Zenvo’s Aurora exhibits up at Monterey with beautiful V12 motors

The Zenvo Aurora has arrived at Monterey Automotive Week, and it’s being provided in two supercar flavors by the Danish automobile builder.

Each are being powered by a brand new V12, a 6.6-liter quad-turbo hybrid behemoth developed by the Germans at Mahle Powertrain. The all-wheel-drive Tur (for “touring”) model places out a complete of 1,850 horsepower and 1,254 lb-ft. with electrical motors on the entrance wheels, Tur reaches 62 mph in 2.3 seconds, and the highest pace is 280 mph.

The extra sedate, rear-wheel-drive track-variant Agil mannequin has a single electrical motor that brings the overall output to 1,450 hp and 1,033 pound-feet of torque. The automobile hits 62 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds and 125 mph in 4.6 seconds. The highest pace is 227 mph.

Each engines hook up with a seven-speed gearbox which are arrange in a different way relying on the mannequin.

Zenvo says it gained’t make greater than 100 vehicles whole. Manufacturing of the Aurora vehicles begins in 2026, and costs begin on the equal of $2.83 million.

Each variants have a extreme, low-to-the-ground form with an aggressive entrance finish. The Agil has a big wing. ”The chassis and the parts of Aurora are all artistic endeavors, and we made a really particular resolution that we didn’t wish to conceal these particulars away below a monolithic design,” mentioned Zenvo Chief Designer Christian Brandt.

Zenvo makes use of the identical carbon-fiber monocoque chassis for each Agil and Tur, and each use the identical primary push-rod double-wishbone suspension throughout. The Aurora’s powertrain, known as the ZM1, makes use of carbon fiber not just for the passenger cell but additionally the entrance and rear subframes. Each vehicles use 20-inch entrance and 21-inch rear center-lock magnesium wheels, and each come commonplace with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires.

Intensive use of carbon fiber means the Agil mannequin has a dry weight of lower than 2,866 kilos, with the tri-motor Tur mannequin clocking in at 3,197. ‘’You could possibly argue that the costliest components of the event had been the monocoque and the engine,’ mentioned Brandt. ‘Being a small producer, we will’t simply trash that in six years time or one thing – we’ve developed in a modular approach the place we will use it once more for future initiatives.”

The provided photographs present a sampling of the inside. One can spot a tiny infotainment display screen on the left, a big tachometer within the middle, and a mixture gasoline and battery gauge on the appropriate.