Ex-Caterham boss Ansar Ali has secured the funding to start development on a brand new sports car.
Produced under the trademark Zenos, is project E10 based around a Lotus Elise medium-sized platform, with a supplied by Ford 197bhp 2.0-liter engine mounted in the middle. Completely hope Ali E10 will weigh 650kg, which gives the car a power to weight ratio of 296bhp per tonne.
Direct-injection engine is a newer generation of HE420 Duratec unit used by, among others, Caterham. More powerful, supercharged variants of the car is also planned for the future.The E10 bodywork is built around an aluminum tubular chassis with a tub and bodywork made of recycled carbon sheet.
Financing of the car has gotten through Niche vehicle network, which is supported by the Department for business, Innovation and skills. Zenos has at least two other designs that are planned with E11, an open-top model, scheduled for 2016 and E12 coupe wrote to 2018.E10 is set to target the Vuhl 05, KTM X-Bow and, of course, Caterham's seven 620R in terms of performance, and will launch next year. Pricing for the E10 has not yet been announced.
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