Farboud GTS inches closer to production

New company switches engines

By PH Staff / Friday, 19 November 2004 / Loading comments

News emerged yesterday at MPH04 that Arash Farboud has linked up with Chris Marsh (son of Marcos founder Jem Marsh) to take the Farboud GTS into production.

A new company has been formed to manage the production. Marsh has moved on from his involvement with the Invicta S1 to found Farboud Sports Cars Ltd. Arash Farboud is a shareholder of the new company as well as retaining the original Farboud Ltd which will manage marketing and promotion.

Coupled with this news is the scoop that Farboud is to switch to using Ford Duratech V6s in place of the more bespoke and costly modified Audi V6 motor that has been installed to date.

Both a turbo and a non-turbo (270bhp) version will be available. Prices will start at a Noble threatening £48K for the normally aspirated version rising to around £56K for the turbo.

There's no disputing the quality of the engineering that's gone into the Farboud. Whether it can take on Noble head to head in this sector of the market will ultimately come down to whether the ride and handling match Lee Noble's considerable achievements with the M12.