If You Like The Ariel Atom, You'll Definitely Back The New Zenos E10 Sports Car

We see ambitious startup sports car companies come and go all the time, and sure enough, there’s a new one on the horizon<. Norfolk-based Zenos is the company in question, and it’ll be launching its open-top two-seater E10 sports car at next month’s Autosport International Show. The company is a joint venture between former Caterham Cars CEO Ansar Ali and COO Mark Edwards, and its E10 will feature a mid-mounted 2.0-litre 200bhp Ford engine.

That doesn’t sound like much, but with a weight of just 650kg, it’ll have 300bhp per tonne, enough to launch the car from 0-60mph in under five seconds. The interesting part though is the chassis. It features a monocoque made from recycled carbonfibre, which coats a thermoplastic core. Zenos says this is a “lightweight, strong and cost-effective solution.”

With modest power and a very low weight, this track-biased, but road legal machine, is clearly aimed at the sort of people that would normally be looking at something like an Ariel Atom, KTM X-Bow or BAC Mono. Will Zenos be another sports car startup failure? Hopefully not, as we like the sound of the E10.