2011 Zolfe GTC Road Rocket! Road legal! 2.0 DOHC 6-Speed AC PW F1 Design!

2011 Other Makes Zolfe GTC Prototype #004 Description

2011 Zolfe Road Rocket Coupe

Motoexotica is pleased to offer the opportunity for one of our clients to own one of the only road legal Zolfe’s available in the States! This model is the GTC Preproduction Prototype #004 that was assembled in Atlanta Georgia by ZolfeUSA in 2011. This never seen Road Rocket wears US vin #002! The Zolfe has performance specs of exotic supercars with power weight ratio of about 8 pounds per horsepower. This car is just as happy on the track as on the road and even comes with the optional air conditioning and cup holders! The Zolfe is finished in black exterior paint with a orange racing stripe that continues the orange accent with the full tube chassis inside. Please make sure to check out the video test drive of this rare British pocket rocket on the Motoexotica Youtube channel!

The Zolfe is the work of the ex-technical director of Caterham, Jez Coates and entrepreneur Nic Strong. The Zolfe has been put together by several companies that include Stadco, MTCE, AP Racing, Simpact, Powertorque Engineering, Avon Tyres and KN Engineering. It’s a back to basics true sports car, with little in the way of comforts, however it’s designed to be a lightweight road legal track car and has a 2.0 Ford unit with 170+bhp on tap, with a power to weight ratio of about 8. Supercar number, combine for V8 like performance and mind-numbing handling. This Zolfe is one of only a very few to be legally titled for USA road use.

Stadco are a tier one supplier to the high volume car industry with customers that include Land Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Ford. Stadco have engineered and set-up North American production of the Ford GT, the recent re-incarnation of the multiple Le Mans winning icon, the Ford GT40. The GT’s aluminium space frame is testimony to Stadco’s wide ranging capability in vehicle structure design.

Simpact provides specialized computer aided engineering and 3D digitization and has provided specialty design for companies such as Lotus, Chevron, Caterham and Lola. Simpact’s computer model allows optimization of chassis structure, permitting proper gauge and diameter of every tube in the structure. This eliminates redundant tubes that offer no benefit to the chassis and ensures maximum torsional stiffness, crash prediction, and improvement of crashworthiness of the chassis structure, while limiting unnecessary weight.

Multimatic has four operating groups that provide products for the automotive industry and has provided expertise for four different Formula 1 teams. With Zolfe, Multimatic was engaged in the suspension design and geometry for optimal handling performance.

Multimatic’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities provide a wide range of capabilities that can be tailored to meet any product configuration and process requirement. In-process verification techniques are employed at all production stages to ensure “built-in” quality, from the first to the millionth part. A host of purpose built functional and durability test equipment and walk-in environmental chambers are used to validate ongoing compliance with all customer performance requirements. Multimatic boasts an outstanding quality record having received the highest level awards from its customers including General Motors’ Supplier of the Year, Ford’s Gold World Excellence Award and DaimlerChrysler’s Platinum Pentastar.

While regulations requirements in the us pretty much killed Zolfe production in the USA. The Zolfe is still in full production in the UK and they now offer 4 different models of the Zolfe starting at £38,000 or $59,000 USD. Please take a look at the Zolfe website for more current information at www.zolfe.com. Also make sure to check out the Zolfe manufacture video hosted by creator Jez Coates at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3-86WNTXgM

The current mileage shows 1,392 miles. The VIN number is SA9ALD0M8AS162002 and is being sold on a clear and clean title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!