Friday 18th April 2008

Ginetta G50 Road Car

Ginetta builds a track day toy

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No, it's not a spy shot

The first Ginetta G50 road car has taken to the streets around Leeds.

The production car will be very track-focused, but at the same time usable enough to be driven to and from the circuit.

Two versions will be offered – a 3.5 litre Ford V6 and a limited edition V8 -  and there will be some levels of comfort such as a leather interior.

The car will feature in this weekend’s London to Silverstone Supercar Tour, along with the likes of Bugatti, Maserati, Jaguar and Ferrari.

‘The prototype road car has been road registered to put miles on the engine and components,’ said Ginetta boss Richard Dean.

G50 - it takes petrol

‘It’s currently very much in race car trim in terms of its interior and fit, but it’ll never have things like hand-stitched leather.

‘It’s very much a performance car that you can drive to a track, blast it round and drive home again.

‘It will be much closer to a race car than anything on the road at the moment.’

Specification of the road car is very much similar to the Cup car – currently with the same 3.5 litre Ford V6, 300 bhp engine under the bonnet.

Quaife’s six-speed sequential gearbox will transfer the power to the rear wheels. The guide price is £45,000.

A flagship limited edition 520 bhp V8 Zytek-powered model will be released with the aim to be the fastest production car on the road.

Its target price will remain below the £100,000 mark.

Type approval for the car is being sought with a view to building 300 cars combined with the V6 and V8 models.

[K Lo]

does anyone know if this car was in London this morning? Saw something which I couldn't place on the embankment this morning.

[Garlick]

K Lo said:

does anyone know if this car was in London this morning? Saw something which I couldn't place on the embankment this morning.

It was, it's taking part in the supercar parade for the FIA GT- starts in Pall Mall

[kieronj]

I like that a lot!

[paultither]

Very nice indeed!

[Insight]

looks like a mini-Bristol fighter

[rjben]

That is lovely! Looks like a replacment for my old Cerbera.

[bob1179]

I like that. Alot!

Can't wait to see more piccies and see what the interior is like.

[rjben]

Is there a touch of Dodge Viper genetics in there somewhere? Definately the front end me thinks.....

[VladD]

I think it has more than a hint of RX7 about it, not that that's a bad thing.

Edited by VladD on Friday 18th April 11:43

[Podie]

rjben said:

Is there a touch of Dodge Viper genetics in there somewhere? Definately the front end me thinks.....

I thought it was a bit Marcos TSO...

3.5 Ford V6... what's that from then..? Any power / torque figures..?

[scotty_917]

rjben said:

Is there a touch of Dodge Viper genetics in there somewhere? Definately the front end me thinks.....

...or Panamera?

[mrben]

Awesome looking car !!

[RogMcDodge]

I think the rear three quarter view is stunning Brit styling, but I find the front end far too fussy for my liking.

Overall though, big thumbs up.

[ar0u2211]

Podie said:

rjben said:

Is there a touch of Dodge Viper genetics in there somewhere? Definately the front end me thinks.....

I thought it was a bit Marcos TSO...

3.5 Ford V6... what's that from then..? Any power / torque figures..?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

i like!

[Podie]

article said:

The car will feature in this weekend’s London to Silverstone Supercar Tour...

Anyone got any details..!??!

[havoc]

Saw one in the flesh last weekend at Donington, and it looks as good as it does in the pics.

[rjben]

Not a bad thing if you ask me....

Viper



Son of Viper

[chrisbr68]

ar0u2211 said:

Podie said:

rjben said:

Is there a touch of Dodge Viper genetics in there somewhere? Definately the front end me thinks.....

I thought it was a bit Marcos TSO...

3.5 Ford V6... what's that from then..? Any power / torque figures..?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

i like!

Yea its just like the TSO, but not a bad looking motor!

[MrKipling43]

It's at Silverstone this afternoon, so I'm going to pop over and check it out. I'll get some more pics and post a link.

[DM112233]

car looks great... would love to own one