Autocar - Ginetta G60 beats Audi R8 and Lotus EVORA!
Discussion
If I had £68,000 to spend on a car, the ginetta would not even be a blip on my radar.
I wouldn't buy a gtr either, but would someone take it over the lotus or Audi? They do seem to have forgotten Porsche also.
Ginetta do seem to developing, but I wouldn't buy one at 30k let alone over double that. The interior doesn't look very pleasant in comparison to the others. Although gtr interior is pretty horrid. Now I've read the article, no TC or ABS on something ginetta think is a 365 days a year road car, please. TVR of 10 years ago maybe, even Elise has those now.
Couldn't understand the box about saying they didn't bring a cayman along because it would have been slaughtered. Why even mention a base cayman, the price point would be cayman r anyway and some change for fuel. Or would autocars current best drivers car have spoilt the story. You'd also get a solid well designed interior with quality materials and proven image and reliability.
Aside from a cayman, what of the 997? I believe a 997 GTS would be close on price and surely more of a rival? Dunno how the pricing will work with 991, but is this really a rival? 991 Weighs more but has quality and more power... Plus looks like you spent 70k, rather than buying a kit car.
Trouble with the smaller makes is that they normally go in at a different angle and find a niche. Start having a pop at the big boys and they tend to fall short. (usual problem of Audi budget for ashtray design was bigger than ginettas whole budget for the car). Take the BAC Mono, same sort of cash, but I would have one of those in an instant. Same with the ariel atom and even some Morgans.
Seems a bit of ginetta pr and over enthusiasm from sutcliff I feel.
I wouldn't buy a gtr either, but would someone take it over the lotus or Audi? They do seem to have forgotten Porsche also.
Ginetta do seem to developing, but I wouldn't buy one at 30k let alone over double that. The interior doesn't look very pleasant in comparison to the others. Although gtr interior is pretty horrid. Now I've read the article, no TC or ABS on something ginetta think is a 365 days a year road car, please. TVR of 10 years ago maybe, even Elise has those now.
Couldn't understand the box about saying they didn't bring a cayman along because it would have been slaughtered. Why even mention a base cayman, the price point would be cayman r anyway and some change for fuel. Or would autocars current best drivers car have spoilt the story. You'd also get a solid well designed interior with quality materials and proven image and reliability.
Aside from a cayman, what of the 997? I believe a 997 GTS would be close on price and surely more of a rival? Dunno how the pricing will work with 991, but is this really a rival? 991 Weighs more but has quality and more power... Plus looks like you spent 70k, rather than buying a kit car.
Trouble with the smaller makes is that they normally go in at a different angle and find a niche. Start having a pop at the big boys and they tend to fall short. (usual problem of Audi budget for ashtray design was bigger than ginettas whole budget for the car). Take the BAC Mono, same sort of cash, but I would have one of those in an instant. Same with the ariel atom and even some Morgans.
Seems a bit of ginetta pr and over enthusiasm from sutcliff I feel.
On a trackday, the Ginetta every time.
Nissan GTR - a wonderful technical achievement but not sure I'd want to own one - it's just too ugly for a £70k car.
I like the idea of the Evora but not a fan of the design (although it could be a grower) and it just seems a bit too heavy for a Lotus. Reliability worries would play on my mind too.
In the real world, driving to a meeting on a dark, wet winter night I'll have the Audi please.
Nissan GTR - a wonderful technical achievement but not sure I'd want to own one - it's just too ugly for a £70k car.
I like the idea of the Evora but not a fan of the design (although it could be a grower) and it just seems a bit too heavy for a Lotus. Reliability worries would play on my mind too.
In the real world, driving to a meeting on a dark, wet winter night I'll have the Audi please.
Nice headline for a British publication. Try publishing that in Germany and Japan and the readership will quite rightly roll about on the floor laughing.
We all know that what it really means is that, in the right circumstances, on the right day and providing you get a good one, than it can be better in some aspects than a proper car.
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We all know that what it really means is that, in the right circumstances, on the right day and providing you get a good one, than it can be better in some aspects than a proper car.
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As was the Noble, tremendous car, in fact more than that, but just look at the interior, you can almost see, nay, smell the Bostick. Better than a 911, or a GTR, or a M3/M5, give over.
Unless you are a Banker, who has no concerns over money, why would that ever feature as a serious mainstream car ?
Yeah, if you've no issue with 70k, stick one in the garage, but in that case, then get a super silly 7/Radical/Ariel.
Unless you are a Banker, who has no concerns over money, why would that ever feature as a serious mainstream car ?
Yeah, if you've no issue with 70k, stick one in the garage, but in that case, then get a super silly 7/Radical/Ariel.
robsco said:
Have the naysayers on this thread driven a G60? Perhaps it is as good as they say! Us Brits have no passion for our industry.
A point well made.Edited by robsco on Monday 5th December 21:52
When you take an Elise originally with the same engine as a £16K MGF but markets it at £24-£30K with some fine tuning and amazing chassis, then you have a winner. Purely because the various parts as a whole with the engineering ingenuity delivers something special which some drivers have a passion for.
And on the point of comparing with a 991, don't even start, the pricing on the market has moved on somewhat with a Carrera S starting around £90K base price.
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