Nice Zero's with us in the GBS Workshop & Self build Kits collected....

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Its has been a busy few weeks and months in the GBS Workshop with several Zero’s and other sports cars coming and going, that have been with us for various works including the IVA Test that we offer. These four Zero’s have all now been IVA tested and are now waiting for the registration to come through. The next two months are also looking very busy as we have more IVA tests booked for several Zero’s and other sports cars and also two very nice factory built Zero’s, which we will share more details with you soon.

Our IVA Service is now back up and running nicely after a slight delay with appointments being cancelled due to Covid-19. Please get in touch if you would like more details or to book your car in with us for the IVA Service that we offer.
We also offer Geometry Set Up & Corner Weights which can massively improve the handling of your sports cars, along with upgrades, Servicing, Maintenance, MOT, Track day Checks and Preparations, Repairs, Build Completions and much more. Click here to see more about the Workshop Services that we offer or contact us.

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We have also been busy with Zero self build kit collections and deliveries, last month we were pleased to welcome Peter Baker to GBS to collect his Zero Mazda Self Build.

We know have several other Zero Self Builds awaiting collection, and several that are currently at our paint shop. We look forward to sharing those with you once they are back with us in the workshop., to see more behind the scenes of what we are up to follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, all our social media links can be found at the bottom of our website.

We are still doing appointment only visits to see the Zero, so please get in touch and we can confirm your visit. We look forward to welcoming you to GBS.

Still currently experiencing technical problems with our phone line….

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We apologise if you have not been able to contact us this week over the phone. We have had a fault with our phone line and it is still not fixed.
However in the meantime please email us and we will reply as soon as we can or please call our temporary GBS Mobile on 07923 222276 and we can deal with your enquiry. We are still open and doing appointment only visits, so please email or call our mobile to book your visit to see the Zero. We look forward to welcoming you to GBS!

Orders can still be placed from Kit Spares online and from our Kit Spares eBay Shop as well as over the phone on the temporary GBS Mobile on 07923 222276. Please call and we will put you through to the Kit Spares department or please email Kit Spares with your enquiry and we will get back to you asap.

Thank you for your patience and we apologise for any inconvenience.
We look forward to speaking to you soon.

Best wishes from the GBS Team.

NEW DATE RELEASED - GBS Cars & Coffee (& Cake) Event 2021.....

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We are excited to be planning our first GBS Cars of Coffee event of 2021.
The first Cars & Coffee event of 2021 is happening on Saturday 27th March.... As many of you know everyone at GBS has a strong passion for cars and anything to do with motorsport and we love our Cars & Coffee events and Track Days etc. But sadly, this year we have not been able to host and exhibit at any events due to Covid-19.

So we thought we would plan for 2021 and have something for us to look forward too, when hopefully the Covid-19 situation will be better and things are back to more normality. We will confirm next year that this event is safe to happen, but we hope you will be able to join us, we can’t wait to see you all and welcome you back!
 
The GBS Cars & Coffee event at GBS was created in 2016 and has since been a massive success & we have continued to hold the event again for several years now. Our Cars & Coffee ( & Cake) events often see our car park overflowing with many different sports cars, the event is also becoming renowned for its home made cakes!

Its an event that we have created that gives the chance for you all to have a ride out in your sports cars / meeting point and enjoy a coffee (plus biscuits/ cake of course) and chat about your cars, all are welcome to join us in any car (modern or classic including bikes).

Help us make Saturday 27th March the best GBS Cars & Coffee event yet & raise more money for two great charities…. We will be collecting for the Notts & Lincs Air Ambulance & Cancer Research.

We will announce more details next year, and will do all we can to make sure the event can go ahead safely, all the GBS team look forward to seeing you all.

Please follow our event page for more details, as we will announce any updates on there as well as the event on our GBS Facebook page, please see link button below.

We are currently still doing appointment only visits to see the Zero, so please contact us if you wish to arrange a visit.
The Kit Spares Shop and Show Room is open and orders can still be placed in store or online on our website www.kitspares.co.uk or please give us a call (01623 860990) to place your orders.

