14 Facts About Ginetta Cars

Ginetta Cars Limited is a British specialist builder of racing and sports cars based in Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Ginetta Cars was founded in 1958 by four Walklett brothers in Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Ginetta Cars was in a strong financial position at the time of its sale and the Walkletts went on to retire.

In late 2005, Ginetta Cars was acquired by LNT Automotive, a company run by racing car driver, engineer and businessman Lawrence Tomlinson.

Ginetta Cars's aims were in line with the founders; to produce innovative, capable and great value sports cars.

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In mid-2007, Ginetta moved to a factory near Leeds, with a target to sell 200 cars per year.

In March 2010, Ginetta Cars acquired the Somerset-based sports car manufacturer Farbio, and re-badged their car as the Ginetta Cars F400.

In March 2011, Ginetta Cars launched the G55, which competed in the Michelin Ginetta Cars GT Supercup and was built to comply to the GT3 class regulations.

In October 2011, Ginetta Cars launched the G60, a two-door mid-engine sports car developed from the F400 and powered by a Ford-sourced 3.

In 2017, Ginetta Cars acquired Blyton Park test circuit near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, as a proving track to help develop road and race models.

However Ginetta failed to make a homologated version of the G10 in order for it to keep competing and as a result, it was forced out of the competition with a total production of only three cars.

Sales of the GRS Tora helped Ginetta stay afloat in the 1980s, but by 1988 Tora production gradually came to a halt as the market was changing and donor cars were becoming rarer.

Only two were built, and Ginetta went back to its main business of making sports cars.

Michelin Ginetta GT4 SuperCup is a single-class race series which features the Ginetta G50 and G55 sports cars; running in support of the British Touring Car Championship.