RE: 200mph, 545hp per tonne Ginetta unveiled

[chrisironside]

Good morning Sir, how can I help you today?

I'm in the market for a car that looks like a Jaguar F-Type and an Ariel Atom were in a collision and someone that had never seen either tried to put them back together into one car. Oh, and it should cost no less than 390 000 actual pounds.

Ah-ha, I think I have just the thing sir might be interested in...

[boyse7en]

Maldini35 said:

RacerMike said:

BigChiefmuffinAgain said:

I've often wondered, when it comes to "challenging" car designs, whether the people launching it already knew it was a bit "alternative" or whether they are genuinely surprised by negative reaction.

Is it like "Gosh - I hadn't really thought of that before ?" or have they all been sitting in various design meetings, all holding doubts but no one has been willing to speak up and say "You know guys, I think we may have taken a bit of a wrong turn here..."

I suspect it's sometimes a lack of experience and/or experienced people. You often find that companies that have come from a racing background (i.e. managed by engineers) don't understand the importance of aesthetics over function. A good car design has to be a compromise between engineering and design and knowing how to balance this takes a lot of experience, and some strong leadership. I suspect it's why McLaren have a long standing struggle with aesthetics. They are too heavily biased towards engineering and as such things like the Senna exist. Some senior people will have sat in a meeting and said....yes we could have that looking a bit nicer but we'll lose 2% of the aero efficiency and that's unacceptable. The reality is of course no one that owns the car would ever notice the 2% difference to the aero, but they will notice the goping hole in the side of .

Nice theory....but total BS

I wouldn't say its total BS at all. All stylistic elements of the design of a product are influenced by the performance requirements and manufacturing techniques and are therefore a compromise. Every car ever designed is a compromise of aesthetic and engineering demands.

[BS62]

cookie1600 said:

Toma500 said:

Looks like its been designed by two people one did the back end one the front the back ends winning .

Chrysler Crossfire meets Marcos Mantis M70 in an alley and they rip each other to bits. Fibreglass surgeons stitch the remains of both together?

I was thinking the result of putting a McMerc SLR and Panoz GT1 into a blender then pouring half the mix away.

[cookington]

Looks like the car Homer Simpson designed, can't believe the thread is 4 pages in without somebody posting a picture of it!

Go on then I'll do it.

[cookie1600]

BS62 said:

I was thinking the result of putting a McMerc SLR and Panoz GT1 into a blender then pouring half the mix away.

I did initially think Panoz too, then that someone beat the combo heavily for an hour with a crowbar.

Hey, what do we know. We (well I mean me) don't generally have the money to waste on a whim and thankfully this looks like it will be fast enough to escape the hoards of giggling kids after it's stopped at traffic lights.

As the 13th Duke of Wybourne might say:



"What were they thinking?"

[lestiq]

oh lordy, that is certainly an acquired taste. I prefer my lego technics Clubman I built last weekend

[fernando the frog]

[Cold]

It's all a bit Rinspeed which is either good or bad depending on your point of view. However, I wouldn't be surprised if this did the 'Ring in some outrageously quick time.

[AmosMoses]

I like it, and i hope they do jolly well out of it. Billet engine block is serious!

[fernando the frog]

ZX10R NIN said:

Now I have to say the side profile looks good.

that video just makes me want the original one

[Hoonfest]

On paper this sounds possible but jeeeez it's never going to sell looking like that. Come on Ginetta who on earth signed that off. Such a shame.

[Cotty]

Looks bonkers but way out of my price range

[mooseracer]

fatbutt said:

How on earth is that front going to pass regulations for pedestrian impact?

Also, the side window treatment looks like the mould sagged.

Do they need to with such small volumes?

[cookie1600]

Cold said:

I wouldn't be surprised if this did the 'Ring in some outrageously quick time.

Is that a euphemism?

[D7PNY]

I thought it looked EPIC when I first saw glimpses of the bonnet vents in previous images.

A bit busy now and nowhere near as good looking as their G55 or G40 (me being biased of course owning one!)

I was expecting it to be around the 90k/100k mark going by G55 prices as I had assumed they would be using that as a base (which to be fair I think there would be a good market for!)Saw this price of £400k and just thought WOW!

[Lordbenny]

Whats with those ‘gills’ behind the front wheels? They spoil what is still a hideous looking car! I understand that some people what something different but....let’s face it, I don’t think Lamborghini or Ferrari will be quaking in their boots. However, I’m sure there are some uber rich folk who will want something that will be unique at Cars and Coffee Dubai or wherever they will take them and Ginetta DO have pedigree when it values to quick cars so I’m sure it’ll be no slouch on track!

[howardhughes]

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[Robert-nszl1]

Macboy said:

Good God. I keep scrolling back to look at it again. It's like a mouth ulcer that you find with your tongue - you have to keep prodding it despite knowing it will hurt.

[Mackofthejungle]

Not really sure what to say about that. I know downforce is "in", but....jesus. I can't see them selling any of them sadly.

[Caviar]

im thinking the car is focus towards aerodynamics rather than styling...as for the latter, its just awful