Yorkshire-based race car manufacturer Ginetta has released images and details for its all-new supercar, ahead of its formal public unveiling at the Geneva International Motorshow.

Using knowledge from its various racing exploits, Ginetta’s in-house team has created this new road-legal supercar, which infuses technology from its G60-LT-P1 LMP1 car. Just 20 examples will be manufactured in its first year of production; 60% are already sold.

It features a full carbon fibre monocoque chassis within carbon fibre body panels, and will be powered by a dry-sumped 6-litre 90-degree V8, constructed from a single aluminium billet block, manufactured in-house by Ginetta’s engineers. It’s power tops 600bhp, with torque figures of 700Nm, resulting in a Power to Weight ratio of 545bhp per tonne. Being naturally aspirated engine response is immediate and balancing the car on the throttle requires no electronic aids.

“Racing at the highest level has taught us that to win you have to have your overall car concept and every detail exactly right, and we’ve brought that same philosophy to our first supercar,” said Ginetta chairman Lawrence Tomlinson.

“Starting with a blank sheet of paper allowed us to create a true mid-mid engine design with an all carbon monocoque, LMP-derived aerodynamics and an in-house designed powertrain resulting in a driver-orientated package for the road.”

The car takes direct cues from the aforementioned LMP1 machine. Its rear wing (the same aerofoil shape as the LMP1 racer), underbody diffuser, efficient body ducting and slash-cut side-exit exhausts work together to create smooth airflow, with downforce at 100mph totalling 376kg, just 5% less than Ginetta’s LMP3 car. This has been achieved without the use of active aerodynamics.

It also features adjustable pushrod activated double wishbone suspension system, as used in Ginetta’s LMP1 car. This driver connection is heightened through the hydraulic power assisted steering, with an LMP1-inspired carbon fibre steering wheel with billet aluminium shift paddles, and a fully adjustable floor-mounted pedal box.

Its gearbox is bespoke, a six-speed sequential paddle-shift unit with a carbon propshaft.

Inside the cockpit, driver and passenger sit in lightweight ergonomic seats moulded into the car’s carbon tub. Alcantara, carbon fibre and billet aluminium are all present in the interior, which is filled with practical techniques to further bolster to the car’s usability.

With ABS, traction control, reverse camera, automatic headlights, park sensors, air conditioning, heated screens front and rear, wireless phone charging and more, the new supercar offers “real-world practicality” and a dry weight of just 1150 kilograms.

Each owner will be taken through a bespoke specification programme with myriad configuration options available. Ginetta will also take customers through a tailored seat fitting to ensure each car fits the driver perfectly, support the cars with an extensive factory warranty and offer an immersive ownership experience, further details of which will be announced at Geneva.

Tomlinson added: “When setting out on this project, it was important to me that being an owner of this car felt as individual and special as the car itself. We’ve always been a straightforward, personal and inherently British company and with this car, we’re offering the chance to own a limited production, truly bespoke supercar built alongside machines from the top level of prototype racing.”

“Our customers will get the opportunity to take to the race track in race cars built alongside their car and shake the hands of the engineers that built them. Our customers become part of the family and we believe that really sets Ginetta and the car apart in the supercar world.”

“I have felt for a long time there was a gap in the market at around the £400k price point for a genuinely low production number supercar, with proper craftsmanship and true race-derived know-how and technology. Production will be limited to just 20 units in the first production year of 2020, with 60% of this allocation already sold before the car has been revealed.”

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