Doesn’t look overly complex, either.
At the 2018 Geneva motor show back in March, fans of large left-field, obscure marques as well as enthusiasts of rear wings were given a right treat when Danish brand Zenvo, best known perhaps for sending a test car to a certain UK motoring show that set itself on fire on film, brought out the TSR-S. Essentially an ST1 dialled up to eleven, the TSR-S aimed to provide more driving vim and vigour than anything else out there, while still being road-legal.
It also featured this enormous dining table of a rear wing, which Zenvo calls the ‘Centripetal Wing.’ Apparently it turns on a dual-hinge system that lets it move about to incredible degrees to offer maximum downforce no matter the direction of travel or speed. While that all sounded well and good at the motor show stand, we didn’t have much of an idea about how it would look in action.
But we do now.
We’ve no doubt that the wing provides great aid to drivers aiming to make full use of the 877kW V8 under its carbon-latticework bonnet. However, it must be said that in operation, it looks rather… clumsy. At pedestrian speeds, you can watch it turn tricks like a praying mantis surprised by a water droplet, while braking sees it raise itself in such a way that would be most gently be described as ‘less than graceful.’
Furthermore, we couldn’t help but notice the speed at which the wing reacts… rather, the lack of speed with which the wing reacts. It seems to move about rather slowly, as if the hydraulics that move it about were bought at auction off some salvaged American lowrider. For a hyper-expensive, hyper-fast specialist car, surely Zenvo could have sprung for something a bit faster to react?
Are we impressed? No. Have a laugh and watch the video if you’ve got the time. And stay tuned to CarShowroom as we bring you more updates as they come.
