Zenvo’s brand new hypercar that made its debut in Geneva is the street legal version of its TSR track car, slotting between it and
the TS1 GT. The TSR-S, in which the “S” stands for street, is
powered by an in-house developed racing V8 with a 5.8-liter capacity and twin
superchargers that put out 1177 bhp at a dizzying 8,500 rpm and more than 1100
Nm of torque.
With a dry weight of 1,495 kg,
performance is, unsurprisingly, mind-blowing: the TSR-S accelerates from 0-100
km/h in just 2.8 seconds, 0-200 km in 6.8 seconds, and
has an electronically limited max speed of 325 km/h.
The recipe for its construction may sound simple, as
it utilizes a lightweight steel and aluminum semi-monocoque with steel front
and rear sub-frames and a carbon fiber body, but the two-seat, rear-wheel drive
supercar from the small Danish manufacturer is a very complicated beast that,
as the company claims, comes as close to a track car as possible.
Its engine, has three settings:
Minimum, where only 700 bhp are available, Maximum, where you can exploit the
full 1,177 bhp, and IQ. The last one is an autonomous, “clever” setting that is
meant to provide a race car for the road driving experience, thanks to the
traction control that continuously measures the tires’ traction and adjusts
power accordingly, so that the ideal amount of power is transmitted to the rear
wheels.
That’s not all; in fact, there’s a whole lot more.
Like, for example, the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission that has
helical-cut dog gears and two totally different setups. In Road, the changes
are made electronically in order to provide a smooth operation. In Race, on the
other hand, the changes are purely mechanical for a brutal, race-car-like
feeling.
Zenvo takes great pride in its revolutionary
Centripetal Wing. That’s because it can rotate between two axes so it can act
both like an air brake when raised in the horizontal position, and a stabilizer
during cornering, where it rotates relative to the hypercar’s longitudinal
axis, providing additional grip and stability. Moreover, its high pivot point
makes it behave like an extra anti-roll bar, increasing rear-end stability.
The interior, adheres fully to
the racing car theme. There are no sound system, sat nav, air conditioning or
even airbags and the seats feature a carbon back and are manually operated.
Almost every surface is done in bare carbon fiber, with Alcantara inserts only
where necessary to reduce windscreen reflections. The digital instrument
display is redesigned, with a horizontal rev-counter that’s supposed to bring
to mind racing cars from the 1980s, and a gear selection indicator – which,
Zenvo says, are just what the driver needs to know when driving real fast.
Lastly, feature that will make the
TSR-S even more attractive to prospective customers is its exclusivity. Zenvo’s
annual production is a mere five units that are split between its three models.
