RE: Zenos E10: Driven

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Leggy

1,018 posts

221 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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MarshPhantom said:
scubadude said:
Said it before but- there is alot of polite looking at toes going on here, be honest please for once?

It looks bloody awful, yet another sh*te flat panel, ikea shaped, not good enough to be a kit car exterior which will nail the coffin shut on another promising car, it makes me sick frankly to see so little effort put into the appearance.

If you want a really stupid looking car you can by an KTEM Xbow- thats been done, please for the love of your chosen deity lets move on?

It is possible to design good looking exteriors for low volume cars (TVR Cerbera, Caterham 21 etc) but it means you have to put the ruler down and hire a designer, something egg-heads are loath to do.


It sounds like it goes wonderfully but given that it looks so eye-gougingly bad I wouldn't even bother driving one- Zenos, man up and get someone who can draw on board ASAP.
Couldn't disagree more.
I do

SpudLink

5,669 posts

191 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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ess said:
Lefty said:
The basic car is £25k and has 200bhp.
Seems amazing value for a low production car.

I assume the Bac Mono is in another league ?
BAC Mono is £100k plus taxes. So, yes, another league.

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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mikebradford said:
Overall i like it.
Q. Will it be offered with varying types of roll cage, in the same manner as Caterham?
I appreciate the rear already has some form of roll over protection. But will their be some form of cage available ?
Race Cage falls under Track Day Options.

Also, E10 has safety as a priority; it therefore has a steel safety cell incorporated in the carbon tub that provides head (the twin roll bars) and side impact protection.

In addition, the carbon tub sides have an intrinsic impact strength thanks to the material itself and the design.

Lowtimer

4,286 posts

167 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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I wouldn't say it's the most beautiful car in the world but it's compact an interesting and certainly a lot better looking than many, many new cars. And for the money it seems very promising indeed.

Mucus72

17 posts

146 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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I drove an E10 at Snettetton last month and it drove beautifully. My track car at the moment is a caterham but on the lower power end of the spectrum - 150BHP. I'm looking to upgrade to either an E10S Race Pack or a caterham R400 and am torn between the two. The E10 drives at least as well as the caterham and has much better primary ride. The caterham has better residuals. The E10 is better looking and also I feel it would be safer in a crash. Ansar and his staff are top notch but you are signing up to be more of a guinea pig. I really get the zenos brand though and the engineering and materials used are genius. I have deferred my decision until the new year but am swaying more towards zenos. Fascinating times wink

blearyeyedboy

6,252 posts

178 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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scubadude said:
It is possible to design good looking exteriors for low volume cars (TVR Cerbera, Caterham 21 etc) but it means you have to put the ruler down and hire a designer, something egg-heads are loath to do.
It's interesting how tastes vary.

For example, I consider the Caterham 21 to be an odd looking restyle job that was frankly embarrassed by the then-new Lotus Elise. I like the Zenos.

I'm sure you're not alone though. There will be others out there who will think it's odd. However, I think it's fair to say that you're in a small minority.

threespires

4,289 posts

210 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Which end is the engine? Couldn't see it in the write up.

daytona365

1,773 posts

163 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Not being facetious, but couldn't it have looked just a little more like eg this ? http://youtu.be/gjve9zJAPec

Edited by daytona365 on Monday 20th October 22:23

My Evil Twin

457 posts

132 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Nice car.. I wish it all the success...
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but WTF was that at 0:06 in the video.. a flipping 747 aileron??

Dan Trent

1,866 posts

167 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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threespires said:
Which end is the engine? Couldn't see it in the write up.
The article said:
The mechanical layout and 2,300mm wheelbase matches that of the Elise platform
smile

To be fair I probably wrote the piece with a degree of assumed knowledge given we've been wittering on about it for a while now but for clarity it's a transverse mid-engine. If you read back via the links at the bottom of the article you've got the story so far in chronological order so you can get up to speed.

Cheers!

Dan

AER

1,142 posts

269 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Max_Torque said:
Dan Trent said:
Spacious! Given the central spine you're actually on less intimate terms with your passenger than even the Lotus, which may or may not be a good thing according to how personal your relationship!

Cheers,

Dan
Having been in an Elise, as a LWB Transit made a good attempt at occupying the same bit of road space as us via my door i, personally, wouldn't drive this car (or a Caterham for that matter) on the road. Yes, you are "snug" with your passenger in an Elise due to the wide sills, but i'd rather rub legs and shoulders with my passenger than get bear hugged by an amorous transit van.........
This, in spades! (notwithstanding it was I whom Max was getting snug with during abovementioned incident.)

Having seen the results of a side impact in a TVR which left the drivers seat completely mutilated but the chassis intact to live another day. This aluminium backbone chassis idea just looks like a pelvic chopping block to me.

No thanks!

threespires

4,289 posts

210 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Dan Trent said:
smile

To be fair I probably wrote the piece with a degree of assumed knowledge given we've been wittering on about it for a while now but for clarity it's a transverse mid-engine. If you read back via the links at the bottom of the article you've got the story so far in chronological order so you can get up to speed.

