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Danish firm Zenvo Automotive unveils 1,100hp ST1 supercar

todras

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Go Danes!

http://www.motorauthority.com/zenvo-automotive-unveils-first-danish-supercar.html

The Danes are better known for their stunning architectural and cutting-edge product design, but now a Danish firm has turned its hand to the task of designing a supercar, and the result is the Zenvo ST1. As the first purely Danish supercar, the ST1 sets its aspirations high.


Powered by a turbo/supercharged V8 engine rated at 1,104hp (823kW) and a massive 1,056lb-ft (1,430nm), the car's designers claim 0-62mph (100km/h) acceleration in just 3.0 seconds, an electronically limited top speed of 232mph (375km/h) and a power-to-weight ratio of 802hp/tonne. The impressive performance comes despite RWD-only drive and a six-speed manual transmission as the only option.

Fuel consumption and emissions figures haven't yet been released, but don't expect it to be a green overachiever.

At the front 19x9.5in wheels are wrapped with 255/35 Michelin rubber, while the rears get 20x12.5in wheels and 335/30 shoes to help put all that power to the ground. Despite the huge power and big alloy wheels, the car is surprisingly small, at just 15.3ft (4.66m) long, 6.7ft (2.04m) wide, and 3.9ft (1.19m) tall and weighs just over 3,020lb (1,376kg) thanks to carbon fiber body panels.

Unlike some small-firm supercars, the Zenvo ST1 takes luxurious accommodation as seriously as performance, offering everything from keyless entry to satellite navigation and power telescoping steering wheel as standard equipment. Even the leather-and-alcantara racing seats are electrically adjustable.
No word has yet been released on pricing of the car, but Zenvo has clear series production plans, set to start in 2009. Only 15 of the cars will be built, each assembled by hand, but given the car's dramatic styling and impressive power figures, it's likely to find a niche among the small crowd of supercar buyers.

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I immediately thought of a grown-up K1 Attack.

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Edit: Actually, that twisted belt-line strake is in, of all things, the Hyundai Genesis Coupe.
 
Kit-car, turbo H22 or Duratec 3.0 powered. I think the cost of a completed one is somewhere in the 70-90k range, but that could have changed.

Edit: I guess the kits are no longer imported, but go for around 20k. Most built cars sell for 60-70k. It was my dream car until a few minutes ago.
 
That is one bad-ass looking car, but all that fake plastic mesh around the headlights, grill and taillights make it looks cheap :nonono:
 
"And then I jizzed in my pants! I jizzed in my pants I jizzed in my pants."
 
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anyone think that it might be able to hang with the bugatti veyron. I think it's suppose to be the fastest street legal super car:shrug: but of course i could be wrong seeing as records are broke every other day :crazy:
 
anyone think that it might be able to hang with the bugatti veyron. I think it's suppose to be the fastest street legal super car:shrug: but of course i could be wrong seeing as records are broke every other day :crazy:

I bet its pretty awful around a road course. Rwd+short wheelbase+light+1100hp=extremely hard to drive.
 
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