The Zenvo ST1 hits 60 mph in 3 seconds flat and tops out at 233 mph, thanks to its 7 liter turbo- and supercharged V8. This “100 percent Danish,” 1104 hp, RWD beast is hand-built, and features a six-speed manual transmission and a hydraulic limited-slip differential. Nobody knows what it costs.
well, if you have to ask how much…
I’m not sure I care.
Fastest catfish evah!
Hvad i helvet?
BTW, in order to “drive across Denmark”, it will need to tread water as there’s no way to get from Jylland to Sjaelland without this capability.
You see the fins? You see the gills?
This car has such a capability.
Yeah. Meh. It’s some billionaire’s experimental company project. They probably don’t need to sell a thing.
The shed-built $1,000,000+ hand assembled carbon fiber market isn’t what it used to be. There’s Gumpert, Pagani, Koenigsegg, and about a hundred unsold Veyrons.
Probably built by engineers on from any of the above companies.
More punchlines:
Well, yeah, but you can walk, rollerskate, or ride a bicycle across Denmark in about 18 minutes.
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Well, it’s a good thing, because this time of year there’s only about 18 minutes of daylight in which to do it.
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Nice car, but is it configurable?
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I made a model of Denmark out of Legos, and it turned out to be actual size.
caveat:
I’ve been to Denmark twice and worked with a number of Danes in the software industry (who have a penchant for configuration technologies). It is a beautiful place, especially in June when the sun is out 19-20 hours of the day. Copenhagen is one of the most beautiful European cities I’ve visited.
Perfect market timing. Perfect.
toadroller…and the Danish women?
So with two orders from Dubai and one from Saudi Arabia, they’ll really have to get that production line humming.
CoffeeJones beat me to it… at first I kinda liked it… on second look it reminds me of a trophy sized largemouth Bass…
“there’s no way to get from Jylland to Sjaelland without this capability.”
There’s a big bridge now- also another one to Sweden.
@NickR
Danish women are okay… if you like them tall, skinny and blonde.
:)
I bet it could also make it around the Top Gear track without breaking down.
Talking about Denmark … this one is really funny:
Stunning. Not sure if I like it better than a CCX, but it’s miles above the ugly mug of the Veyron.
If they are having trouble selling them, I’ll gladly take it off their hands. I wouldn’t want them to have to go through the trouble of storing it.
Hmm, 7 liters, 16 valves and a heads up display? Sounds like someone made the world’s most expensive Corvette Z06.
Ok, so its got a turbo and a supercharger…so its more like the world’s most expensive Lingenfelter Corvette. Whatever.
“This car can drive across Denmark in about 18 minutes.”
Or Rhode Island in about 2…
Hmm, 7 liters, 16 valves and a heads up display? Sounds like someone made the world’s most expensive Corvette Z06.
Yeah, 16 valves? 7 liters? Sounds like a fat-displacement push-rod motor out of….Europe? I am awaiting their “vision” of a monster-truck now.
Ok, so its got a turbo and a supercharger…so its more like the world’s most expensive Lingenfelter Corvette. Whatever.
Does sound a lot like a Vette with a different body and some forced induction. Perhaps it at least has an interior that doesn’t look like Playskool.
As long as it’s more reliable than a Lingrenade.
Perhaps the scratch-built stuff was better, but I have had the great displeasure of re-engineering a coupla their level 1&2 C5 installs. After the owners had to have Ling rebuild the engines more than once. Made the early Callaway stuff look really, really well developed. Think 928 turbo, or GTV6 turbo kinda early.
And yeah, it was when John was still alive and running the show.
porschespeed, not wander off topic but…are any of the aftermarket, late model Vette tuners ‘safe’?
NickR,
I think we can probably wander without interrupting too many people.
Sorry I missed the PRI show this year, or I would probably have a really good answer for you.
I really haven’t had the need to explore that one lately, but just some rules that separate the pros from the hacks.
If they do forced induction of any stripe – twinscrew, turbos, centrifugal, god forbid Rootes – make sure that they have the following tools…
Wideband O2 sensor(s)
Data Logging
Dyno
Temp sensors for intake air temp pre and post intercooler
The ability to either reflash ECUs or install a standalone system.
If they don’t use every single one of those tools (at BARE minimum)to develop a system, run, don’t walk away. If they don’t know what those tools are, they are primates, operating by raw guesswork. You will pay the price for guesswork.
If you really want to learn a good chunk of how things are to be done if your want your ride to be reliable, read either one of Corky Bell’s books on forced induction.
Horsepower worth paying for is pretty much always force induction. You can pick up 25-50 HP or more with a normally aspirated powerplant, but it generally takes a fair amount of work to do it right, or you will have to make some compromises in drivability, noise, powerband, mileage, something.
@toadroller
Works for me.
Which part of Denmark? It consists of a peninsula and three islands. The car looks good from the A-pillar back, but I’m not so sure about the front.
I think it looks like a VW Scirocco with Wings.