Denza brought its Z to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and Electrifying got a passenger seat and then a turn at the wheel of one of six cars the company says exist so far. Electrifying gives the headline figure as 1,604 horsepower from three motors, one at the front and two at the rear, with a claimed 0 to 100 km/h time of under two seconds. It also seats four, carries a cool box that runs to minus six degrees, and is quoted in the video as charging from 10 to 70 percent in seven minutes. The video gives UK pricing as just under 143,000 pounds for the coupe, just under 160,000 pounds for the Spider, and 172,900 pounds for the track focused racing version.
The number that should interest buyers is not the horsepower but the fact that it does not change. Electrifying reports that all three versions get the same 1,604 horsepower, with the differences confined to aerodynamics, hardware and features such as the boost button and race mode. That makes the cheapest car in the range mechanically the equal of the most expensive, which is unusual at this end of the market and the reverse of how the Porsche Cayenne Electric ladder works in our other coverage today, where output is exactly what you pay for. The buyer consideration the video does not dwell on is timing. Denza says it launches in the UK in autumn 2026 with an initial seven or eight dealers, and the Z is not due to reach customers until the start of 2027. Anyone weighing an order is therefore looking at a launch network of seven or eight dealers and a wait of more than a year before deliveries begin.
On track the presenter's reaction is that the car feels lighter than its weight suggests. The video credits the two rear motors shuffling torque between the back wheels for turn in, along with magnetic dampers that adjust in milliseconds. Track mode carries separate settings for acceleration, drifting and circuit driving, and a boost button releases an extra 30 percent of torque. Denza's second generation blade battery sits under the floor, and Electrifying says carbon ceramic brakes are standard across the range, rated to cope with over 1,000 degrees Celsius. The racing model gets a redesigned front end, extra intakes and a cooling system the video says improves motor cooling by around 50 percent, plus a carbon splitter, underbody vortex generators and a rear wing. Ten exterior colours are offered, each with a choice of two interiors. The presenter's one reservation is that the ride felt slightly softer than some rivals.
Denza's UK plan is laid out in the video. It is a BYD sub brand, and Electrifying notes BYD sold 50,000 vehicles in the UK last year, which the presenter offers as a reason to take the parent company seriously even if the Denza name means nothing to British buyers yet. Three body styles are confirmed, the coupe, the Spider and the racing model, with a further version due to attempt a Nurburgring lap time in the autumn. Daniel Craig is named in the video as an official partner. Personalisation is a large part of the pitch, including different brake calipers and, on the Spider, a choice of hoods. The presenter's closing observation is worth repeating: Chinese manufacturers spent recent years proving they could build affordable electric family cars, and have now turned up at Goodwood with a 1,604 horsepower supercar aimed at the established performance brands.
Bottom line: the fridge is the point. Denza has built something with GT racing downforce and hypercar power and then given it four seats and cold storage, which is a deliberately silly combination and a far better use of 1,604 horsepower than another two seat straight line car. At just under 143,000 pounds the coupe is the one to have, because it makes the same power as the 172,900 pound racing model. The open question is not whether it is fast. It is whether British buyers will spend Porsche money on a brand with no UK dealers until autumn.
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