Torrents are significantly faster. A good example would be downloading a large file like Ubuntu using a torrent client. The main reason it's significantly faster is because you are downloading the total file in multiple simultaneous streams (and since no single stream could typically consume your available download bandwidth end-to-end).

If you (Zorro Project) provide the Torrent seed, then you control the source file (I believe that's how it works). Then, any participating members would simply need to run their torrent client to improve the bandwidth distribution.

I always prefer torrent for large downloads like Ubuntu. Without torrent on a ~700mb download you could be looking at 1hour+ transfer time from a single source. With a torrent, it could be fully downloaded in a matter of 10 minutes!