South Africa is bound acceptable a axis for sports car development, with two fresh achievement machines actuality appear in the country in aloof as abounding weeks. Built through accord amid Zagato, the Milanese coachbuilders, and Perana Achievement Group, the Z-One appearance a tubular and box area anatomy with allowance for two passengers. Tucked amid the exotica at Concorso Italiano was the fresh Zagato-styled, Hi-Tech-built and Superfomance-sold, Perana Z-One sports/GT.
The Perana sports car Z-One is advised in Italy, powered by American beef and bogus in South Africa. The "Z" stands for Zagato, Chief Designer Norihiko Harada application the Italian architecture house's DNA to anatomy a activating supercar.
The sports car Perana Z-One will go on auction in the U.S. through Superformance afterwards its Concorso Italiano admission in August. American buyers will get an allocation of aloof 99 units, so you apparently won’t be seeing one anchored alfresco of your bounded trattoria any time soon.
2011 Perana Sports Car Z-One is beautiful. And the anatomy affection is exquisite. The console gaps put all the cher Italian cartage surrounding it to shame. The administration is absolutely that of a European GT.
The 6.2L V8 agent generates 440hp (328kW) and 430lb-ft of torque (583Nm) of torque, and redlines at 6,600rpm. That's abundant to abscond the 2,630lb (1,195kg) car to 62mph (100km/h) in an estimated sub-4 additional time. Big brakes - 325mm up front, 305mm in the rear - apathetic things bottomward again, while diff breadth A-arms, Bilstein shocks and Eibach springs at all four corners handle the curves.
The drivetrain comes from Chevy, the Corvette's 6.2-liter V-8 carrying 440 bhp to the rear wheels. The Z-One additionally uses the Vette's 6-speed chiral gearbox, but the tubular amplitude anatomy has been engineered in South Africa. Perana claims 0–60 mph in aloof 4 seconds.
The drivetrain comes from Chevy, the Corvette's 6.2-liter V-8 carrying 440 bhp to the rear wheels. The Z-One additionally uses the Vette's 6-speed chiral gearbox, but the tubular amplitude anatomy has been engineered in South Africa. Perana claims 0–60 mph in aloof 4 seconds.
2011 Perana Sports Car Z-One is the bound production, because the attractive anatomy of anniversary Perana Z-One will be handbuilt in Italy by coachbuilder Zagato and again alien in pieces to South Africa area there are absorbed to the vehicle’s chassis. The Z-One's anatomy has been absolutely conceived and advised by Perana engineers in South Africa, admitting the agent sourced from General Motors.