Which one would you have? So many options with the Zero's......

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The options on the Zero’s are endless and each Zero that you see is different in many ways. We recently had three stunning factory built Zero’s with us in the workshop and took the opportunity to photograph them together. Each Zero is tailor built to each customer’s specification with your choice of appearance trim and accessories making each car truly unique to its owner.

The Red Zero is our demonstrator and the other two are now both registered and on the road being enjoyed by their new owners. These Zero’s are all very different to each other, and have many areas of personalisation from the wheels and tyres to the engine set up. Click here for more details about the features that are available on the Zero’s.
We are open for visits (Appointment only) so please contact us today to arrange your visit to see the Zero.

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Book your appointment to come and see the Zero......

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Since the 1st June this year we were pleased to be able to open back up for appointment only visits for you to come and look at the Zero. Which has been working really well and it has been great to see so many of you. We have put appointment only visits in place so we can control the volume of people to ensure minimum contact. With social distancing rules maintained throughout your visit.

We appreciate your patience and continued support through this difficult time. Small and independent businesses value your continued support now more than ever. We continue and will certainly be doing all we can to support our suppliers & partners in this time and most importantly look after our customers and staff. Please call or email us to arrange your visit. You can also Click here to visit our GBS YouTube Channel where you can see a full factory tour of GBS.

Whilst our Kit Spares Showroom and shop is currently open orders can still be placed on line on our website www.kitspares.co.uk or please give us a call (01623 860990) to place your order. We are also doing arranged collections for parts too.

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Busy workshop.... See more video's on our workshop YouTube Channel...

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Its great to see our GBS Workshop YouTube channel getting more followers each week, there are now several video’s on there. Including the most recent one which is a talk through the Zetec Lightened Flywheel Package along with several other video’s that cover products that we stock through our parts shop Kit Spares. Click here to see more video’s on our workshop YouTube channel and click here to visit our main GBS YouTube Channel.

We are able to offer a full range of workshop services for your GBS Sports Car and also other cars, please click here for more details about the workshop services that we offer.

Cadspec & MTD visit us to discuss exciting new joint projects….

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As many of you know we have a full in-house design, development, and manufacturing facilities including our CNC  machines and we have recently moved onto a new software and are now pleased to be using feature cam software from Autodesk, which is very impressive and working well and helping us develop our design and product range.

Last week it was great to welcome Michael from Cadspec to GBS to come and have a look at how we are getting on with our new feature cam software from Autodesk and to see what we are up to and also to discuss a joint project that we are going to be doing. This week we also welcomed Giovanni and Joe from MTD to take a look around GBS and shared with them what we are doing, they also enjoyed a test drive in our demonstrator in which they were very impressed with.

We have lots of exciting manufacturing and engineering is underway along with some other very exciting things that we are planning together, we look forward to sharing more with you soon.

Zero Self Build Collections and Upgrades…..

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Its been a busy start to the month for us with Zero self build kit collections, and the workshop has been busy too with lots of very nice spec Zero’s with us for various works.

On Saturday it was nice welcome Ben Whitrow and his family back to GBS, as they came to collect their Mazda Zero race self build. Ben and his family visited us earlier this year on Ben’s 14th Birthday to place their order and finalise the spec of Ben’s Zero Build which was his birthday present. Ben has the Mazda donor car already and is very excited to start his Zero Mazda Build, which he very much looks forward to driving in a few years when he is 17. We look forward to following Ben’s build and seeing it progress and sharing with you all.

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Nice to have this customer’s Zero with us last week that he has recently bought and has been enjoying and wanted a few upgrades doing to it. It was with us for a few days for the ATR Product Front Brake Upgrade Kit fitting which is now a very popular upgrade for the Zero’s. Also new seats, gauges and more have been ordered for it so it will be coming back soon for more upgrades. We are pleased to also have several IVA appointments booked for this month, so we look forward to seeing more Zero’s on the road very soon.

We are excited to be finalist in the Newark Business Awards....

