Ginetta, a well-known British marquee, has bought out Farbio Sports Cars, another boutique UK race and road car maker.

The Bath-based Farbio was founded by race driver Chris Marsh back in 2005. It has gained popularity with its models such as the GTS350 and the GTS400, lightweight vehicles (1048 kg) with race car characteristics but made for the road.

The GTS400 has already been re-named as the F400 by Ginetta and premiered at Silverstone.

“I have been continually impressed by Farbio—Chris Marsh and his team have established a car which incorporates complex design with obvious beauty,” said Ginetta Chairman Lawrence Tomlinson in the press release. He also praised the addition of Farbio’s carbon…

British racing and sports car builder Ginetta introduces its newest car, the Ginetta G40. The 850-kilogram car uses a 1.8-liter Zetec engine from Ford that typically produces about 150 horsepower. The engine has been tweaked, but to titillate us more, Ginetta has not released the exact specs.

Introduced at Autosport International in Birmingham, England, the G40 is built for racing.  It has crash zones at the front and back, side impact bars, and a roll cage the company claims is “50 times stronger than minimum 2009 FIA homologation regulations.”

“We debuted both the G50 and the G50Z at the exhibition and I’m delighted that Autosport visitors have had the first ever glimpse…