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The most recent model by Great British Sports Cars is called 'The Zero' [2] The Zero was designed to be small, lightweight, and purposeful car, suited to road and track use. It is available in 9 colours, and compatible with a range of engines. It is available as a kit, partially assembled, or fully built.
The Avenger GT was the successor to the Aztec in Fiberfab's lineup. Some of the company's early documentation refers to it as the Aztec Avenger GT. [1] The Avenger GT's styling recalls the Ford GT40 — the Mk.I and Mk.III GT40s in particular — but is not an exact copy of the racing car.
The shell of the body is made of Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP), and the bonnet and panels are alloys. The body is mounted on a ladder chassis. The vehicles have a long wheel base of 3.2 m (126"). A variety of power units can be fitted to the kit, including Ford, Nissan and Rover. The suspension, steering, pedal box and master cylinder can be ...
GKD Sports Cars was founded in 2006 when company MD Peter Lathrope purchased the Ginetta G27 project. [1] The car was then modified to improve aerodynamics and styling. The company won car of the year 2006 from Which Kit Car magazine with the Evolution. This included winning 5 out of 7 categories in the competition. [2]
With the 2.0 liter Pintoengine, the car reached a top speed of 192 km/h. The price for a kit was £2,959. The G26 is the most successful variant of the model family. In total, Ginetta sold 284 kits of the G26. [3] Automotive journalists saw the G26 as a very mature car; some consider it the most professional kit car ever offered.
The SeiGHT (pronounced variously as S-8 or 'Sayt') is a sports car manufactured as a kit or factory built vehicle by Westfield Sportscars.It is based on the familiar Lotus Seven concept, created by Colin Chapman, whose design philosophy was to strip a car design down to bare essentials for the ultimate in driving experiences.
The MEV Exocet made its public debut in June 2010 at the Newark kit car show. It is a front-engine, rear-drive, single-donor exoskeleton kit car based on the Mazda MX-5 and was aimed at the novice builder. To this end, the vehicle is designed to make use of as many of the single donor's components with little or no modification.
The car was a radical evolution from the Star and Leader models, dropping the Viva donor car in favour of purpose-built suspension and lighter bodywork. The car was aimed at two markets, the home car builder that required an economical kit that could be built using readily available mechanics tools and the more demanding race car builder who favoured good handling and simple design.