Denza’s new supercar looks like it could be something truly special.
The BYD-owned luxury marque unveiled the finished Z at last week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The brand’s latest creation features a boundary-pushing powertrain that pumps out nearly 1,600 horses and will actually be released in Europe.
The Z has mainly been teased as a Porsche 911 rival up until now, but it looks to have more in common with a supercar than a sports car. That’s because the futuristic speed machine comes equipped with a tri-motor setup (one motor up front, two in the back) that Denza says will be able to produce a shocking 1,582 hp and 914 ft lbs of torque. For the few drivers who somehow think that output isn’t enough, there’s the track-focused Racing and the range-topping Special Edition variants will make an even more ridiculous 1,971 horses.
The Denza Z Racing
With that much power at its disposal, it only makes sense that the Z is fast. And quite fast at that. Denza says the standard version of the EV, which will be available as a coupe and an open-top Spider, can accelerate from zero to 62 mph in 2.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 188 mph. The Racing and Special Edition, meanwhile, can reach 62 mph in just 1.7 seconds and top out at 217 mph. The company also says the last top-of-the-line Z will be the latest Chinese EV to make a run at the Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record this fall.
