Zenvo ST1 Car with Extreme Power
Zenvo is a sports car company from Denmark, one of the famous product is the Zenvo ST1 has great power. This car has the appearance of ferocious and sturdy. This car has an output of 1104 horsepower and reaches a top speed of 375 km / h or 233 mph. Acceleration is very good indicated by the ability to go 0-100 km / h in just 3 seconds. No wonder this car to be one of the fastest sports cars in the world.
Zenvo was started by three people who decided to attempt what the likes of Bugatti, Pagani and Koenigsegg had done before them.
The
objective, according to company boss Jesper Jensen, was not to build a
road rocket that could outdo the Veyron in terms of raw pace (although
the claimed figures – 0-62mph in 3.0sec and 233mph max - aren’t too
shabby). Instead, the idea was to come up with car that could easily be
driven every day, yet which could also double as a track weapon.
The
ST1 was initially designed as a rolling chassis, built around a steel
backbone with double-wishbone suspension and three-way Öhlins adjustable
dampers.
The massive supercharged and turbocharged V8 was
positioned longitudinally directly behind the passenger cell, and the
armoury of radiators and other ancillaries were then scattered around
the car.
Once all the hardware was in place and functioning to
their satisfaction, the Zenvo crew called on Danish designer Christian
Brandt to pen the contours of the carbonfibre bodyshell.
The car you see here is the prototype, which has clocked up more than 45,000 miles - and isn't looking at all shabby for it.
The V8 motor is roused into action by twisting an ignition knob on
the centre console to the right, depressing the clutch and then pressing
the start button atop the chunky piston-shaped gearlever while
simultaneously giving the gas pedal a generous prod or two. The
7.0-litre motor erupts into life with a raucous bark, but it immediately
settles into a civilised idle.
The clutch doesn’t call for
Schwarzenegger-esque quadriceps, but slotting the six-speed Ricardo
gearbox into first gear (or any other ratio) requires a firm hand. Zenvo
technical guru Troels Vollersten explains the gearshift linkages are a
bit worn on the prototype car, and that a new set would make for far
easier shifting.
The ST1 has three engine modes – normal, sport
and race – liberating 650bhp, 850bhp and 1104bhp respectively, and
selection of any of these is a mere twist-knob away. Traction control is
fully operational in the normal mode, and partially so in sport… but
you’re on your own in the full-power race mode.
The seat of my
pants tells me even the 650bhp setting will be enough to see off most
rivals, provided you’re deft enough with your clutch and gearchange
work. This is no Honda S2000-style rifle-bolt gearchange requiring mere
flicks of the wrist. Instead you need to manhandle the alloy knob from
one ratio to the next as shifts are neither light nor quick (but perhaps
the new linkages alluded to earlier would help).
The engine’s
power delivery is relatively smooth and progressive – there’s no
alarming peaks or troughs – but the blown V8 doesn’t particularly
enjoying lugging at low speeds in high gear. This, plus the stubbornness
of the manual gearbox, suggests the six-speed paddle-shift sequential –
made by Xtrac – will be the better choice for most.
In
no-holds-barred 1104bhp mode the ST1 is virtually as quick as anything
I’ve ever driven – Bugatti Veyron included. However, where the Bugatti
cossets you and insulates you from much of the violence taking place in
the engine room, the Zenvo assaults you with an aural and physical
battering.
Unleashing the full quota of power is partially
achieved by opening up flaps in the exhaust, which means noise levels
instantly escalate to conversation-killing levels, and full-throttle
gearshifts are accompanied by a slight twitch from the chassis as 1055lb
ft of twisting force does its best to unstick the steamroller rear
tyres from the bitumen.
The brakes are massive Brembos (380mm at
the front and 355mm at the rear), but given that I’m being intensely
scrutinised by Vollersten, who’s riding shotgun, I resist the urge to
stomp all over them.
Ride quality is somewhere between firm and
rock-hard, but the production car will have a choice of three settings –
comfort, normal and sport. Vollersten says shock-absorber specialist
Öhlins could provide up to 30 settings for their dampers, but this would
be just too much choice for most owners.
Zenvo ST1 Exterior
Zenvo ST1Interior
Zenvo ST1
source: www.autocar.co.uk
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