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.

First shake down of our NEW Zero Race demonstrator at Blyton Park....

Yesterday we took our new Zero Race car on the track for the very first time, some of the GBS Team headed to Blyton Park for the afternoon where we did a shake down with the race car getting it prepared for its first track day event that is happening later this month at Blyton Park.

The demonstrator performed extremely well and the team were pleased with how it handled and everyone else who drove it was also impressed with its performance. Click here to visit our GBS YouTube channel to see the Zero on the track yesterday.

Our Specification of our Zero Race Demonstrator that was also seen earlier this year on our stand at the Autosport’s International show is a FIA Homologated Race Chassis Painted Gloss White / Satin Black 2.5 Duratec Engine / ATR throttles / Life ECU Power options 200 - 350 bhp 5 Speed gearbox / Quick shift GRP Dash with AIMS Dash Race Seats / TRS 6pt Harness Momo Steering Wheel Lightweight Floor & Bodywork ATR Adjustable Suspension ATR Brakes Sports Race Fuel Tank & Swirl Pot 4-2-1 Exhaust Manifold Team Dynamics Wheels & Yokohama Tyres.

For more details about the Zero Race Chassis that we offer click here to head over to our GBS YouTube Channel where you can see an overview of the GBS Zero Race Chassis options in more detail.

Its great to hear that there are already lots of you booked on to join us on our first GBS Track Day of the year which is happening on Saturday 23rd March at Blyton Park, there are now only a few places left, so book quickly to avoid disappointment. Visit our GBS event page for more details.

GBS Zero Race Car seen at Silverstone Festival with Yokohama....

Last weekend (25th - 27th August) we were at the Silverstone Festival with Yokohama Tyres. Our Zero race car was seen over the three days on the Yokohama Stand which was located in the paddock area of the event. The Silverstone Festival is one of our favourite events of the year with so much to do for the whole family, with plenty of track action and entertainment for all ages with Racing, Live Music, Car Clubs, Super Cars, Auctions, Shopping Village, Fun Fair and much more. It was a great weekend for us and would like to thank Silverstone Festival for a great event and a big thank you to all the Yokohama team for their hospitality and for having our Zero race car on display on their stand. Visit our GBS Event page to see more details about our next events we have planned for this year.

See more details on our GBS YouTube channel about our Zero Race car and options we offer.

GBS Track Day is confirmed, will you be joining us in your Zero?

The first GBS Track Day of 2023 is happening on Saturday 29th April at Blyton Park and the GBS team would like to invite you all to join in your Zero’s.

Its on the outer circuit of Blyton Park which is 1.5 miles and an open pit lane, starting at 9am and finishing at 5pm you will be guaranteed to get lots of laps in. We can’t wait and hope you can all join us and enjoy the day with us. We will be there with the Zero’s which we will be offering passenger rides with one of the GBS team. Passenger passes can all be purchased on the day with Javelin Track Days along with Helmet hire too.

More details about this GBS Track Day can be found on our event page with a link of where to book your place. We recommend that you book soon to avoid disappointment as this is likely to get booked up quite quickly.

We look forward to seeing you there!

GBS Customer enjoying their Zero in a Sprint Championship.....

We always love to see customers out enjoying their Zeros and we recently received an email from GBS Customer Roy Woodfield who has recently been enjoying his Zero in the Curborough sprint championship, doing his first event this weekend. He recently did the shenstone and district car club event and sent us some photographs.

We look forward to receiving more photographs and updates from Roy. Roy joined us in his Zero on our Zero Run Out last year and will hopefully be joining us again on our next Zero Run out which we are planning to happen in June. See more details on our GBS event page and then click here to send us photographs of your Zeros.

The Zero Race Demonstrator moves on....

Our Zero Race Demonstrator is now sold and has a new owner, who we are pleased will continue to use and enjoy it out on the track.... Over the years we have had some great times and have lots of great memories with it, we now look forward to having fun with our new Zero Race Demonstrator soon!

Below is a collection of photographs of some of the good times we have had with our Zero Race Car over the years at various race tracks across the country including Blyton Park, Cadwell Park, Goodwood, Nürburgring, Spa, Donnington Park, Rockingham, Silverstone and many more.
The Zero range is the ideal car to be enjoyed on the road and track. The Zero Race and Track Day Car option is available in narrow and wide bodied (GT) versions and carries forward the superbly engineered road chassis with a fully welded integrated Roll Cage. For the serious competitor additional stiffening braces and side intrusion bars can be added. The chassis will accept various engine, gearbox and differential configurations. Click here to explore more about the Zero Race option we offer or please contact us to discuss.

