Ginetta G40R

[Pistol Pete]

I'm liking this alot:

Ginetta G40R

   

Hope they're sucessful with this, seems to have been given rather good review, especially as its from the main stream press.

[Mark Stanton]

Looks a nice car and with a well proven race background and a very enthusiastic owner with a long standing interest in motorsport - should do well - good luck, British motor industry needs this kind of thing    

[kirkyboy5]

awsome... great price too!

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

The price might sting a bit but compare it with a certain 'heritage' car and it looks like a good deal!

[stewart pickles]

The price might sting a bit but compare it with a certain 'heritage' car and it looks like a good deal!

compare the price to the westfield vxr (without the heritage   )    

and it looks an even better deal      

at last years britcar (24hr race) if my memory serves me right LNT drove the car from leeds to silverstone won the class and drove it back home to leeds    

[Mark Stanton]

and the factory facilities are excellent with a motorsport background and development to compliment road-going cars .......... successful race championships at all levels ......... Ginetta have come a long way and good luck to them a British company success since its take over by Lawrence Tomlinson  

[Nick Algar - Competition Secretary]

Looks a nice car and with a well proven race background and a very enthusiastic owner with a long standing interest in motorsport - should do well - good luck, British motor industry needs this kind of thing    

Totally agree. They said they would do this 3 years ago. Great to see they are

[Pistol Pete]

Ginetta have come a long way

Not for me, went 15 miles down the road to see a G27 with my dad before we built the Westfield when they were based in Essex...then they went up North.

Does look the dogs and I really like hard tops...pity they don't sell as a kit.

[lippydave]

Read this in Autocar this week......

Want one.......    

Not got 30k to spend on a toy tho....  

[peterg]

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Not for me, went 15 miles down the road to see a G27 with my dad before we built the Westfield when they were based in Essex...then they went up North.

different company really, the 'heritage' Ginettas G15, G12   , G4    can all be maintained from DARE UK still based in Essex      clicky  

[8pots]

I really like this as well.  Another british company which is nice to see.

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[Buzz Billsberry]

Not for me, went 15 miles down the road to see a G27 with my dad before we built the Westfield when they were based in Essex...then they went up North.

different company really, the 'heritage' Ginettas G15, G12   , G4    can all be maintained from DARE UK still based in Essex      clicky  

Same company in name and the name was bought by LNT Group based in Leeds which about 2 miles from where I live. Lawrence (owner) is very keen to keep the name Ginetta alive and having brought on the brand a million fold since the 'Robin Hood approach' of the previous owners. The brand new factory and offices are excellent and dedicated to a quality product. The rest of the LNT group ( construction, residential, aviation software etc are all based at the Group HQ. the majority of the factory floor space is dedicated to manufacture of Ginetta cars/products, there's some very interesting race cars lying about including the class winning Panoz that Lawrence and Richard Dean drove in I think 2006? plus they also own Zytek Motorsport. I've organised 2 tours round the factory for the Yorkshire Region which were very successful... LNT are very slick organisation.

nullLNT Group

Buzz

[peterg]

Well Buzz, next time you're over there, ask LNT for a set of G4 or G12 body panels will you....  

they tried to keep the connection going by buying into Spadge's Ginetta Heritage business but that seems to have gone down the tubes now so if you have an older model or want one then DARE are the only place to go  

oh and comparing the Walklett Bros operation to Robin Hood does them a great disservice, they produced cars that were true giant killers in their time the G4 especially so whilst being very much a cottage industry they were by no means lacking in performance or design  

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

I like the new car too and the price is realistic even for a specialist car.

[samcooke]

Well Buzz, next time you're over there, ask LNT for a set of G4 or G12 body panels will you....  

they tried to keep the connection going by buying into Spadge's Ginetta Heritage business but that seems to have gone down the tubes now so if you have an older model or want one then DARE are the only place to go  

oh and comparing the Walklett Bros operation to Robin Hood does them a great disservice, they produced cars that were true giant killers in their time the G4 especially so whilst being very much a cottage industry they were by no means lacking in performance or design  

I suspect the comparison was the owners between the Walkletts and LNT.

Dare is owned and run by the Walkletts, so arguably has far more to do with the spirit of Ginettas of the 60s than the current Ginetta company do.

To me the appeal of small British marques is in the charm of a small scale cottage business run by enthusiasts for the love of cars rather than businessmen for profit.

Westfield, Caterham, Lotus, TVR, Marcos - they've all passed on from people with true passion and vision to companies looking to make cash and build empires and are no longer the companies that they were.

At least LNT are making a good go of it, but I'd far rather have a G4 than a G40R and far rather go to the dusty old Dare sheds in Essex for some instant coffee and tyre kicking session than the slick, shiny LNT factory for bottled water and a guided tour. Especially now they have that daft rebadge Farbio in the line up.

They really ought to bring back the old days when British sports car ruled the world and rioting only happened in one place at a time.