Low-volume British sports car makers are often both ambitious as well as persistent, but rarely does this pay off. Farbio Sports Cars – recently renamed from Farboud, in apparent acknowledgement of the fact that Italian-sounding sports car names have more allure – is one outfit whose ambitions and persistence have been more serious than most. After years of honing the original concept, their new GTS has been shown in production form. The mid-engined, lightweight coupé sports a V6 engine in either normally-aspirated or supercharged form, wrapped inside a suitably lithe and compact carbonfibre body replete with all the familiar supercar cues: casual observers will identify hints of GT40 with a whiff of McLaren F1 in the pleasantly cohesive external design (even if, as expected, the parts-bin interior isn’t exactly a paragon of luxury). Whether this sporty appearance will manifest itself appropriately in the driving experience remains to be seen, but encouragingly, the order books have already been filling up fast.
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