We look forward to doing track days and track events next year with the Zeros. Don’t forget this Saturday (2nd October) is our GBS Cars & Coffee event, see more details on our event page.

Testing at Blyton Park with a customers Zero and other performance car....

We always have a workshop full of Zeros and often have other interesting cars with us that we are doing work on and bespoke fabrication. One GBS Customer has a Zero and also owns this Repco Brabham sports car which some of you may have seen in the workshop when you visited last year. It was with us for engine, electrical and custom works and earlier this year it was back with us for the geometry set up and to prepare it for its test and set up day at the track.

Where last month we booked a test day at Blyton Park for the Brabham to be be put through it paces on the track to see how it performed, some of the GBS Workshop team also attended to make sure the set up was correct and to make any required adjustments to the setup. It was a successful and enjoyable day and the car performed well with only a few minor tweaks required. Denis also enjoyed several laps of the track in his Zero too, and can’t wait to join us on our next GBS Track Day. The Brabham is now all set up and ready for its Hill Climb event which is happening later next month, we look forward to hearing how it gets on.

Its always great to see what customers also have in their car collections along with the Zero, and we are pleased to offer a full range of workshop and engineering / fabrication services for the Zero and other sports cars. Click here for more details about what we offer including our IVA Service.

The Zero…. Find out how a British Sports Car Is Made #swarfandchips 200th Episode.

We are excited to have been featured in the 200th Swarf & Chip Show which was seen live on their YouTube last month on 23rd October. In this very special 200th Swarf & Chips show the MTDCNC and Swarf & Chip team visited us at GBS to find out how our beautiful cars are manufactured from fabrication, CNC machining and all the way to the final assembly. We then took the Zero’s to Blyton Park race track for a Swarf and Chips fastest lap competition! See below some behind the scenes photographs from the filming days at GBS and at Blyton park and click here to watch the video - Find out how a British Sports Car Is Made #swarfandchips 200th Episode.

Zero out on the track & something a little different in the workshop.....

It was nice to receive these action photographs ( Photogrpahy by @frozenspeed ) from Ivan and David who recently enjoyed their Zero Race on a track day at Spa, where they said there Zero Race performed really well. Ivan and David often join us on our GBS Track Days and we look forward to seeing them again very soon on the next GBS Track Days. If you have any photographs of you out and about enjoying your Zero we would love to see them and share them on here with everyone. If you follow us on Instagram you will also see more photographs of what we are upto and behind the scenes in the workshop. Click here to follow us @gbs_cars

The GBS Workshop is always busy and we often have a nice selection of Zeros in there, but this week we have something a little different in the GBS workshop. We have this Repco Brabham with us for engine, electrical and custom works, the owner also has a Zero and we look forward to completing the work on this Brabham then testing it out on the track. It’s also nice to see it fitted with our ATR Products suspension setup. To See more details about the workshop services that we offer please click here.

See the Zero & GBS Team in USA next month... At The Miatas Reunion....

We are pleased to share with you all that Great British Sports Cars will be exhibiting again at this years Miatas Reunion at Laguna Seca 2019 in Monterey California , which is taking place 11th – 13th October.  You will find GBS with several Mazda based Zero’s located in the garages on pit road at this legendary race venue and around town during the weekend. Some of the GBS Team will also be 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. Follow us on our social media during the event to see more photographs.

 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. 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.

Fantastic Track Day at Blyton Park with the Zero’s…

Last Sunday (23rd June) we were at Blyton Park for the second GBS Track Day of the year, we were joined with several other Zero owners some of which was their first Track Day in their Zero. We took our Zero Race car and Auriga prototype sports car.

We were also joined by several customers who were spectating and also enjoyed passenger rides in our Zero Race and demonstrator with one of the GBS Team. The Track day got booked up very quickly and a lot of people missed out on booking a place, we will be announcing the next GBS Track Day very soon so hopefully you will be able to join us. More details about this can be found on our event page soon.

Last week Paul Barnes our USA representative spent a few days with us and also joined us at Blyton Park in the morning, Paul will be back with us in a few weeks where we will be finalising the USA Zero website pages that we look forward to sharing with you all.

