is no longer simply a showcase for excellence in craftsmanship and technology, but has become a heritage investment territory capable of rivaling, at least occasionally, automotive myths.