Post by ferrari512s on May 4, 2014 14:19:53 GMT -5
Zender Fact 4
It was obviously heavily influenced by the aesthetic of the Lamborghini Countach, but the strangely named 1989 Fact BiTurbo concept from tuning company Zender was much more of a homespun phenomenon.
Using a carbon fibre shell and casing a turbocharged V8 from Audi, the ugly bug Zender Fact BiTurbo would have punched through the five second pullaway barrier easily.
If it had ever lapped a circuit it may have been rather svelte too, having tipped the scales at only a shade over 1000KG. Able to produce around 450 horsepower it would have been a beast - and actually recalls the bug-eyed intensity of a Pagani in its hand-wrought magnificence.
Apparently there was a spyder version too - but neither made it to full time production.
We reckon the dream of privateer success on the streets of the eighties would have been harpooned by rising interest rates!
Looking at the concept they built in 1989 to demonstrate their engineering prowess, they were right on the money in the looks department.
It was powered by an Audi 3.5ltr V8 with twin turbos bolted to it pushing out 448bhp. Theoretically it could be driven up to 190mph with 60 coming in 4.2 seconds!!!!! So why theoretically?
I did read that there were problems were getting the engine and transmission to fit properly which resulted in its position being fixed for aesthetics rather that for performance.
The result was a power linkage using belts, so it could move under its own power, well just. However I have found pictures more recently of the car at the Nurburgring, granted on the car park.
History states that it didn’t go into production but it was one good looking car.
Source
www.carstyling.ru/ru/car/1989_zender_fact_4_biturbo/
innotech.www.50megs.com/Zender.html
www.thepetrolstop.com/2013/04/zender-fact-4.html
It was obviously heavily influenced by the aesthetic of the Lamborghini Countach, but the strangely named 1989 Fact BiTurbo concept from tuning company Zender was much more of a homespun phenomenon.
Using a carbon fibre shell and casing a turbocharged V8 from Audi, the ugly bug Zender Fact BiTurbo would have punched through the five second pullaway barrier easily.
If it had ever lapped a circuit it may have been rather svelte too, having tipped the scales at only a shade over 1000KG. Able to produce around 450 horsepower it would have been a beast - and actually recalls the bug-eyed intensity of a Pagani in its hand-wrought magnificence.
Apparently there was a spyder version too - but neither made it to full time production.
We reckon the dream of privateer success on the streets of the eighties would have been harpooned by rising interest rates!
Looking at the concept they built in 1989 to demonstrate their engineering prowess, they were right on the money in the looks department.
It was powered by an Audi 3.5ltr V8 with twin turbos bolted to it pushing out 448bhp. Theoretically it could be driven up to 190mph with 60 coming in 4.2 seconds!!!!! So why theoretically?
I did read that there were problems were getting the engine and transmission to fit properly which resulted in its position being fixed for aesthetics rather that for performance.
The result was a power linkage using belts, so it could move under its own power, well just. However I have found pictures more recently of the car at the Nurburgring, granted on the car park.
History states that it didn’t go into production but it was one good looking car.
Source
www.carstyling.ru/ru/car/1989_zender_fact_4_biturbo/
innotech.www.50megs.com/Zender.html
www.thepetrolstop.com/2013/04/zender-fact-4.html