Zender Thirty 7
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Zender Thirty 7 |
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| Zender Thirty 7 | |
| Presentation year: | 1999 |
| Vehicle fair: | IAA Frankfurt |
| Class : | Sports car |
| Body shape : | Roadster |
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Gasoline engine : 1.8 liters (169 kW) |
| Length: | 3707 mm |
| Width: | 1720 mm |
| Height: | 970 mm |
| Wheelbase: | 2300 mm |
| Empty weight: | 850 kg |
| Production model: | none |
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The Zender Thirty 7 is a sports car study that HA Zender Exklusiv-Auto , manufacturer of body and tuning parts in Mülheim-Kärlich , built and presented at the IAA in Frankfurt in 1999. Further presentations followed in the same year in Essen and Mexico City and in 2000 in Munich. There was no series production of the car.
history
Hans-Albert Zender founded in 1969 under the name HAZ as a then 23-year-old in his hometown Bassenheim a factory for the production of sporty accessories for automobiles. He did not come from the industry, but was a trained interior decorator. His program initially included bucket seats made of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GRP), which he made by hand in the garage of his future wife's house in Koblenz-Rübenach . In addition, other products made of GRP soon followed, such as wider fenders and spoilers, which the fast-growing company produced for around 20 well-known automobile manufacturers, among others. One of Zender's designers was Walter de Silva .
To emphasize the capabilities of his company, Zender built a number of concept vehicles . One of these cars is the two-seater Thirty 7. It was created on the occasion of the company's 30th anniversary and was the seventh study. This explains the model name (30-7).
technology
engine and gears
The Thirty 7 has a water-cooled four-cylinder in-line engine from the VW Golf with exhaust gas turbocharger and charge air cooling , two overhead camshafts and five valves per cylinder. The displacement is 1781 cm³ (bore 81 mm, stroke 86.4 mm). The engine develops 230 HP (169 kW) at 5800 rpm and achieves a maximum torque of 340 Nm at 3750 rpm. Together with a five-speed gearbox, it is installed as a mid-engine across the rear axle and seats. The gearbox is shifted with a center lever.
landing gear
The front and rear wheels are suspended from double wishbones with coil springs and stabilizers . The brake discs are perforated and internally ventilated, front diameter 290 mm, rear 282 mm. The handbrake is operated hydraulically like the footbrake with a small lever on the center console. The car has 8.5-inch wide alloy wheels with 215/40 ZR 17 tires at the front and 255/35 ZR 18 tires at the rear.
body
The chassis is a monocoque made of extruded aluminum profiles with two integrated roll bars. The two-seater roadster body is made of GRP. The engine receives the cooling air through two side incisions that run from the middle of the doors and up to the fenders. The front window is remarkably flat. A two-part rearview mirror is attached to the top of the window frame. The dashboard has five round instruments; the floor is paneled with wood.
The Thirty 7 is 3707 mm long, 1720 mm wide and 970 mm high. The curb weight (without driver) is 850 kg. The tank holds 45 liters.
Performance
According to the manufacturer, the top speed is 245 km / h, acceleration from zero to 100 km / h is 5.4 seconds.
literature
- Eberhard Kittler: German cars. Volume 5: since 1990. Audi, BMW, Smart, VW and small series. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-02052-1 , pp. 380-383.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winfried Scholz: 50 years of Zender: the company founder looks back on the beginnings . In: Rhein-Zeitung No. 126, Koblenz, June 3, 2019, page 27.
- ↑ Information boards in the Zender Museum Mülheim-Kärlich.
- ↑ Presentation of Thirty 7 on the website zender-historie.de (accessed on June 24, 2019).
- ↑ a b Jochen Übler in sport auto , issue 11/1999, p. 17.