Zenvo Aurora storms back to Festival of Speed with V12 thunder and new Tur prototypes

It is a fitting sequel to Aurora’s dynamic debut on the Goodwood Hill last year, and the fulfilment of a promise made in the moment. In 2025, as The Duke of Richmond looked over the show car, Zenvo vowed that the next Festival of Speed would see the Aurora in motion, followed by another pledge: that both the Aurora Tur and Aurora Agil would return “at full chat, screaming their lungs out”.

Now, with two Aurora Tur prototypes and a single Aurora Agil showcar having made the journey from Zenvo’s factory in Præstø, Denmark, to West Sussex, that promise has been kept — and we cannot wait to see and hear them unleashed at Goodwood.

The Aurora is not merely another extreme hypercar chasing improbable numbers. It is Zenvo’s declaration of purpose: an all-new platform, a new design language and a philosophy the brand calls an “equilibrium of extremes”. The idea is simple in theory and fiendishly difficult in practice. Every element has to work hard, yet nothing should dilute the sensation from behind the wheel. Power, lightness, usability, beauty and drama all have to coexist.

At the heart of that mission is an engine that sounds almost mind-bending on paper. Designed, engineered and hand-assembled in Denmark, Aurora uses an all-new 6.6-litre quad-turbocharged V12 developed with MAHLE Powertrain. Zenvo is targeting 1,267 PS (932kW) and a 9,800rpm redline from the combustion engine alone, which would make it the most powerful V12 ever fitted to a road car. As if that were not enough, the V12 is paired with a lightweight triple electric motor system, taking total output to a targeted 1,876PS (1,380kW), depending on the variant.

The Aurora family splits that ferocity into two distinct characters. The Agil is the sharper edge: lightweight, track-focused and road-legal, designed for maximum response and maximum commitment. The Tur takes the same extraordinary platform and channels it into a more classically inspired grand tourer, with the promise of long-distance drama rather than outright circuit aggression. Both are extreme, but they express that extremity differently.

For anyone heading to this year’s Festival of Speed, Aurora is shaping up to be one of the unmissable sights — and sounds — of the weekend. A promised return, a screaming V12, and two very different takes on Zenvo’s most ambitious car yet? We can’t wait to see the Aurora Tur and Agil in the metal on Thursday.

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