Autosport 's Car of the Year? The Ginetta G50
Lawrence Tomlinson bought historic British car maker Ginetta in 2005, and in just three years his team has hit it over the wall with the maker's first car under his tenure: the Ginetta G50, has taken Autosport's number one slot in its Top 10 Cars of the Year.
The G50's attractions are obvious: It is light (1,750 lbs), powerful (300 horsepower six-cylinder), and relatively inexpensive (£35,000-or around $51,000 USD). It comes in three flavors for now: Roadgoing coupe, G50 Cup Car, and a GT4 model for the FIA GT4 series. The Cup Car had its own one-make race series in Britain, and that was so successful it also won an award in Motorsport News. Coming in 2009 for Ginetta: a G50Z for GT3 competition, an electric Ginetta G50, and expansion onto the Continent with a one-make series in Spain fielding the Ginetta G20.
[Source: Ginetta]
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Mobius_1 7:21PM (12/27/2008)
I have to confess that I have never heard of it before. But good to hear an independent British sports car maker soing well and making good cars.
And that looks goooood.
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larry a 2:17AM (12/28/2008)
I have to admit I've never heard of it either, and I play GT4 a lot, well I used to. But 800kg, mid engine, 300hp holy crap I want one so bad, and then boost the sh!t out of it!!!
CarbonBlack 7:21PM (12/27/2008)
I love obscure supercars!
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carlbolt 7:34PM (12/27/2008)
It looks spectacular. butis the clearance is too low? Is it only good for race track? I guess the bumper will hit road for any kind of slope.
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poop 8:46PM (12/27/2008)
oh man the viper won!.............oh wait it's just another foreign car taking cues from one of the , if not the best car design ever....the dodge viper.
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CFelectro 11:17PM (12/27/2008)
looks more like a TVR then a viper
Quan 8:50PM (12/27/2008)
I had wondered why this car seemed to never get any coverage. Everyone was hyped on the GT-R and ZR-1 all the time (somewhat understandable I guess). 300 horsepower and only 1750 lbs. sounds pretty spectacular to me.
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Chase 10:10PM (12/27/2008)
1750 lbs is spectacular. That's lighter than an Elise, with almost twice the power, and nearly the same price. That's a screaming deal if I've ever seen one. Just don't expect much of an interior (hahaha)...
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pottz 11:23PM (12/27/2008)
crazy brits will they ever stop making insane cars like this?
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Richard 12:45AM (12/28/2008)
I believe it is using the Ford 3.5L V6. Or at least a high performance version of it.
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waiownsyou 12:46AM (12/28/2008)
Wait, is that where you put the gas? In the window? What the hell?
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joe_Flow_1 3:13AM (12/28/2008)
That thing is really cool, what even better there is a full electric version.... Lets see if Tesla can compete!
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Jeff 6:25AM (12/28/2008)
Overly designed Corvette ripoff
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jp 12:01PM (12/28/2008)
Dodge made a baby Viper?
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