If you have watched last week’s episode of Top Gear UK, the episode had featured one of the supercars that we have long heard of, but had heard so little about it. The Zenvo ST1 is produced by a company in Denmark and while the presenter Jeremy Clarkson in pretty impressed of how the car looks, he has a couple of issues of how the car runs.
Yes, the car is really fast and a digital speedometer is installed to keep up with the acceleration, but unfortunately the car is a wild horse that does not want to be tamed. However, that is not the tip of the iceberg just yet as after the car’s rear brakes did not worked properly and the clutch went kaput, the bright orange Zenvo went into flames. Not to forget, the 1,104-horsepower supercar could only manage a time of 1:29.9; slower than a BMW M5, and it bears a price tag that is just out of this world.
Like how we could not get our attention off Top Gear, the small Danish automaker took this matter seriously and issued a press release, explained what had actually happened to the car and clear the air of what people might regard the ST1 as the flaming supercar.
Zenvo Press Statement:
“The Stigs supercar’ at the Top Gear show.
After being named ‘The Stig’s supercar’ and credited for staggering performance in Top Gear Magazine in 2010, the car faced problems in its appearance at the Top Gear TV show. The car however, also achieved good results during the tests.
In the first visit, the clutch of the car burned out after an hour of extreme drifting by Top Gear drivers. In the second visit, a faulty intercooler fan caught fire after more than one hour of intensive high speed testing and 50 liters of fuel consumed. The source of the fire, has been traced back to a defect in the fan delivered by an acknowledged automotive supplier. After this incident, Zenvo Automotive is conducting thorough testing of all fans before mounting them in the cars.
Two unofficial tests were conducted by Top Gear during filming.
First, limited by the length of the straight line section of the track, the car reached 304 km/h (189 mph). This was the highest speed measured on the Top Gear test track in recent times.
Second, Top Gear clocked the 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) acceleration time at 2.69 seconds on a damp tarmac.
These results did not air on the show.
Instead Top Gear presented a lap time with the Stig conducted on a day when driving was not recommended in many parts of Britain due to low temperature and extreme rain. The weather conditions and the amount of water on the track severely reduced the traction on the car’s 345/30 ZR20 rear tires resulting in a lap time that does not reflect the true potential of the car in dry conditions.
Zenvo Automotive is looking forward to making a more realistic lap time in dry weather conditions.
The Zenvo ST1 has a listed price of 660.000£, not 800.000£ as was stated in the show.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HyEORuSN6w