Cheers!

Dan
Thanks Dan..

Richie200

2,011 posts

208 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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pegon said:
Will it come with LHD ? Will it be road legal in Germany ?
Pegon, here is the answer I got when I asked the question:
"Hi,

E10 is engineered to meet the UK's Individual Vehicle Approved (IVA) scheme although much of it (from an engineering perspective) is package protected for EU Small Series as well (ECSSTA); thus when we get to Project E11 (we are optimists, we have to be!), a 2 door soft-top roadster, it should be easier to homologate to ECSSTA (as indeed will E12). That said, E10 is available in both RHD and LHD and already we have received several enquiries from France and Germany amongst others. We have no intention of growing the business to such a scale that it would be forced to engineer WVTA products. Vehicle mass in particular would then become a huge challenge and so we will leave that to the 'big' boys. In this instance we do believe small is beautiful. biggrin

Sorry, I should have said that the EU Small Series Type Approval (ECSSTA) is the approval for CoC issuance, i.e. E11 and E12 will come with CoCs - not unfortunately E10. However I do know the TUV will accept IVA vehicles but I am not sure exactly of the process. Perhaps one has to find a 'friendly' TUV official.
Cheers,

Ansar"


Toaster

2,938 posts

192 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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scubadude said:
It sounds like it goes wonderfully but given that it looks so eye-gougingly bad I wouldn't even bother driving one- Zenos, man up and get someone who can draw on board ASAP.
Looking at your garage you may be a) Jealous, b) in need a style check, c) defiantly have no idea about why people buy small low volume production focussed sports cars.

Just one question what have you designed that has won acclaim from the public?

Heck I know everyone has an opinion and opinion's are like belly buttons but for heavens sake why be so negative and IMHO rude !! Ansar and his team have placed a lot of money in this project and their reputation I wish them well and success.

Toaster

2,938 posts

192 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Lowtimer said:
I wouldn't say it's the most beautiful car in the world but it's compact an interesting and certainly a lot better looking than many, many new cars. And for the money it seems very promising indeed.
Well said

MrLizard

261 posts

182 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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SpudLink said:
Turbocharged with no extras (because I can't afford any).

Edited by SpudLink on Tuesday 21st October 03:34
Thats the only extra that matters, having been invited to millbrook when they did some testing with 12 of us I can say you wont be disappointed smile

pegon

41 posts

125 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Richie200 said:
Pegon, here is the answer I got when I asked the question:
"Hi,

E10 is engineered to meet the UK's Individual Vehicle Approved (IVA) scheme although much of it (from an engineering perspective) is package protected for EU Small Series as well (ECSSTA); thus when we get to Project E11 (we are optimists, we have to be!), a 2 door soft-top roadster, it should be easier to homologate to ECSSTA (as indeed will E12). That said, E10 is available in both RHD and LHD and already we have received several enquiries from France and Germany amongst others. We have no intention of growing the business to such a scale that it would be forced to engineer WVTA products. Vehicle mass in particular would then become a huge challenge and so we will leave that to the 'big' boys. In this instance we do believe small is beautiful. biggrin

Sorry, I should have said that the EU Small Series Type Approval (ECSSTA) is the approval for CoC issuance, i.e. E11 and E12 will come with CoCs - not unfortunately E10. However I do know the TUV will accept IVA vehicles but I am not sure exactly of the process. Perhaps one has to find a 'friendly' TUV official.
Cheers,

Thanks for the info, looking for a track car for next season. Looks that there might be some work involved in getting a blessing from TUV.

Ansar"

SpudLink

5,669 posts

191 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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MrLizard said:
SpudLink said:
Turbocharged with no extras (because I can't afford any).

Edited by SpudLink on Tuesday 21st October 03:34
Thats the only extra that matters, having been invited to millbrook when they did some testing with 12 of us I can say you wont be disappointed smile
Have they given you an expected build date? I was told "early April".

tommobot

641 posts

206 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Zenos said:
Kambites and Soad, thank you for clarifying this point on our behalf. As you mention, the E10 does have a (heated) windscreen as an option which may be interchanged with the aeroscreen that comes as standard.



The two evaluations prototypes - EP1 and EP2 - that are testing and doing the customer drives at the moment do not have windscreens for the moment. We are building three further prototypes - validation prototypes - very shortly and at least one of these will have a windscreen fitted. Regards,
I think that looks fantastic!

Not to keen on the white colour but looks good so far, also not to sure on the negativeness towards this car? Can't see whats not to like to be fair.

MrLizard

261 posts

182 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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SpudLink said:
Have they given you an expected build date? I was told "early April".
March but then i ordered it end of july - when I spoke to Ansar he said they were intending on building x in January and then x plus a few in Feb then full production in March to ensure they dont get swamped and can ensure that they can stick to the dates.

What colour did you pick?