RE: Zenvo TS1 GT: Driven

[Todd Bonzalez]

Podie said:

A quick Google brings up the term "disguised LS7"

5.8 though. LS 7is 7L. Doubt they'd destroke it and no idea if you could even go that far?!
5.8 will MAYBE be the old ford unit from the GT500?

[cookie1600]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Hang on a minute Poirot, I've got a sniff of something here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggROOCxcZZI



https://jalopnik.com/leaves-may-have-caused-this-1...

[ChocolateFrog]

Todd Bonzalez said:

Podie said:

A quick Google brings up the term "disguised LS7"

5.8 though. LS 7is 7L. Doubt they'd destroke it and no idea if you could even go that far?!
5.8 will MAYBE be the old ford unit from the GT500?

I wonder where they keep their foundry.

[suffolk009]

Turbobanana said:

X23NVO? Granted it's a bit misrepresented (and there doesn't appear to be a front one, in line with current trends), but that could have been a legitimate 2000/2001 plate. No doubt someone will be along soon to verify.

X23NVO showing as pretty much the only X??NVO plate that is unavailable on RegTransfers site.

[rtz62]

For some reason I look to the future and see some mot rooting journalist discussing this venture in the style of Captain Blackadder and Lieutenant George;

Edmund; Yes that's right. You see, there was a tiny flaw in the plan.
George; what was that Sir?
Edmund; It was bks.

[anonymous-user]

So it's basically a rubbish Noble M600 that costs 5 times as much?

Hmm, not gonna sell many of those.

(given that the actual M600 isn't exactly flying out the door at only a bit above £250k......)

[Leggy]

Not a snowflake in hells chance of this being a viable business. Some deluded Danish & Russian billionaires maybe. Much better alternatives on the market with decent track records and heritage.

[Ollywood]

Max_Torque said:

So it's basically a rubbish Noble M600 that costs 5 times as much?

Hmm, not gonna sell many of those.

(given that the actual M600 isn't exactly flying out the door at only a bit above £250k......)

You could argue that the Noble doesn't cost enough. Pagani and Koenigsegg managed to make a £1m car work (since then cost a lot more). I also guess Mclaren took most of their sales.

[smilo996]

In a country where this would cost £ 3mn, all credit to them for getting this far. Looks rfrshingly different too in a fMilar sort of way.

[Joeguard1990]

I can buy KWV3s for my own car worth below £10k.

Doesn't exactly scream £1.2m hypercar to me. A price tag of around £250k would be more like it.

Not sure why anyone would buy one of these over a Lambo, Mac, Ferrari, etc.

[ZX10R NIN]

Hasn't this car been around for a while I'm sure I saw an episode of 5th Gear where Jason Plato drove one around Assen.

[SimonOcean]

Crap.

[Jaaws]

Saw this parked up adjacent to the pit lane queue at the last Saywell track day at Goodwood. Thought it was a kit car at first

[JohnnyFive]

Page 3 and the first positive post!

I quite like the looks.

As for why you'd buy this instead of another super/hypercar, you wouldn't, this is aimed squarely at people who already have a few expensive cars and want something a bit different to show their mates.

[krismccloy]

Ambitious to say the least... That colour does it no favours either IMO, looks like a cheap plastic toy.

Twin supercharged, Sequential and instant throttle response grabbed my attention though.

[ChocolateFrog]

Is peak torque at 7700rpm even possible?

[anonymous-user]

ChocolateFrog said:

Is peak torque at 7700rpm even possible?

The fact it makes peak torque at peak power rpm suggest the engine is centrifugally supercharged. With that boosting arrangement, boost pressure increases with the square of rpm, therefore, yes, it is possible, although not generally producing a terribly nice drive feel, to have peak torque and peak power at the same engine speed.

incidentally, 811 lb.ft at 7700rpm is 1189 bhp, and not the 1180 bhp claimed, so some rounding of numbers has gone on with their claimed figures.

[myhandle]

I have driven this very car and also the M600 that the same dealership sells (custard not to hand etc.) . I really liked it. These cars are aimed at people who already have all or most of the usual suspects such as a 918 or and a P1, and who want something very special, and very rare. They are only planning on making 15 of this model, and I think there are surely 15 people who would do so. In terms of the car, it has a very good finish and of course huge performance. It has a long wheelbase and a low centre of gravity. No rattles or other low-volume type problems. It has a lift system meaning that it can get up the ramp of a multi-storey car park, or into a ferry. The engine is a really nice V8. In my opinion, it's rather better than this review makes out. I think that pretty much everyone on PH would find it an entertaining car.

[myhandle]

I have driven this very car and also the M600 that the same dealership sells (custard not to hand etc.) . I really liked it. These cars are aimed at people who already have all or most of the usual suspects such as a 918 or and a P1, and who want something very special, and very rare. They are only planning on making 15 of this model, and I think there are surely 15 people who would do so. In terms of the car, it has a very good finish and of course huge performance. It has a long wheelbase and a low centre of gravity. No rattles or other low-volume type problems. It has a lift system meaning that it can get up the ramp of a multi-storey car park, or into a ferry. The engine is a really nice V8. In my opinion, it's rather better than this review makes out. I think that pretty much everyone on PH would find it an entertaining car.

[myhandle]

As for the badge, it's not a shovel, it's meant to be Thor's hammer. However, in the words of Larry in Ronin, it certainly has some shovel!