South Africa is quickly becoming a hotbed for sports car development, with two new performance machines being announced in the country in just as many weeks. Built through collaboration between Zagato, the Milanese coachbuilders, and Perana Performance Group, the Z-One features a tubular and box section chassis with room for two passengers. Tucked among the exotica at Concorso Italiano was the new Zagato-styled, Hi-Tech-built and Superfomance-sold, Perana Z-One sports/GT.
The Perana sports car Z-One is designed in Italy, powered by American muscle and manufactured in South Africa. The "Z" stands for Zagato, Chief Designer Norihiko Harada using the Italian design house's DNA to form a dynamic supercar.
2011 Perana Sports Car Z-One
The sports automobile Perana Z-One will go on sale within the U.S. Thru Superformance after its Concorso Italiano debut in August. American consumers gets an allocation of simply 99 units, so you probable gained?T be seeing one parked out of doors of your local trattoria any time soon.
2011 Perana Sports Car Z-One is beautiful. And the build quality is exquisite. The panel gaps put all the high-priced Italian vehicles surrounding it to shame. The styling is definitely that of a European GT.
The 6.2L V8 engine generates 440hp (328kW) and 430lb-ft of torque (583Nm) of torque, and redlines at 6,600rpm. That's enough to scoot the 2,630lb (1,195kg) car to 62mph (100km/h) in an estimated sub-4 second time. Big brakes - 325mm up front, 305mm in the rear - slow things down again, while unequal length A-arms, Bilstein shocks and Eibach springs at all four corners handle the curves.
2011 Perana Sports Car Z-One
The drivetrain comes from Chevy, the Corvette's 6.2-liter V-eight delivering 440 bhp to the rear wheels. The Z-One also uses the Vette's 6-speed manual gearbox, but the tubular area frame has been engineered in South Africa. Perana claims zero?60 mph in just four seconds.
2011 Perana Sports Car Z-One is the constrained manufacturing, because the terrifi frame of each Perana Z-One will be handbuilt in Italy with the aid of coachbuilder Zagato after which shipped in pieces to South Africa where there are connected to the vehicle?S chassis. The Z-One's chassis has been completely conceived and designed through Perana engineers in South Africa, in spite of the engine sourced from General Motors.
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