Busy time in the USA for the GBS Team...

The start of November has been very busy for the GBS team! We flew to the USA for an amazing event, then headed straight back to the UK to exhibit at the Classic Motor Show. Richard, Matt, and our USA representative, Paul Barnes, had an incredible time representing GBS at this year’s Miata Reunion 2024 at Sonoma Raceway in the USA earlier this month! Our stand showcased a stunning line up of Mazda-based Zeros, joined by several customers who proudly displayed their finished Zeros alongside us.

In addition to the weekend’s event, two freshly completed Zero kits were recently shipped and are on their way to new U.S. owners and have now arrived. Back at GBS we have another Zero that is now packed and prepped for collection soon, and we’re aiming to have it arrive just in time for the Christmas holidays or just after! Excitingly, we’re also launching our GBS USA Hire Car in 2025, giving U.S. enthusiasts the chance to experience the thrill of driving a Zero for themselves.

The Miata Reunion was a fantastic opportunity to connect with our growing community in the USA and it was also great to catch up with many Zero builders out there. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to see the Zeros and talk to the team! Afterwards, the team headed to Las Vegas for the SEMA Show—an unforgettable experience and great day meeting new contacts and suppliers.

Please contact us for more information on the Zero models, USA options, or global shipping.

Zero Self Build Kit arrives in Australia and another being exported soon...

The Zero is sold and enjoyed on the road all over the world, this Zero Self Build Kit recently arrived in Australia last month after being collected from us earlier this year, we look forward to following this build as it progresses and sharing updates with you. Another Zero that recently arrived back from paint that was painted in Porsche Riveria Blue with McLaren Orange stripes is now being prepared for shipment and its packing crate will soon arrive and it will be on the way to USA very soon. Another very nice spec Zero painted in Acid Green arrived in Jersey last month and the build is now underway.
Contact us to discuss the options that we offer and to start planning your Zero build today.

Busy with Zero Self Build Kit collections and exports.....

Its been a busy start to the week for the GBS Team with several Zero Self Build Kits being collected. On Monday we welcomed GBS customer Nick Button back to the GBS Factory to collect his Zero Mazda Plus Kit, that also had some nice upgrades and options including the ATR Shock Absorbers and full paint. It was painted in British Racing Green, we have some more Zeros due back from paint soon that we will share with you on our GBS Instagram, so make sure you follow us @gbs_cars. We look forward to following Nick’s Zero Build as it progresses.

A Zero self build kit was also collected that we exported to a customer in the USA, which will be there with the customer next month. Another Zero Race Self build kit is now being prepared along with another that is also going to USA very soon. For more details about the Zero Self Build options that we offer please click below or contact us to arrange a factory visit and test drive.

Zeros attract a lot of attention in USA and NEW USA Generation2 Zero demonstrator arrives in USA....

With the reopening of the state of California earlier this year in June and after the 2020 event was cancelled, the 2021 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was back on the calendar and took place 24-26th September 2021.  The Long Beach Grand Prix was the last race of the year and where Alex Palou clinched the championship .

We were pleased to be exhibiting again at this year's Long Beach Grand Prix in the Life Styles Expo - Booth 1115.  On display was 2 Zeros, both Cars on display were Mazda powered cars with a variety of upgrades including ATR Throttle bodies and upgraded front suspension and brakes.  

Thank you to everyone who visited our stand over the 2 days of the event, it was great to meet so many people over the weekend and see existing customers too.  The Newest GBS customer Aaron travelled to the event to help out on the stand and finalize his car's specification.

It’s been a busy few months with Zero Self Build Kit collections and several exports to the USA. Including the NEW USA Generation2 Zero demonstrator that we sent to Paul our USA representative, the Zero Kit was collected last month, and meant to be seen for the first time on its build trolley at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach but unfortunately due to several Covid related shipment delays it finally arrived but was just too late to make the event.

But we are pleased that it has now arrived and is safely with Paul for the build to begin, we will share more photos with this as the build progresses.
Please see link below to more details on the USA Self Build or contact us and we will answer all your questions.

Busy with lots of Zero Self Build Kits being exported......

It’s been a very busy month with Zero kit collections and also the export of several Zeros to the USA and other places. Including the shipment of the NEW USA Generation2 Zero demonstrator which will be arriving with Paul our USA Representative middle of next month. We will share more details on the specification and build of this new demonstrator with you once it arrives in the USA.

We have designed a Zero Self Build Kit specifically for the North American Market which is based around the abundant Mazda MX5 / Miata MK1-2.5 as a donor. The Mazda based Zero kit uses the unique design features of the current Ford based Zero. The Mazda MX5 / Miata serves perfectly as a donor, and is readily available worldwide with sales of over 900,000 cars.
The kit utilises MX5’s (Mk1, Mk2, Mk2.5) from 1989 through to 2005 in either RHD or LHD. Other donor and engine combinations are available upon request.

There are several Zeros now registered and on the road in the USA and others that are still being built soon to be registered. Please contact us to discuss the USA options and we can put you in touch with Paul our USA representative. Or click here to see all our Zero Self Build options that we offer.

We are also excited to share with you that the GBS Zero can be seen next month at The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. See more details on our event page.

The GBS Zero can be seen at the 2021 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach....

With the reopening of the state of California on June 15 and after the 2020 event was cancelled, the 2021 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is back on the calendar scheduled to take place 24-26th September 2021.  The Long Beach Grand Prix will be the last race of the year with hopes of the Indy car series championship being determined during this fantastic weekend of racing and motorsports.

We are pleased to share with you all that Great British Sports Cars will be exhibiting again at this year's Long Beach Grand Prix in the Life Styles Expo - Booth 1115.  This year we have expanded our presence with multiple cars and perhaps a few new product introductions to the North American Market.

You will experience all of the excitement as before while being assured that we will strictly follow health and safety guidelines set by state, county and local health officials.

Tickets are on sale now!
Stand Number - 1115.

Zero being enjoyed in Norway....Did you know the Zero is available in LHD?

Richard & Peer at GBS going through the Zero Self Build options. (October 2018).

After several emails about the Zero Self build options GBS Customer Peer Moberg then visited the GBS Factory in October 2018 where the order was placed for his Zero self build kit, Peer also came back to the UK and joined us at the Classic Motor Show in November later that year where we had a stand displaying the Zero’s and a range of parts. January 2019 we were pleased to welcome Peer back to the GBS Factory to collect his newly painted Zero and parts. Peer left with a fully loaded van of parts including a very nice 2.5l Duratec engine dressed with ATR Throttle bodies. After a long drive of 2900km behind the wheel and 4 ferries Peer made it back to Norway.

In May 2020 Peer’s Zero was complete and registered and has been enjoyed on the road ever since and we recently received this collection of photographs from Peer of his Zero, that we wanted to share with you all.

This stunning Zero features - LHD Standard Sport Chassis, 2.5ltr Ford Duratec engine, with ATR Throttle Bodies, Life ECU, Painted with Stripes, Carbon Fibre Bodywork Pack, Rear Diffuser, Momo Steering Wheel and Quick Release Boss, Heated windscreen, ATR Suspension and ATR Brakes.

The Zero range is available in both right and left hand drive due to its symmetrical design and has already been sold and registered into France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Siberia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America and Southern Ireland. For more details about the Zero and what options available please click here.

Zeros out and about in USA.... Morning drive stopping by Chino Airport.

We have sold several Zero self builds to USA now and its always great to receive from Paul our USA representative of customers out enjoying their Zeros. Her are some photographs from a morning drive, along Carbon Canyon, Chino Hill to Brea and back, stopping by Chino Airport. Click here to see more details about the Zero and USA Zero Self build options that we offer, or please email us and we can send you over some details.

We had a wooden shipping crate arrive last week that will be used to export our new Zero demonstrator to Paul in California that will be leaving us later this month/ early next month. We will share more photographs, details and spec on that demonstrator over the next few weeks.

Visit our GBS You Tube Channel to see a short video we created a while ago of behind the scenes at the GBS Factory of a Zero Race self Build kit being packed and prepared for export to a customer in USA. The GBS Zero range is available in both right and left hand drive due to its symmetrical design and has already been sold and registered into France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Siberia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America and Southern Ireland.

Zero being enjoyed in Chile & USA Zero Build featured on YouTube.....

Recently we saw these great shots of a customers Zero in Chile on Instagram and wanted to share them with you all. Nicolás Fernández, who is an amateur car photographer in Chile kindly sent us these photos that he has taken of his friends Zero. Due to the current Covid restrictions in place they have not been able to be out enjoying it as much as normal. To see more of Nicolás photos please follow his Car photography on Instagram here:  @nzfphoto

We love to see your photographs of you out and about enjoying the Zeros and in the garage building them, so please keep sending them in so we can share them with others. Visit our contact page to contact us.

The GBS Zero is very popular in the USA with several Zero’s now on the road and many that are currently being built as well as several more kits that we are currently preparing to export later this year. Back in October 2019 Richard and Anthony were in the USA for the the Miatas Reunion at Laguna Seca with our USA representative Paul Barnes.
On the way to the Laguna Seca, Richard, Anthony and Paul called in to see Frank a GBS Customer in LA who had very nearly completed his build. The Zero build is now all finished and on the road and it was great to see Franks Zero build featured on the SevenSpot YouTube Channel last week. Click here to see more photos from our time with the Zeros in the USA two years ago. Hopefully we will be back in the USA with the Zeros later this year or next.

Zero Self Build on the way to USA & another USA Zero build looking good....

Last week this very nice painted Full Component Zero Self Build Kit was collected and is now on the way to its new owner Sean Wally in USA. Its estimated to arrive in the USA beginning of July, we will share more photographs and updates of its arrival in USA and on the build as it progresses. We are now busy getting another Zero Self Build ready for collection that will be going to a new customer in Canada that will hopefully be collected end of this week / early next week.

Another GBS Customer Brandon Kemmerer over in the USA took delivery of his new Zero Race Self Build in January this year, and its great to see that it is progressing well.

Brandon said “Things are progressing very well. The body is nearly complete, I got the motor dropped in a few weeks ago, and I've been playing with wiring since. I'm waiting on a few items I've ordered to finish off the interior, namely gauges and harnesses but all the interior panels are fitted. Things seem to be going well. It'll be a little bit before it's on the road, but little by little it's getting there”.  

For more details on the USA Zero Self Build Spec please click here or to see the complete Zero range and options please click below.

GBS Zero registered and on the road in Norway....

It always nice to receive an email of photographs from customers. Earlier this week we received some photographs from GBS customer Peer Moberg from Norway, of his newly registered Zero in Norway. Peers collected his full Zero self build kit from the factory in January 2019 and its now all complete, registered and has its number plates fitted, already and waiting to be enjoyed on the road.

This stunning Zero features - LHD Standard Sport Chassis, 2.5ltr Ford Duratec engine, with ATR Throttle Bodies, Life ECU, Painted with Stripes, Carbon Fibre Bodywork Pack, Rear Diffuser, Momo Steering Wheel and Quick Release Boss, Heated windscreen, ATR Suspension and ATR Brakes.

The Zero range is available in both right and left hand drive due to its symmetrical design and has already been sold and registered into France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Siberia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America and Southern Ireland. For more details about the Zero and what options available please click here.

We will soon be sending two more Zero self build kits to customers in USA and Canada. Visit our Zero Self Build page for more details on the Zero self build options or contact us to discuss.

Busy Workshop & another GBS Zero on the way to a Customer in USA…

A very nice spec Zero self build kit is now on the way to another customer in the USA after recently being collected from the factory. This wooden crate is packed full of some very nice parts and lots of upgrade parts including the new ATR Front Brake upgrade which will all arrive in the USA beginning of December.

Another Zero Race kit is now being packed and prepared that will also be going to the USA before Christmas along with all our UK and other European self build Kit collections that are scheduled in for the next couple of weeks, we are very busy and the Zero kit dispatch area is looking very busy with many Zero chassis’s stacking up.

Here is a short video that shows the Zero kit that’s now on its way to USA being prepared and collected. Click here to watch or why not visit our GBS YouTube Chanel to see more videos.

The GBS Workshop is also busy and last week the Workshop seemed to be over flowing with Zero chassis’s that were waiting to be panelled and prepared for paint. If you follow us on Instagram you can see more of what we are upto and behind the scenes of the GBS Workshop… Visit our GBS Workshop page to see what Workshop Services we offer and to get your sports car booked in.

GBS Zero's on display and out on the track in America...

Last weekend (11th – 13th October) the Zero’s were at Laguna Seca raceway home of the famous “Corkscrew” complex of corners for the Miatas Reunion at Laguna Seca 2019. 

We had several Mazda based customer GBS Zero’s on display and were located on the pit road at the legendary race venue and around town during the weekend. Richard and Anthony were there along with Paul Barnes who is our USA representative.

Miatas at Laguna Seca is an annual event for all things Miata with hundreds of cars attending each year.  The event combines hard-core track time with more laid back, friendly gatherings. Given our GBS Zero takes the proven Miata performance to a whole new level we felt it a fitting venue to showcase the Zero to Miata enthusiasts from around north America.

Now in its 10th year at Laguna Seca, the Miata Reunion is an annual celebration of the MX-5 Miata, offering quality track time at an iconic venue for hard-core track enthusiasts, as well as a full plate of off-track activities and social interaction for Miata lovers. It’s the last year the event will be held at Laguna Seca, next years event location is yet to be published.

The GBS Zero is very popular in the USA with several Zero’s now on the road and many that are currently being built as well as several more kits that we are currently preparing to export later this year. On the way to the Laguna Seca, Richard, Anthony and Paul called in to see Frank a GBS Customer in LA who has very nearly completed his build. His 1.8 Miata based Zero is now road registered and he is just making the finishing touches to it before wrapping the car in his chosen colour scheme, he is yet to let on what this is.

Once the Miata’s Reunion had come to an end we took the Zero down a 130 mile section of the famous Pacific Highway 1 from Monterey to San Luis Obispo. This is the first time a Zero has been down this iconic cliff hugging coastal road  often referred to as the PCH.

It was great to meet so many USA Customers and hear how their builds are going and to meet many new customers some of who are taking delivery of their Zero kits later this year, we would like to thank Paul for all is help in arranging the event and making it happen for us and also GBS Customers Dan and Marlin for joining us and having their Zero’s on display over the weekend.

Here are some photographs from the trip and more can be seen on our GBS Instagram page @gbs_cars.

For more details about the Zero USA Self Build Options please click here and to see what other events we are going too, please visit our Event Page.

Nice to have customers Zero back in the GBS Workshop from Norway…..

It was nice to have this GBS Zero back in our workshop last week. GBS customer Peer Moberg from Norway collected his full Zero self build kit from the factory earlier this year in January and has been busy building it since he collected it. Peer returned with his nearly completed 2.5 Duratec powered Zero build last week for us to do some of the final fittings and engine set up.

Peers was with us for just over 4 days and all the GBS team worked together to complete the build and set up including some late nights.  The high spec Zero looked stunning once all completed and Peers enjoyed a road test with Richard once the engine was all set up.

This stunning Zero is a 230 Calibre Spec that features - LHD Standard Sport Chassis, 2.5ltr Ford Duratec engine, with ATR Throttle Bodies, Life ECU, Painted with Stripes, Carbon Fibre Bodywork Pack, Rear Diffuser, Momo Steering Wheel and Quick Release Boss, Heated windscreen, ATR Suspension and ATR Brakes.

The Zero range is available in both right and left hand drive due to its symmetrical design and has already been sold and registered into France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Siberia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America and Southern Ireland. For more details about the Zero and what options available please click here.

This week is another busy week for the GBS Workshop team with them working on some interesting and exciting projects, along with several Zero’s and other sports cars that we have with us for the IVA Service. If you are interested in booking your car in with us for our IVA Service or any other services then please visit our workshop page where you will see more details or please contact us.

We also have a Job Opportunity to join our GBS Workshop team click here for more details.

Another GBS Zero in America & one arrives in Australia…

The Zero range is available in both RHD & LHD and is sold worldwide, we had a Zero kit collected a few weeks ago that will soon be arriving with our new customer in Canada. We are also pleased to hear that the Zero Race kit we sent to New York a few weeks ago got there last week. As did this Zero kit that we sent to Australia a several weeks ago, we now look forward to receiving photos of these Zero builds and following how they progress around the world and sharing with you.

A few weekends back at the factory we had Bruce Coupe come and collect his Zero kit from us, Bruce’s Zero chassis had to be modified to suit his engine choice which was a Kawasaki GTR 1400 motorbike engine. This was no problem for us as we design and manufacturer the Zero chassis in house, we have full control over modifications and developments. So if you are looking for something different or have any questions about what is possible then please get in touch with us, we look forward to hearing from you. Or please click here for more details on the engine options that are available for the Zero range.

We are also looking forward to sharing photographs of our new Generation 2 Zero demonstrator with you hopefully later this week as it is due back from paint very soon! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram, as it might be shared on there sooner! @gbs_cars

Busy with Zero kit collections….

Last week we had Robert Cramb come back to the GBS Factory and collect his new Zero Ford based kit, we look forward to following Roberts build progress and sharing with you all. Its also another busy month for Zero kit collections with lots scheduled for collection this month, including one that we are exporting to Australia very soon as we just in the final stages of confirming the shipping.

We also have this GBS Zero LHD International Spec Mazda/Miata kit with several extras that is all packed and boxed ready for immediate shipment. This is a rare opportunity that we have this kind of spec kit available to be dispatched straight away as current lead time is usually 8 to 10 weeks plus paint is extra time. If you are interested in this and would like more details please contact us, we look forward to hearing from you.

For more details about the Zero self build options please click here.