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2020 Ginetta Akula Supercar

Right here is UK automaker Ginetta’s official “flagship road car” for 2020. Let’s get one thing out of the way: Ginetta’s latest road beast doesn’t have all the bells and whistles its competition has. If you’re looking for McLaren, Apollo, and Aston Martin, look elsewhere. The Ginetta Akula Supercar is a blistering ride in its own right. It’s a supercharged street-legal vehicle with the aerodynamic finesse of racecars.

For most of its lifespan, Ginetta has focused on Le Mans-ish type equipment made specifically for racing. Far from ejecting those conventions, it’s clear Ginetta has found a way to integrate them into the Akula. So, you get a 6-liter V8 engine and a super-light carbon fiber body. The result is a monstrous road foe with the gracefulness of a ballerina at just 2,535 pounds heavy.

Don’t be surprised, then, that the word “Akula” means “shark” when translated from Russian to English. In Sanskrit it means “transcendental,” which might be just as apt a name, frankly. The coat of paint (“Typhoon Black”) lines up more with its marine origins, though. And the tail looks exactly like a hammerhead’s; the headlights, too, are interwoven into this meaning, snout-like facade.

Ginetta chairman Lawrence Tomlinson they designed the Akula to “cut through the air like a shark through water,” adding that “the car unquestionably means business, and I’m proud to be manufacturing a car of such significance in the U.K.”

The Ginetta Akula will cost $371,234, but as the images below make clear, that’s just par for the ride’s incredible aesthetic and performance.

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March 9, 2019 / Comments Off

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Ginetta Reveals Radical 600hp Supercar

Ginetta has released a new supercar in time for the Geneva Motor Show 2019. The supercar currently has no name, furhter details are promised at the Swiss motor show. Despite the challenging looks, the spec sheet looks impressive.

The new supercar has been designed and manufactured in-house at Ginetta’s headquarters in Leeds. Visually, the supercar blends the traditional shape of the Ginetta G55 with Ginetta’s G58 LMP1 prototype race car.

2020 Ginetta Supercar

This Ginetta is mid-engined which allows the British company to fit a deep front nose. At 100 mph, its aerodynamic profile is enough to produce 376 kg of downforce.

The Ginetta supercar gets a 6.0 litre, naturally aspirated V8 with 600 bhp and 700 Nm of torque. The power is routed through a six-speed sequential paddle-shift gearbox supplied by Hewland Engineering with a carbon propshaft. The side exit exhausts look incredible.

Weight is just 1,150 kg thanks to a carbon fibre monocoque and carbon fibre bodywork combination. The weight is distributed 49% to the front and 51% to the rear. The rear wing features the same aerodynamic shape as the Ginetta LMP1 racer. The bodywork also includes a full underbody diffuser and ducting. Despite this, the boot consumes 675 litres of luggage.

The Ginetta supercar has carbon ceramic brakes. The wheels are designed and manufactured by Ginetta. They measure 19 inches at the front and 20 inches at the rear. The suspension features an adjustable pushrod activated double wishbone system lifted from the LMP1 car. The steering is hydraulic power assisted and the steering wheel is an LMP1-inspired carbon fibre unit.

The interior is finished in Alcantara, carbon fibre and billet aluminium. There is enough technology to compete with most rivals. ABS, traction control, reverse camera, automatic headlights, park sensors, air conditioning, heated screens front and rear and wireless phone charging are all available.

The Ginetta supercar will be limited to just 20 examples with production set to begin in 2020. 12 have already been sold leaving enough space for a further 8 customers. Owners will get a bespoke experience from a tailored seat fitting, extensive factory warranty and “immersive ownership experience”.

February 27, 2019 / Comments Off

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The Ginetta Supercar Looks Absolutely Bonkers

An Angry-Looking Supercar

If you want a supercar that doesn’t have the elegance of a Ferrari or McLaren, then we suggest you check out Ginetta’s new Supercar. It looks like the angriest front-engine car we’ve seen in a long time. It makes the old Dodge Viper ACR look like a wuss. It’s a near perfect mashup of the company’s previous models.

We reported on the car not long ago, and Ginetta pulled the wraps off its new car ahead of the vehicle’s scheduled launch at the Geneva Motor Show. The car looks absolutely impressive, and then you take a gander at the spec sheet and get even more excited. Ginetta has made what appears to be an amazing car.