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We are excited to be finalists in the Business Innovation category for this year’s Newark Business Awards. Last month the finalists in the ten categories for the Newark Business Awards were revealed and we were delighted to be selected as one of the finalist for the Business Innovation Category. Next month the judges will be interviewing the team and then the decision of the overall winners for each category will be announced at the Awards Ceremony in October at Newark Showground. More details can be found here or why not follow us on Twitter to see more updates over the next few months about this @GBSCars.


GBS Team enjoy an evening at Cadwell Park with the Zero....

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Earlier this week our Zero Mazda demonstrator was busy being prepared for a track day. The GBS Team enjoyed an evening at Cadwell Park with the Zero, its been a busy few months for all the team and it was nice to have an afternoon / evening all together enjoying the Zero and other cars out on the track.

We had two GBS track days booked earlier this year at Blyton Park and Donington Park but due to Covid-19 they were both cancelled. Its great that the circuits are now re open and hopefully spectators will be allowed back soon. We look forward to being back out on the track with you all in your Zero’s hopefully later this year. Keep a look out on our events page and social media which is all updated regularly.

GBS Zero looking good in USA & another on the way soon….

GBS customer Dan Kincade in the USA has his Zero on the road for a while now and has made some modifications and improvements to his Zero. We made him some custom 42mm tubes to give more performance for his new high spec Mazda engine, Dan will be taking it to the Dyno soon to see how it performs. Dan also purchased the new adjustable rear wishbones for the Mazda and has them all fitted and working now. Dan says  “Between the accelerator, rear arms and headers I feel that my car has been transformed to the next level. I look forward to continuing to up rate my Zero with more GBS / ATR components.”

We have another Zero that has recently been panelled that will soon be off to paint that is going to become one of our new Zero demonstrator cars in the USA. We are currently just deciding on the paint scheme for it, we will share more on that over the next few weeks with you.

The GBS Workshop has some nice Zero’s that are currently being built, if you follow us on Instagram @gbs-cars then you will see more updates on them on there. We also have several Zero’s that have been with us for our IVA Service that we offer, and they are all now ready and waiting for the test dates to be confirmed. Please get in touch for more details about the IVA Service that we offer and other workshop services or to look to get your car booked in.

At this difficult time we are in, it’s been nice to see that a lot of you have been busy in the garage working on your Zero builds and doing upgrades and jobs to them. If you have any photographs, send them in to us we would love to see them and share them with others. Our parts shop Kit Spares online shop is still open along with our Kit Spares eBay Shop or call us to place your order. Deliveries are still being sent out on next day deliveries via parcel force and we are not having to many delays.

Looking for a used Zero? Then we have some available that you might like...

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Are you looking for a used Zero? Then we have this very nice spec Zero available... GBS Zero GT (2013)

We often get asked if there any used Zero’s available and we are pleased to share this very nice factory build one that is being sold on behalf of a GBS Customer. This Zero is a great example of a 2013 Factory build car, that has had one loving owner with full factory service history and has only covered 12,500 miles with full MOT, it has also had many factory modifications and upgrades to improve performance making it a very capable car.
The car is a GT chassis offering more room for the occupants with stainless steel panels our GT touring seats accompanied by TRS 4-point harness and seat runners on both sides. The car comes complete with full wet weather gear (door, roof, boot cover)

It is a 2L Zetec engine that produces 230bhp, the modified engine was built by renowned Ford engine builder Harvey Gibbs and was built from a brand new create engine. See below some photographs of this Zero.

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Or if you are looking for a little bit of fun to use on the track then we have another Zero that you might be interested in. We are selling our Zero Race / Track Day demonstrator as we have a new one that is now in production. It is not road registered or IVA Tested, but could be made road legal with modifications and IVA, it’s a standard Race Chassis with fully welded intergrated Roll Cage powered by a  Ford 2L Zetec Engine 180 BHP.

If you are interested in either of these Zero’s that we have for sale then please visit our Used Car page where you will find more details or please contact us for more details and to look to arrange a visit in the near future.

