Danish firm Zenvo Automotive will quickly showcase what’s labelled the world’s strongest V12 engine fitted to a street automotive.
The handcrafted engine has a 6.6l cubic capability with 4 turbos producing as much as 932kW. When hybridised with an electrical motor the output peaks at 1,361kW at 9,800rpm.
Nicknamed “Mjølner” after the Norse mythology identify for the hammer of the thunder god Thor, the motor is in-built Northampton, UK by German agency Mahle, which provides engine elements for varied mainstream fashions and to Nascar racing.
Mahle additionally owns the Cosworth Know-how Group that builds the screaming V12s discovered within the Aston Martin Valkyrie and GMA T.50 and T.33 ranges, plus the 8.3l V16 that powers the brand new Bugatti Tourbillon.
Zenvo says the brand new Mjølner engine is a bespoke design particularly for the street, quite than motorsport. Will probably be essentially the most highly effective of the fashionable 12-cylinder hearts, and destined for the brand new Zenvo Aurora Agil and Tur prototype sports activities automobiles that may get their public debuts on the 2025 Goodwood Competition of Pace.
The Aurora is the second all-new mannequin from the Danish hyper automotive model for the reason that 2009 Zenvo ST1 two-door coupé. The corporate was based in 2007 by Troels Vollertsen and Christian Brandt.
Different variations of the ST1 embody the Zenvo TS1 GT, TSR, TSR-GT and the TSR-S, well-known for its lively, centripetal wing that makes use of hydraulics to pivot up, down and aspect to aspect.
Growth of the brand new Aurora derivatives continues, with the engineering crew led by chief technical officer Jon Gunner bolstered by homologation director Jorge Uhalte-Nogués, formally from Bentley and McLaren, and chief engineer Javier Castane, beforehand from Aston Martin and JLR.
