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Zenvo ST1-Based TS1 and TSR Debut in Geneva

You know what really grinds my gears? Indecisiveness. Danish supercar company Zenvo is a case in point. Since 2009, Zenvo has made only one model - the ST1. Now we have the TS1 and a question has to be posed: what the hell were they thinking?
2016 Zenvo TS1 and TSR live at the Geneva Motor Show 26 photos
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ST1, TS1, what the what now? Confusing as it may be, the TS1 is much the same car as the ST1. Curious what is different between the two siblings? Nope, nope, nope. It’s an updated cabin. For crying out loud, Zenvo! Better materials and build quality, better seats, and a different steering wheel aren’t enough for a frigging uninspiring name change.

It’s certainly better than the uninviting interior of the Zenvo ST1, which is a sea of black darker than a crow’s soul and more desolate than Pripyat, Ukraine. I kid you not, that’s all there is new on the TS1. On the suck-squeeze-bang-blow front, there’s a 6.8-liter V8 tower-of-power force fed to produce 1,104 horsepower (810 kW) and 1,054 lb-ft (1,430 Nm) of torque. Exactly the same output of the ST1. What 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h)? Nope, nothing new here. Three seconds flat.

The disappointing Zenvo TS1 is the gray one in the featured pic. As for the yellow car, that’s the Zenvo TSR. Compared to the TS1, it is a hell-bent for leather track-oriented machine with Michelin racing slicks, carbon fiber discs and red-painted brake calipers. The black-painted rear wing is the redeeming go-faster attribute. A quick-fill fuel cap, racing bucket seats, and a roll cage round off the TSR nicely.

No information on starting price or production allocation on the TS1 and TSR, though. I know this is wishful thinking, but I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed Zenvo will clean this disappointing Geneva Motor Show act with something better (as in something completely different) at next year’s edition.

P.S.: When it comes to Zenvo, beware of fire.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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