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Stop press! Impossibly obscure British sports car manufacturer gets bought by another almost as obscure British sports car manufacturer. Yes, that Farboud thingummy that became a Farbio GTS or something (did it? Um, we think so) has now been bought by Ginetta. Yes, you know, Ginetta. Yes, of course they're still going. Well, they were when we wrote this.
The flagship 410bhp supercharged Farbio GTS is now going to be rebadged as the Ginetta F400, and still be made at Farbio's base in Bath, while Ginetta carries on making its own G40 and G50 cars in Leeds. Which all sounds a bit mental, but who are we to argue?
When it goes on sale as an all-carbon, no-frills 911-rival of sorts, it's expected to cost around £90,000. Good luck chaps.
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Twister commented on this article
at 05:36 pm on 16 March 2010
Its not really that exciting is it??? looks more like a lotus rival rather than a Porsche rival. but 410BHP doesn't sound that bad.
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Abarth52 commented on this article
at 05:56 pm on 16 March 2010
Fab news, Ginetta are quite big in Motorsport now, they have 3 one make championships at the moment and have a strong contender for Le Mans this year with the Three Mansells (Nigel, Greg, Leo) in a Zytek powered Ginetta (correct me if wrong), ok it won't beat those diesels but it could well rival the Astons this year! So for them to buy out another british sports car company seems to make sense, it even looks like a ginetta which helps, with 410bhp and looks like that Noble from a couple years back i think it can rival the 911 (and get wooped) because it is in that class, a Lotus is only 200bhp odd and smaller than this car (despite the image making it look smaller than a Mini haha)
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scottneal commented on this article
at 06:33 pm on 16 March 2010
I have a car calendar and in amongst the Zonda's and Scuderia's was this. What ?!?
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dolan1977 commented on this article
at 11:42 pm on 16 March 2010
If you're going to buy a "kit car" for £90,000, you may as well get a 4wd Japanese import and tune it. One of my friends bought an ex JDM Nissan Pulsar with 550bhp (450Nm torque) for around £9000.00. I have never been in any car that handles and goes as well as it does.
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EvoizeMeCaptain commented on this article
at 11:59 pm on 16 March 2010
@ dolan1977: goes like hell, maybe; but it looks like sin. This Ginetta looks remarkably similar to the Koenigseggs. Dunno if I'd take it over a Porsche, though.
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