All the GBS team love the track days that we do, and all take it turns to drive and offer passenger rides. But on Sunday it was our Apprentice Thomas Slaney’s very first track day, he often attends the track days with us but this was the first time behind the wheel driving a Zero out on the track! After a few steady laps to begin with, Thomas soon got up to speed and was out all afternoon with the team giving him tips and advice. Thomas’s Father David who has a factory built Zero was also out on track and Thomas was driving that as well as our Zero Race and the Auriga prototype.

The weather was perfect and could not have been better with blue skies all day, the GBS Camera’s were there capturing the action throughout the day, you can see a few photos below and more photos from the day can now be seen on our GBS Facebook page.

 We would like to thank you to you all for joining us, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Blyton Park is one of our favourite tracks and is great one to do for your first track day. We hope you will be able to join us on our next GBS Track Day once its announced.

Factory Tour at GBS & Chelsea Football Team sign Zero photo....

We get a lot of enquires for Factory Tours for owners clubs and sports car clubs all over the country, we offer a few Factory Tour dates throughout the year including weekends and evenings. We were recently pleased to welcome the Austin 7 Owners Club to the GBS factory for a  tour with Richard which took place on a Saturday morning. The morning generally starts with tea and biscuits in the GBS Show room then onto the GBS Workshop, Design & Development Room, Machine & Engineering, Clean Room, Kit Spares Store and then back into the showroom for more tea and biscuits, questions and often a test drive in one of our Zero demonstrators. For more details on our factory tours that we offer and to look to book one please click below or contact us.

This Zero was last seen on our stand at Stoneleigh Kit Car last month and was delivered back to the owner shortly after, whilst it was with us we had the opportunity for a photo shoot which you can see below.

We also had a gift for the owner who is a big Chelsea football fan, we had a photograph that we took of his Zero at Silverstone last year signed by the Chelsea Football Team. Keith had the opportunity to personally meet the football team in Germany before and after a game along with Yokohama who we would like to thank for making this happen. We presented the signed photo framed to the customer who was delighted.

This stunning Zero is powered by a 2.5 Duratec engine with ATR Throttle Bodies will be doing its first track day with us at Blyton Park on Sunday 23rd June. We look forward to sharing more news on how it performs and photographs form the day. The Track Day is now fully booked, but there is a reserve list please click here for more details.

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GBS Zero Race Car being enjoyed & GBS Workshop is busy…..

It nice to have this Zero back in our workshop for a  few days, its now currently having the ATR Products Brake upgrade kit fitted. The owner Peter Cartwright competes with his 2.5 Duratec powered Zero in Sprints and does several Track Days a year! The new ATR Products Brake upgrade is very popular with many Zero’s now have it fitted.  You can see more details and images on the Brake upgrade options on our parts website Kit Spares www.kitspares.co.uk

GBS Customer Jon Barratt recently sent us some photos from when he raced at Silverstone International a couple of weeks ago in the Mag Sevens series. He said “Unfortunately, didn't finish the first 40 minute race due to a snapped throttle cable but did well in the second 15 minute sprint gaining six places from the start taking me to 2nd in class”. Jon is also hoping to join us next month on our GBS Track Day at Blyton Park on Sunday 23rd June, click here for more details.

Another GBS customer also collected his sports car from us this week which wasn’t a Zero, Chris Morrison collected his Liege Sports trials car that we completed and prepared and presented to IVA. Chris is now awaiting the registration and hopes to join us in at our GBS Cars & Coffee event which is happening on Saturday 8th June.

For more details about the IVA Service and other workshop services that we offer please visit our Aftersales page.

The next GBS Track Day, will you be joining us?

The next GBS Track Day is fast approaching which is happening on Sunday 23rd June at Blyton Park, its great to hear already that there are several Zero owners booked on to join us for day, including many whose first Track day it will be in there newly registered Zero’s.

Its on the outer circuit of Blyton Park which is 1.5 miles and an open pit lane, starting at 9am with the safety briefing and finishing at 5pm you will be guaranteed to get lots of laps in. We can’t wait and hope you can all join us and enjoy the day with us. We will be there with the Zero’s and are planning on taking our Zero demonstrator and Zero Race car which we will be offering passenger rides with one of the GBS team. Passenger passes can all be purchased on the day with Javelin Track Days.

If you are unable to make this GBS Track Day at Blyton Park then don’t worry, we are planning on doing several more this year at some other circuits, so once they are confirmed we will release the details to you.

More details about this GBS Track Day can be found on our event page with a link of where to book your place. We recommend that you book soon to avoid disappointment as this is likely to get booked up quite quickly. We look forward to seeing you there!