We are also pleased to offer finance… We are in Partnership with Pegasus Finance and can offer you finance options on the GBS range and associated products, including our Zero self build kits. Please click here for more details about our finance options and to get an instant quote.

Spot the difference…. GBS Zero Race at Silverstone, there are 16 differences hope you can spot them! Click here to download and Print off.

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Our NEW Gen 2 Zero Demonstrator featured in this months CKC Magazine….

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We always look forward to receiving our copy of CKC Magazine and it was nice to see that our new Zero demonstrator was featured in the magazine and on the front cover too. Adam from CKC Magazine visited us last month to view and test drive our new Zero demonstrator. Adam was very impressed “ It may not look that different to any GBS Zero that’s gone before, but the new Gen 2 has been through a thorough process of evolution” We are lucky to have a wide open A- Road close to the factory with well sighted corners so we can drive with confidence, so Adam was able to enjoy his test drive and put the demonstrator through its paces to see how it handled. Our new demonstrator is a very nice high spec car and has a lot of optional extras and upgrades on it. “There are thousands of changes – not that you would know just by looking” you can see and read more in the magazine which is out now and available to purchase online delivered directly to your door.

If you have any questions about the Zero self-build or factory build options, please get in touch we would love to hear from you. We look forward to welcoming you all back to the factory to see and have a test drive in our demonstrator very soon. Click here to get in touch.

In our last Blog post we gave you the chance to have a go at colouring in a Zero and add a creative background. It was great to see that many children have been enjoying colouring the Zero…. Here is 7 year old Amelia and 3 year old Lottie with their finished pieces that they have shared with us, they look great and thank you for sharing them with us. Click here to have ago at colouring your own Zero, we look forward to seeing more!

Did you know that around 80% of the Zero is produced and manufactured in house….

Many of you that have already visited us at the GBS Factory will know that we design and manufacture a lot of our products in house, and around 80% of the Zero is produced in house by our great team of 14 people that make the GBS Zero happen. Below are just a few behind the scenes photographs that show how the Zero and components are produced here at the Factory.

The complete GBS in-house manufacturing and design facility enables you to benefit from a managed supply chain that ensure our products are delivered consistently to the high-quality standard you expect. We design, manufacture and produce in house as much as we can including the Zero Chassis and Race (FIA) Chassis, Wishbones, Aluminium Body Panels, GRP Bodywork (choice of 9 colours) as well as a range of Carbon Fibre Bodywork panels, Suspension, Throttle Bodies, Brake Calipers, Exhaust System including Silencers & Manifolds, Fuel Tanks, Fuel Filler Caps and much more, below are just a few photographs of some of our favourite products that we manufacture. Our product range is not just for our Zero, its also suitable for a full range of other sports cars, we also have full workshop and design facilities enabling us to offer custom fabrication.

The 2000sq ft of component storage that we have provides our customers with access to a  comprehensive parts inventory to support your initial build requirements and the rapid dispatch of spares should the need arise.  Components and spares can be purchased directly from our showroom store at the factory or online from our parts website at www.kitspares.co.uk. and also www.atrproducts.co.uk

The range of GBS Zero’s are available as a factory-built car or in component form. You can select from a variety of packages ranging from a starter kit through to a full bill of material that can be assembled by yourself or by us. The GBS range is available in right or left hand drive and as a Standard width or wider GT chassis option. Click here to see more on the Zero options or contact us to arrange a visit.

You can trust that the range of cars and options available to you will provide superior value in terms of appearance, quality, design, performance, support and most of all enjoyment. See more manufacturing and engineering photographs on our engineering page, please click here.

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Magazine visit & enjoy a test drive in our NEW Zero demonstrator….

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You may have seen our new Gen 2 Zero demonstrator on our stand at several events that we have recently attended including the Autosport’s Show last month and it can also be seen this weekend (21st-23rd February) at the Race Retro Show on our stand. Our new demonstrator has been busy doing test drives, and it was nice to have Adam from Complete Kit Car magazine visit us yesterday morning to view & test drive our NEW Gen 2 Zero Demonstrator. Its a very nice high spec car and has a lot of optional extras and upgrades on it, see below its specification.

