Ginetta confirms development of 600hp supercar
McLaren 600LT-rivalling two-seater will get racing tech and help fund LMP1 programme
Big news. Ginetta has confirmed that it will launch an all-new supercar later this year with a naturally aspirated V8 engine producing more than 600hp. The model, which is intended to infuse motorsport tech and hardware with on-road usability, ought to serve as a rival for lightweight supercars such as the McLaren 600LT and Porsche 911 GT3 RS, although it'll use a more traditional front-mid engine layout.
Ginetta's in-house team is developing and building the car's aluminium block engine, which will come mated to a motorsport-spec sequential gearbox and drive the rear wheels exclusively. The powertrain will be mounted within an all-carbon fibre tub and carbon body, produced by the Leeds firm using the same manufacturing processes it has honed in building its G55 GT4 racing cars. Although details are currently scarce, expect its engineers to also borrow weight saving techniques and suspension technology from the development of Ginetta's LMP1 car.
The same race-to-road transition will be true of aerodynamic package, some of which can be seen in the official - albeit computer generated - preview images. The new model obviously sports a low, prototype-like nose sat between large intakes up front, suggesting that the motor is pushed as far back against the bulkhead as possible. The curving roofline and short, taut back-end is typical of a Ginetta, while the fixed rear wing suggests significant downforce potential.
Although now more famous for its racing efforts, which range from the World Endurance Championship right down to its own one-make G40 Junior championship, Ginetta is no stranger to road car development. It's only been four years since the V6-powered G60 was canned after just 50 were made, and lessons learned from that project ought to be useful in making the new 600hp model a success.
Ginetta chairman and former Le Mans GT2 class winner Lawrence Tomlinson said today's announcement was evidence of how "Ginetta has great untapped potential". He added that the company was "applying knowledge and technology from our racing programmes to build an uncompromised yet utterly capable road-going supercar".
It's a supercar a day at the moment.
what u drive ? a mclaren bosh!!!!!
umm a ginetta ....
eh whats that ?
if this ginetta costs the same as a mclaren 600 lt
and u had the choice ? which one would you buy with your own real money ?
It's a supercar a day at the moment.
what u drive ? a mclaren bosh!!!!!
umm a ginetta ....
eh whats that ?
if this ginetta costs the same as a mclaren 600 lt
and u had the choice ? which one would you buy with your own real money ?
Or are you going to force us to make a decision based purely on the badge, because that's a really silly way to buy a car.
ought to serve as a rival for lightweight supercars such as the McLaren 600LT and Porsche 911 GT3 RS, although it'll use a more traditional front-mid engine layout.
LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
There is simply no way to make a sub £100k car work. With a supercar, you can just stick another £100k on the price when it becomes obvious you have overspent and the customer, who's already paying lets say £1M wont' even blink
Take a look at MALs 2016 financials:
Revenue: £450.6M
Operating profit: £23.5M
R&D Spend: £123.9M
Sales: 1,654 vehicles
You'd have to be completely certifiable to in any way compare a car built by Ginetta to a car built by MAL, how ever fast it around a track......
with big news !!!
and mclaren and gt3 competitor
also is the porsche badge just a brand ? or 70 years of hard racing and development to bring us the finest examples of 911 or other models to our lives ?
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