Even its silhouette looks dangerous.
British marque Ginetta has, after a very long hiatus, confirmed that it will soon be making a return to public roads. In doing so they won’t be fielding an SUV, or a family saloon, or anything of that sort. No, they’re coming back with a V8, carbon-fibre built speed machine. Oh, and it’s got 447kW.
“We’ve come a long way in 60 years, but we still believe Ginetta has great untapped potential. In the 1960s, our G10 was a giant killer on and off the track, regularly beating Jaguar E-Types. Sixty years on, we’re again applying knowledge and technology from our racing programs to build an uncompromised yet utterly-capable road-going supercar. This is not another supercar from a car company: This is a supercar from a top-tier motorsport manufacturer.” – Lawrence Tomlinson, Chairman, Ginetta
Judging by the teaser images that the company’s released, it’s clear that the Ginetta supercar will bear a cabin-rearward design, with a long nose ahead of it not unlike what you’d find on American performance cars. The V8 under the bonnet also seems like a very American touch, though its racing pedigree probably means it has more in common with a highly-strung European thoroughbred than a piece of American clog iron.
That V8 will send power to the rear wheels via a sequential gearbox, which when paired with what appears to be very aggressive aerodynamic addenda, suggests that this thing will probably have heart-stopping performance, both in a straight line and around corners. So please excuse us while we see what exactly we have to do to secure a test drive…
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