At age of 18, Horacio Pagani entered the course of Industrial Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the National University of La Plata. He settled in the city, 450 km away from Casilda, in a typical residence for students, with the intention of spending there the next five years of his life. At the time, Argentina was shaken by political unrest. The course attended by Horacio was discontinued during the academic year because of the repeated suspension of the classes. The year after La Plata opened with the same problems, thus Horacio decided to attend the course of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Rosario. However, as months passed, a gradual sense of frustration took over his soul: all that he had always been more passionate about seemed now light years away. is an Italian manufacturer of sports cars and carbon fiber components. The company was founded in 1992 by Argentine businessman and engineer Horacio Pagani and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy.