Motorbike engine Honda Fireblade powered Zero build…….

The Zero Custom Kit is one of our popular options, offering the flexibility to tailor the Zero to your preferred engine configuration. Whether you're using an already compatible engine or opting for a completely custom installation, this kit allows you to fully customise the powertrain and other key aspects of the car.

Recently, a customer chose a Honda Fireblade engine for his Zero, along with a custom roll bar that the GBS team fitted to his original chassis. This marks his 4th Zero build, and he wanted something a bit different this time around. He's now ready to start his build! Check out our GBS YouTube channel for more details on this unique Honda Fireblade Zero build, and hear directly from the customer. You can also watch another video on a completed Kawasaki 1400 GTR-powered Zero, which is already being enjoyed on the road!

For more information or assistance with your own custom build, feel free to reach out. Our expert team is here to help you bring your automotive vision and dream to life!

Last GBS Track Day of 2024 date is confirmed....

Mark your calendars for Saturday, 5th October, the last GBS Track Day of the year is happening at Blyton Park! We’re excited to invite all Zero owners to join us for a exciting day on the 1.5-mile outer circuit.

With an open pit lane running from 9 AM to 5 PM, you’re guaranteed plenty of track time to push your Zero to the limit. The GBS team will be there with our own Zeros, offering passenger rides with one of our team members. Passenger passes and helmet hire will be available on the day through Javelin Track Days.

For more details and to book your spot, visit our event page. We recommend booking soon, as spaces are likely to fill up quickly. We hope you can join us and we can't wait to see you there and share an excitng day on the track!

Until next year..... Great evening at our final Friday Night at the Factory event of the year.....

Until next year….. A big thank you to everyone who joined us last Friday, August 30th, for our final GBS Friday Night at the Factory event of the year. It was another fantastic evening, and we couldn’t have asked for a better way to close out the season.

Gates opened at 5 pm, and it didn’t take long for the car park to fill up with an incredible variety of vehicles, creating a vibrant scene as always. Everyone enjoyed the freshly baked pizza, which was so popular it sold out, and enjoyed drinks served throughout the evening raising money for our Chosen Charites Notts & Lincs Air Ambulance & Cancer Research.

We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has joined us throughout the summer at our Friday Night events. We’re already looking forward to bringing back Friday Night at the Factory events next year.

We’ll also be adding a few more exciting events to the 2024 calendar soon, so be sure to keep checking our events page. We can't wait to see you all again next year!

Exciting News: We are supplying ATR Products for the New TOCA Junior Championship....

We are thrilled to announce that we will be supplying a range of ATR products to the newly launched TOCA Junior Championship. This exciting development comes after an extensive testing program, and we are now gearing up for the start of manufacturing in the coming weeks.
Since the Championship's concept was first announced, they have been overwhelmed by the incredible interest from teams and drivers eager to join the grid. It’s truly inspiring to see such a strong appetite for junior racing in the UK, and we're honoured to be part of this journey. 

Behind the scenes, everyone has been working tirelessly to finalise the car's design and set up. Last week was the unveiling of the car to prospective teams and drivers at the Mercure Hotel in Daventry.
Now the team will shortly be heading to Donington Park to showcase the car within the British Touring Car Championship paddock. This is a thrilling opportunity, as the public will get their first look at the car and share their reactions. It’s just the beginning of what promises to be an exciting season ahead!
These launches not only mark the countdown to our inaugural race but also set the stage for more exciting announcements in the coming weeks and months. We can't wait to share what’s next! Stay tuned for more updates on the New TOCA Junior Championship by following them on social media and visit their website to see more.

Join Us for the GBS Drive Out... All cars are welcome to join.

Join us for our next GBS Drive Out on Saturday, 14th September, and this time, we’re opening it up to all cars—not just Zeros! We’ll gather at GBS Cars for a scenic drive through stunning country roads, covering around 50-60 miles.

The route will lead us to a picturesque spot about 30 miles from GBS, where we’ll capture some fantastic photos and videos. After that, you’re free to head home or stick around for some food and drinks with the group.

This is an open event, so all cars are welcome! If you’d like to join, please confirm your attendance so we can plan accordingly and share the final details, including the route, closer to the date.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, 14th September. Fingers crossed for great weather! For more details about this and other upcoming events, check out our event page.

Evo Magazine visits GBS & enjoys the Zero out on track.....

GBS ZERO: THE 21ST CENTURY CATERHAM 7…….

Its been a busy few months for the GBS team with lots of exciting things planned and happening. We were thrilled to recently welcome the team from Evo magazine to our GBS headquarters. The visit was an excellent opportunity to showcase what we do best—crafting exceptional sports cars. Evo’s visit included a behind-the-scenes look at our workshop, where they met with our dedicated team and learned more about the meticulous process that goes into building our cars and products.

But the day didn’t end there! Before their visit we also had the pleasure of joining Evo on one of their track days with our Zero demonstrator at Bedford Autodrome, putting our car through its paces on the track. The Zero performed brilliantly, demonstrating the performance and handling that make it a standout choice for driving enthusiasts. We’re excited to share that you can now read more about this in the latest issue of the EVO Magazine (September 2024 Issue /325). Buy your copy of EVO Magazine here.

These are just a few of the exciting things happening at GBS right now. With more events, collaborations, and product launches on the horizon, there’s plenty to look forward to. We will share more updates with you soon.

We are extremely proud to have raised money for the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance charity...

We are extremely proud to have raised a fantastic £1,852.29 for the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance charity. A big thank you to all the generous donations we receive at our Cars & Coffee events and other events we host. We were delighted to be invited to the LNAA HQ yesterday to meet the team and see what happens behind the scenes as well as present some of the amazing team with a cheque yesterday for the money that we have raised so far. The helicopter was out on a mission when we visited but we saw the Critical Care Cars which are just as amazing equipped with the latest medical technology, and we got to see what is involved in the service that they offer which is truly amazing.
The money raised helps buy vital equipment that allows the crew to take critical A&E care to injured people and save lives. The Air Ambulance is called out 4-5 times a day on average, often dealing with traumatic scenes. We are in awe of the amazing work that they do saving lives every day – Which is all funded by donations. Click here to see more about Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance charity.

We are also pleased to collect for the Cancer Research UK Charity at our events too. We all feel and hope you agree that The Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance is a fantastic service and has helped & will continue to help many people, as well as the Cancer Research UK that is again a fantastic charity that makes a big difference to so many people and their families. We look forward to raising more money from future events for these fantastic charities, visit our event page to see more details about our events. (The next GBS Cars & Coffee event will be announced soon).

Thank you for your generous donations….

Workshop Services at GBS.... Not just for Zeros....

Here at Great British Sports Cars we have a fully functioning Workshop offering a multitude of specialist services. These services certainly aren’t exclusive to the Zero or even Seven’s.
We have the pleasure of working with lots of different specialist cars, including 1930 AC, Brabham 1960 F2 Race car, Several Porsche Speedsters, GT40, Electric Powered Passenger vehicles to name a few.

Our routes are deeply embedded in the seven market, therefore we have gained a significant knowledge and great reputation in getting hundreds of cars through the IVA process, from almost every manufacturer that has blessed the kit car market. Nothing has beat us yet!

IVA Service: IVA Appraisal / Pre Check IVA Works:
One stop shop for all CAD Cam design, CNC fabrication, Inhouse Fiberglass / Composite, great understanding of M1 IVA standards and creative problem solving solutions, in house auto electricians, Emissions tuning, Dyno tuning, 4 Wheel Geometry. IVA approved Wiring solutions. - Completion of all IVA Paperwork and Registration. - Specialist IVA related testing equipment.
We offer many services including Upgrades / Servicing, maintenance & MOT’S / Track Day Checks & Preparation / IVA Test & Pre Checks / Repairs / Build Completions / Valeting & Detailing and much more.

Contact us to discuss our services we offer and to look to get your car booked in with us.

These workshop services aren’t exclusive to the Zero or even Seven’s.

EXCITING NEWS...... New GBS Dealer is announced.....

A very proud moment for the entire GBS team as we are excited to announce that Central GB is the new main dealer for Great British Sports Cars. They provide a full range of dealer services from their showroom situated in the heart of Nottingham. They are the main dealer for Morgan Motor Company and Lotus. Central GB have a strong passion for British hand built cars, so the Zero along with Lotus and Morgan go hand in hand and complement each other very well. They also specialise in the sale of performance and prestige vehicles, with likes of Audi, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, BMW, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and many more!
Central GB are a family-owned business like GBS who take great care of all their customer needs and look forward to sharing their enthusiasm of the GBS brand.

On display in their brand-new second tier showroom is this stunning Zero along with their collection of Lotus, Morgans and other performance cars. This is an exciting chapter for GBS and we are delighted to be working with Central GB. Visit their website to see more or why not visit them in person and see this Zero on display.

Students enjoy a Factory Tour at GBS.....

Earlier this month we welcomed students from St George’s Academy from Sleaford, Lincolnshire to enjoy a full factory to show what we do. They got to see what we do and the whole process of building a sports car along with the products that we manufacture, with nearly every part on the car manufactured on site by our team they were very impressed and inspired by what we do.
The Zero build is an ideal educational tool in engineering and technical programs. Students are able to gain practical experience developing their knowledge and understanding of engineering in a practical application. As well as being an exciting and captivating project for students a GBS Zero build maintains interest and enthusiasm with a real sense of achievement as each stage is completed. With the end result not only being an enjoyable sports car but a worth while asset too. Click here for more details about the educational builds we offer and to see more details about the tours that we offer, or contact us.

Join us at our last Friday Night at the Factory event of the year at GBS.....

Another great evening at our third Friday Night at the Factory event of the year at GBS.....

On Friday 19th July we ended the week with our GBS Friday Night at the Factory event, it was a fantastic evening and great to have a carpark full of different sports cars and bikes. The gates opened at 5pm and the car park soon filled up, and everyone enjoyed the the lovely freshly baked pizza and drinks that we served throughout the evening. We would like to thank you all for joining us and are now looking forward to the next Friday Night at the Factory that will be happening on Friday 30th August at GBS which will be the last one of the year. Click here to watch a short video of the event on our YouTube Channel.

Friday Night at the Factory was a new event that we created last year that will be happening on the once a month from May to August. Its a similar style to our GBS Cars & Coffee events with the opportunity for you all to have a summer evening ride out in your sports cars / bikes and a meeting point to enjoy an evening of cars, bikes, car chat, music, food and drinks with the GBS Team.

Next Event Date: Friday 30th August 2024.
(May to August)
Times: 5pm till late
Location: Great British Sports Cars - NG22 9ZD.
All cars are welcome and everyone is welcome to join us for a great evening. Food and drinks will be available on the night. Please drive responsibly in the local area.

Join us at the next Friday Night at The Factory on Friday 30th August

The Stig has fun in our Zero demonstrator at Santa Pod Raceway......

Last month we headed to the iconic Santa Pod Raceway drag strip with our Zero demonstrator for a recent Petrolheadonism‬ event. Where we were joined by Ben Collins Racing driver and stuntman (A.K.A. The Stig) who was in he driving seat of our Zero demonstrator putting it through its paces as well as the Yokohama Tyres on and off the strip. It performed well and Ben was impressed with both its performance and handling “Trust me, it really is as fun to drive as it looks!” Ben Collins. You can see the full video and review by Ben Collins on his YouTube Chanel- Click here.

See the Zeros & GBS Team in USA later this year... At The Miata Reunion....

We are pleased to share with you all that Great British Sports Cars will be exhibiting again at this years Miata Reunion (35th Anniversary) at Sonoma Raceway in California, which is taking place 2nd – 3rd November.  You will find GBS with several Mazda based Zero’s located at this legendary race venue and around town during the weekend. Some of the GBS Team will be there along with Paul Barnes who is our USA representative.

It looks like an action packed weekend and we can’t wait to be there for the weekend with the Zeros. 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.

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.

We will share more details about what can be seen on our stand at the event later in the year.

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 several Zero Self builds to export later this year. We look forward to sharing with you all photos and news during and after the event.

More details can be found on our GBS event page and please click here for more details about the Zero USA Self Build Option or contact us.

Full day of GBS Factory Tours.... More dates will be released soon.

Full Factory Tour of GBS….

Last month we hosted another GBS Factory Tour event where we welcomed guests over 3 booked timed slots. We are pleased to offer this opportunity for a privileged insight into everything that goes into creating the GBS Zero and associated products that we manufacture.
If you are thinking of buying a GBS Zero, have one already or if you are into your motorsport and engineering and would love to see what we do then this is the event for you.
The tour was led by Richard the Director of Great British Sports Cars and the team, which included a Tour of the GBS Workshop, Parts Department, Engineering and Assembly Area, Fabrication, Composites and more. The numbers per tour are limited to give a more personal experience. The next Factory tour dates will be later in the year and announced very soon so keep checking our event page for updates and head to our GBS YouTube Channel where you will see a short video of our factory tour experience.

If you wish to enquire about a larger group, car club, students, bespoke corporate or private individual booking, please contact us with your requirements and we will get back to you.

We welcomed the Drake Family to the morning tour, who currently have their very own Zero Self build kit on order, so they will be back very soon to collect it, below are a few words of their experience of the tour….

Drake Family / GBS Factory Tour on 29 June 2024
We were delighted to have the chance to attend the GBS Factory Tour in June, firstly after placing the recent kit order with GBS, it was a fantastic opportunity to see where the chassis was going to be built, but secondly it was brilliant just getting to see the insides of a small volume sportscar manufacturer and all the fascinating detail that goes into so many parts of the car and their small scale manufacturing processes. 
In fact, the tour started with an interesting bit of background into the company and Richard’s journey to GBS ownership, and its certainly moved forward great strides compared to those Robin Hood days.  We really enjoyed understanding the other areas of specialist engineering that GBS get involved with too, outside of the car builds. 

As we progressed round the tour, Richard was then able to describe many of the manufacturing techniques employed across their business, highlighting how and why they are important to the overall outcome and make-up of the GBS Zero.  This included answering the many questions we had which was really nice to have that chance for general Q&A as we went round. In fact, the number of people on the tour are kept to small groups, and that gave us chance to ask specific questions to our build too (Richard does ensure a great customer experience, remembering and pointing out specific detail of my chosen build spec!).

Outside of the tour and more related to the overall experience, we really appreciated the attention and courtesy given to us by the whole GBS team, we always felt welcomed and the route through the factory was well choreographed, flowing from one area to another and keeping the interest of ‘what’s next?’.
We all thoroughly enjoyed this experience and as you might imagine, it gave us even more confidence in the choice to go with GBS. We’re really looking forward to receiving the chassis now and getting into our build.
Richard, Jonathan and Ron Drake.

Another great evening at our second Friday Night at the Factory event of the year at GBS.....

Another great evening at our second Friday Night at the Factory event of the year at GBS.....

On Friday 28th June we ended the week with our GBS Friday Night at the Factory event, it was a fantastic evening and great to have a carpark full of different sports cars and bikes. The gates opened at 5pm and the car park soon filled up, and everyone enjoyed the the lovely freshly baked pizza and drinks that we served throughout the evening. We would like to thank you all for joining us and are now looking forward to the next Friday Night at the Factory that will be happening on 19th July at GBS.

Friday Night at the Factory was a new event that we created last year that will be happening on the once a month from May to August. Its a similar style to our GBS Cars & Coffee events with the opportunity for you all to have a summer evening ride out in your sports cars / bikes and a meeting point to enjoy an evening of cars, bikes, car chat, music, food and drinks with the GBS Team.

Next Event Date: Friday 19th July 2024.
(May to August)
Times: 5pm till late
Location: Great British Sports Cars - NG22 9ZD.
All cars are welcome and everyone is welcome to join us for a great evening. Food and drinks will be available on the night. Please drive responsibly in the local area.

Join us at the next Friday Night at The Factory on Friday 19th July

Everyone is always welcome at GBS, last week the Home Secretary James Cleverly & Mark Spencer came to see us....

It’s always nice to welcome guests to the factory, and last week it was the turn of Home Secretary James Cleverly and our local MP Mark Spencer to pop by, along with large swathes of the UK media to see what it is we do here at GBS.

Mark Spencer has been a supporter of GBS for several years joining us at track days and other events and kept a keen eye on our growth. He asked if we would take the time to show Home Secretary James Cleverly, what we do as we are one of the only few UK family owned car manufactures left and the fact that we uniquely manufacture so much of the car in house.

Both Mark and James were kind enough to take some time to chat to the team, learn more about our vision for GBS as a truly British sports car, and see how we’re making our cars and looking as some of the new environmentally technologies we are working on.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the UK GOV for their support within the manufacturing and automotive sectors and we look forward to the continued support from our government to allow GBS to thrive into the future with which ever party may be in power next.

Fun on the track at Donington Park for our GBS Track Day....

Our new Zero race car enjoyed being out on the track at Donnington park earlier this week for our GBS Track Day. On Wednesday (26th June) was our second GBS Track Day of the year, where we were joined with other Zero owners and customers who enjoyed some passenger laps. The weather was perfect, the Yokohama AO52 tyres were offering crazy grip and we’re lapping and gapping some truly great cars that we also out on circuit. We would like to thank everyone who joined us and hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

The Zero is ideal for both the road and track, click here to explore more options about the Zeros. We are hoping to get a few more GBS Track day dates in later this year so hopefully you will be able to join us again. More photographs can be seen on our GBS Facebook and Instagram pages and a video has been shared on our YouTube channel soon.

More Zeros registered and being enjoyed on the road.....

GBS Zero | Ford Zetec engine

GBS Zero | Ford Duratec engine

On the road and being enjoyed…..

The GBS Workshop is always busy and we have recently had some very nice spec Zeros that are now registered or soon to be registered and enjoyed on the road this summer. As well as some Zeros that are with us at the moment that we are preparing and will be presenting to IVA. These workshop services we offer certainly aren’t exclusive to the Zero or even Seven’s. We have the pleasure of working with lots of different specialist cars, including 1930 AC, Brabham 1960 F2 Race car, Several Porsche Speedsters, GT40, Electric Powered Passenger vehicles to name just a few.

Our routes are deeply embedded in the seven market, therefore we have gained a significant knowledge and great reputation in getting hundreds of cars through the IVA process, from almost every manufacturer that has blessed the kit car market. Nothing has beat us yet!
We are able to offer the full package including CAD Cam design, CNC & custom fabrication, Inhouse Fiberglass / Composite, great understanding of M1 IVA standards and creative problem solving solutions, in house auto electricians, Emissions tuning, Dyno tuning, 4 Wheel Geometry. IVA approved Wiring solutions. - Completion of all IVA Paperwork and Registration. - Specialist IVA related testing equipment and much more. Visit our Workshop Services page to see more about what we can offer or contact us…. Click here.

GBS Zero | Mazda mx5 engine

GBS Zero | Ford Duratec Engine

GBS Zero | Ford Duratec Engine

GBS Zero | Ford Duratec Engine

GBS Cars & Coffee event with Yokohama Tyres..... Thank you for joining us!

Big thank you to everyone who joined us last Saturday (15th June) at GBS for our second Cars and Coffee event of the year……. It was a great turn out despite the weather forecast and a little rain towards the end. Thank you also to Yokohama Tyres for sponsoring the event and joining us on the day and to Eric pizza’s for serving the pizzas for everyone to enjoy. (Eric’s Pizzas will be joining us again later this month at our Friday Night at the Factory event on Friday 28th June)

The GBS and Kit Spares show room was very busy with people and the Kit Spares   was also very busy with sales and enquires. As always the cakes attracted a lot of attention and certainly went down well with not many left along with the unlimited supply of tea and coffee. 

Another great thing about our GBS Cars & Coffee events that we love, is that we are able to raise money for our 2 chosen charities which are the Cancer Research UK and The Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance, we all feel and hope you agree that The Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance is a fantastic service and has helped & will continue to help many people, as well as the Cancer Research UK that is again a fantastic charity that makes a big difference to so many people and their families.

The next GBS Cars & Coffee date will be announced very soon. Our next event on the GBS Calander is our GBS Track Day at Donington Park on Wednesday 26th June and Friday Night at the Factory event which is happening on Friday 28th June at GBS. Don’t also forget our GBS Factory Tour opportunity that is happening on Saturday 29th June see more details and book your place on our event page.

See more photos on our GBS Instagram page….

The NEW Zero EV Chassis is now in production....

The NEW Zero EV chassis was seen for the very first time earlier this month on our stand at the Malvern Kit Car Show. We are pleased to already have several EV Zero Chassis in production and our Zero EV demonstrator is well under way and will soon be at paint then it will be available later this year for test drives / viewing.

We now have a new dedicated page on our website for the Zero EV option and will be posting more updates and developments on there over the next few months. Please click here to read more or contact us to discuss more.