Perana Z-One

Zagato's New Perana Z-One in Person at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show

Of all the countries in the world producing sportscars, South Africa may not spring to mind first. A small sportscar-maker called Noble operates there, and we recently reported on the new Barnard, but at the ongoing Geneva Motor Show this year, a new player called Perana popped onto the scene with the Z-One. Designed by venerated Milanese styling house Zagato - the same people who brought us the one-of-a-kind Ferrari 575 GTZ, the Spyker C12 concept car and the $1.7m Bentley Continental GTZ - the Z-One was perhaps the most beautiful new car presented at this year's Geneva Motor Show...and that's saying a lot. Power is provided by a Corvette-sourced V8 engine, and prices start at 50,000 euros. Not chump change for most of us, but a steal nonetheless for one of the most breathtaking sportscars money can buy. See for yourself in the gallery below.

Gallery: Geneva 2009: Zagato Perana Z-One

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Perana Ltd. Edition Z-One Supercar by Zagato

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Earlier this month we wrote about the $1.7 million Bentley Continental GTZ designed by famed Italian coachbuilder Zagato. Now they have designed a less expensive but hardly less attractive new supercar for South Africa's Perana egineering, dubbed the Z-One (above). Slated to debut at next month's Geneva Motor Show, only 999 examples of the stylish GT will be built at a price of about $115,000. The limited production is due to the fact that the body of each Perana Z-One will be handbuilt in Italy by Zagato and then shipped in pieces to South Africa to be attached to the vehicle's chassis. Under the hood lies a 6.2L LS3 V8 engine sourced from General Motors' Corvette. The engine will allow the Z-One to do 0 - 62 mph in less than four seconds and reach a top speed of close to 200 mph.

[via MotorAuthority]

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