RE: PH Investigates: Ginetta's Road Cars
Discussion
Herman Toothrot said:
I think it (G40) sound the perfect car for me, I had a good crawl over it at Goodwood FOS last year. For me it needs to be the same price for the base, basic model on the road as the cheapest Elise. The Elise is now quite a polished product and base is £26K. When I was at Goodwood I talked to the designer, sorry forgot name 
he said they were aiming squarely at the Elise, so if its £10K more than the Elise its missed its target in my opinion as a new Elise for £10K less is more likely to get my money.
Base price for an Elise is now £29,230 for the 134bhp 1.6 - if with the 2.0 Duratec this can be lighter and more powerful, mid 30's might not be unreasonable. he said they were aiming squarely at the Elise, so if its £10K more than the Elise its missed its target in my opinion as a new Elise for £10K less is more likely to get my money.geeeman said:
elise is a track focused car
G40 is a race car for the road.. Much higher spec when u look at the fact it has full cage, 6 speed sequential.. etc
so if it comes in at elise price i think it wil do well
Exactly.G40 is a race car for the road.. Much higher spec when u look at the fact it has full cage, 6 speed sequential.. etc
so if it comes in at elise price i think it wil do well
Why don't people READ the original article and the owner of the company's comments?
Then maybe less rubbish and snide remarks would have been written in this thread.
Good luck to Ginetta !
Marlin45 said:
They look good but I just hope their build quality has improved somewhat since my '92 G33 
Strange comment to make.After all in the space of 20 years why would they have changed their build quality.
I Saw these Cars in the flesh & they do look fantastic. Really hope the G40 & F400 do sell.
We should be championing a British Company doing this, not trying to put them down at every opportunity. Why don't people try and find the reasons they may succeed instead of trying to find reason they may not.
tim2100 said:
We should be championing a British Company doing this, not trying to put them down at every opportunity. Why don't people try and find the reasons they may succeed instead of trying to find reason they may not.
Because it's much easier to be a grumpy bugger on the internet than positive - anyone being positive tends to get drowned out in the mass of negativity. For an enthusiasts site PH is extremely conservative, so anything new or different (that isn't from BMW ) is treated with suspicion.Right I am pretty confused, according to this thread
http://www.track-days.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
http://www.track-days.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Ginetta Dude said:
Hi
The car currently produces 180 bhp standard and meets all euro 5 emissions. The duratec 2.0 can be tuned to 250 bhp easily at NO weight penalty. Ginetta now has it's own engine department and dyno's at the factory. The chassis is capable of handling 300 bhp. The car weighs 790 kg. Maybe a standard 180 bhp car with options is the way forward? This is a very raw track focused car. I keep saying this, but I love driving it - even with 180 bhp it just makes you smile.
So is it 150 or 180? The car currently produces 180 bhp standard and meets all euro 5 emissions. The duratec 2.0 can be tuned to 250 bhp easily at NO weight penalty. Ginetta now has it's own engine department and dyno's at the factory. The chassis is capable of handling 300 bhp. The car weighs 790 kg. Maybe a standard 180 bhp car with options is the way forward? This is a very raw track focused car. I keep saying this, but I love driving it - even with 180 bhp it just makes you smile.
otolith said:
Base price for an Elise is now £29,230 for the 134bhp 1.6 - if with the 2.0 Duratec this can be lighter and more powerful, mid 30's might not be unreasonable.
group lotus said:
It’s pocket pleasing too, at £27,500 / €34,450* / CHF48,900, the Elise Club Racer marks the new entry level sports car from Lotus.
If the G40 ends up at £37K like has been mentioned several times in this thread it'll be £10K more than a base Elise. You could buy the base Elise and drop it off at a Link-up dealer and have it Honda'd for basically the same money.Herman Toothrot said:
otolith said:
Base price for an Elise is now £29,230 for the 134bhp 1.6 - if with the 2.0 Duratec this can be lighter and more powerful, mid 30's might not be unreasonable.
group lotus said:
It’s pocket pleasing too, at £27,500 / €34,450* / CHF48,900, the Elise Club Racer marks the new entry level sports car from Lotus.
If the G40 ends up at £37K like has been mentioned several times in this thread it'll be £10K more than a base Elise. You could buy the base Elise and drop it off at a Link-up dealer and have it Honda'd for basically the same money.Herman Toothrot said:
If the G40 ends up at £37K like has been mentioned several times in this thread it'll be £10K more than a base Elise. You could buy the base Elise and drop it off at a Link-up dealer and have it Honda'd for basically the same money.
I could go out today and buy a K series S2 for 10K, spend a further 15K on a honda SC/CC set up and fly past any 40k+ exige for the grand price of 25K!
anonymous said:
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Hoorah to that! Anybody else fed up with all the super agressive, macho styling with strakes and creases at every turn? I hope to see a move to more gentle curves and elegant lines in the future. The market is competely devoid of it at the mo IMHO. Lets hope Ginetta lead the way, they certainly have the styling heratige to make it a justifiable design statement.Earlier on chap was asking about the sort of styling that woud improve ginetta to the next level. Since then I've been trying to think of an example to give.
If there is a car out there that is similar in terms of size and niche that I would say has that sparkle that one would expect of a drop dead gorgeous contemporary design I give you the new alfa C4.
Don't know what its engine is, but before you even turn the key you could spend most of the day just drooling over it.
If there is a car out there that is similar in terms of size and niche that I would say has that sparkle that one would expect of a drop dead gorgeous contemporary design I give you the new alfa C4.
Don't know what its engine is, but before you even turn the key you could spend most of the day just drooling over it.
Edited by julian64 on Wednesday 23 March 17:26
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