The car has a top speed of 200 mph, a dry-sumped 90-degree 6.0-liter V8 engine, 600 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque, and the engine is paired to a bespoke six-speed sequential transmission. The car only weighs around 2,500 pounds thanks to plenty of carbon fiber. Weight distribution is almost perfectly balanced, too. That’s a recipe for speed and fun, which are two things Ginetta knows about intimately.

The car is the company’s flagship road car that you should also be able to use on the track to dominate the competition. The company said Alcantara, carbon fiber, and billet aluminum will feature in the interior. The car also comes with ABS, traction control, reverse camera, parking sensors, automatic headlights, a full HVAC system with heated seats, phone connectivity, and more. It will compete right with the big names in the supercar market, and we welcome it into the fold.

February 27, 2019 / Comments Off

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Ginetta supercar details: Expect 600 horsepower, price north of $500,000

We got a good picture of what the Ginetta road car would be like last month after a teaser photo was released, and even more details are making their way to us now. It’s safe to say this car looks properly wicked in the first official photos we’re seeing of it. A video of it screaming around a race track just confirms those suspicions. The wonderful, naturally aspirated V8 soundtrack is complemented by the quick shifts from the sequential transmission, making it sound like a proper race car. While it might be capable of dominating a track day, this Ginetta is designed to be streetable.

It has a trunk that will fit two golf bags, a reverse camera, parking sensors, automatic headlights, navigation and an apparently easy ingress/egress. All of this is meant to make the 2,535-pound supercar a nicer place to spend time. Exact power figures and a proper name aren’t official just yet, but we’re told to expect about 600 horsepower and 520 pound-feet of torque from the 6.0-liter V8. That engine is a Ginetta design throughout. You’ll have to remember that Ginetta is no joke of a performance and race car company. It’s been producing performance cars since 1958 and competes in various racing series now.

Ginetta shoved the engine as far back into the driver as it possibly could for a front-mid-engine layout. Weight distribution is 49/51 front to rear, so the engineers were successful in keeping the car balanced. A bespoke carbon fiber tub is used to go with the carbon fiber body panels. Big wings, an underbody diffuser and other aero elements combine to produce a ground-sucking 829 pounds of downforce at 100 mph.

The suspension is race-inspired. A double wishbone front and rear design is used, with its coilovers anchored in the middle of the car and connected by pushrods. Center-locking Ginetta wheels are wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tires —275/35/ZR19s in front and 305/30/ZR20s out back. Carbon fiber discs from Alcon are provided for stopping power.

Price is still a question, but it’s supposed to be under 400,000 pounds sterling. That translates to $532,800 at today’s exchange rates. Yikes. There are more than a few supercars that can be had for much less. Ginetta says it’s already allocated 14 of the 20 cars it plans to build in the first model year, though. After this first year, it plans to build 30-50 cars per year, assuming demand is there. We’ll have more concrete specs on the engine during the car’s official reveal at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. For now, Ginetta is planning to make its first deliveries in January 2020.

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February 27, 2019 / Comments Off

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Ginetta Is Working on a 600 hp Supercar

An All-New British Supercar? Yes Please

The British sporting car company Ginetta has a new supercar in the works. Over the years, the car company has garnered quite the reputation in racing circles. However, it hasn’t spent as much time and effort on road cars. That could change with its new supercar that the company recently announced.

The car will feature a carbon fiber body and chassis and with a good old naturally aspirated V8 engine. Ginetta says the engine will produce upwards of 600 hp. The car was developed in-house, and from the image teased, it will be a front-engine car. Ginetta said it would send all the 600 horsepower to the rear wheels and the big V8 engine would be mated to a sequential gearbox.

As Motor Authority points out the car will likely be similar to Ginetta’s other racecars, like the G40 and G50 models. Those cars also feature a front-engine rear-wheel-drive design, lightweight chassis and body, and plenty of power. Chairman of the company Lawrence Tomlinson said Ginetta has come a long way in 60 years but still has a lot to contribute to the automotive industry.

“In the 1960s our G10 was a giant killer on and off the track, regularly beating Jaguar E-Types; 60 years on, we’re again applying knowledge and technology from our racing programs to build an uncompromised yet utterly capable road-going supercar,” Tomlinson said.

It’s exciting to see the British company working on something new and different. The classic front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout is less common now for true supercars, it seems, and it will be wonderful to see what Ginetta comes up with.

February 4, 2019 / Comments Off

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