Ginetta has pulled the wraps off its new supercar
ahead of its public premiere at the Geneva Motor Show. The Ginetta supercar adopts a front-mid engine layout wrapped in a
pretty aggressive carbon fiber bodywork that’s designed to provide huge levels
of downforce. The chassis utilizes a bespoke carbon-fiber tub and power comes
by an in-house designed V8.
The naturally aspirated 6.0-liter, dry-sumped
90-degree V8 is built from a single aluminum billet block with forged inners,
featuring Ginetta’s own design of throttle bodies. Power is said to be over
600 hp and 700 Nm of torque.
The engine is paired to a bespoke six-speed
sequential transmission with carbon propshaft and paddle shifters that not only
delivers lightning quick gear changes, but allegedly also provides a
racecar-like soundtrack. Ginetta claims the dry weight of its new supercar is just 1,150 kg, resulting in a power-to-weight ratio of 545 hp per tonne – and
that’s despite featuring a FIA-spec rollover structure as standard.
The new British supercar’s design has been inspired
by Ginetta’s LMP1 cars, which somehow explains the looks and the race-car
levels of downforce (376 kg at 160 km/h). Weight distribution is a
near-perfect 49:51 front to rear, while the chassis sports adjustable pushrod
double wishbones in all four corners. Although the company didn’t
release any pictures of the interior apart from a single shot of the molded
seats, they have divulged that it will feature plenty of Alcantara, carbon
fiber and billet aluminum.
Despite its hardcore credentials, Ginetta’s new
supercar will also come with ABS, traction control, a reverse camera, automatic
headlights, park sensors, air conditioning, heated screens front and rear,
wireless phone charging and more.
Ginetta will produce just 20 examples of its
supercar in 2020, and 12 of them are already sold. Prices are expected to be
around £ 400,000 (US$ 532,000 in current exchange rates, which means it will have
to do battle with a number of models of exotic rivals by the likes of Ferrari,
Lamborghini et al.