If you would like to come and see us and see our new Zero Gen 2 demonstrator then get in touch today, we look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to the GBS Factory. The Zero can also be seen next month at our GBS Cars and Coffee event which is happening on Saturday 21st March at the GBS Factory, you can find more details on our event page about the day.

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Specification:
Sport Chassis
Ford 2.5 Duratec Engine
ATR Throttle Bodies
Estimated BHP 195BHP
ECU Life Racing
Painted Hyacinth Red metallic
Carbon Fibre Dash with Aims Technologies MXP Strada Dash
Painted Sport Front Wings which are now standard on GBS Self build Packages
Carbon Fibre body kit including rear stone guards
ATR Suspension
DRL Style Headlights
Seats – GBS Stand Seats with red Stitching secured with black Ultralight TRS Motorspot GBS 4 Point Harness.
Wheels & Tyres - Team Dynamics pro race 1.2s – 7” front 8” rear with Yokohama AD08R tyres all round.
ATR Brakes front only – ATR light weight uprights front and rear.

Visit our GBS YouTube Chanel to see more details on our New Gen 2 Zero Demonstrator.
Contact us today book a Factory Visit & Test Drive, we look forward to hearing from you.

Its been another great year… Just some of our favourite photographs from 2019…

Its happened again, 2019 has been another great year for the GBS team and we have been to some amazing places with the Zero’s. There are so many photo’s to share but here are just a few of our favourite photos and moments that we have captured during the year, next year is already looking like it’s going to be another very busy & exciting year for us with lots happening. We have lots of exciting things to share with you all in the new year!

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We had the best ever GBS Cars & Coffee event in March which saw the car park overflowing with all sorts of Sports Cars! We look forward to many more successful GBS Cars & Coffee events in 2020.

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We attend lots of shows & events throughout the year and this year we were delighted to have the Zero on the Yokohama stand at the Silverstone Classic who are the official tyre partner.

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Electric Zero - The GBS concept EV platform: The chassis is bespoke to allow for the concept EV powertrain. Click here to read more on the electric Zero.

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We have painted alot of Zero’s this years, which now seems to be a very popular option for the Zero, this is just one of our favourites that we painted for a customer! Click here to see more options that are available on the Zero.

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The new GBS & Kit Spares Show room got bigger… You can now view a lot of the options & upgrades that are available for the Zero’s and other Sports Cars, including engine set ups.

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Thomas our apprentice has been with us for 4 years now. Thomas is studying at Rotherham College where he attends for 1 day a week. You can read more about Thomas on our Blog. Click here

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GBS Team were with the Zero’s at Laguna Seca raceway home of the famous “Corkscrew” complex of corners for the Miatas Reunion at Laguna Seca. Read more.

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We are always busy developing new products and our ATR Product range is expanding, the Throttle Bodies, Suspension and Brakes are just some of the favourites for the Zero’s! www.atrproducts.co.uk

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Track Days with the Zero’s…. This year we have only been able to do two Track Days one at Donington Park and the other at Blyton Park. Keep checking our event page to see next years Track Days!

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Our New GBS Zero demonstrator that is powered by a 2.5 Duratec engine was released in September and was seen on display on our stand at Goodwood Revival for the first time.

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Its been a very busy year for Zero kit collections and factory builds, with lots of Zero’s also being exported. There is still several kits being exported and collected over the next few weeks.

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The GBS Workshop is always busy and often has a great selection of sports cars in and not always Zero’s. The Ford Escort Mk2 that we currently have has attracted a lot of attention. Click here for more details about our workshop services that we offer.

We hope you can all join us this Saturday (7th December) at the GBS Factory for our last event of the year  which is our Christmas Cars & Coffee event of the year…. The weather is looking good and we will have plenty of mince pies for you all to enjoy… Please see more details on our event page or GBS Facebook page.

Follow the GBS Team on Instagram to see more of what we are upto & behind the scenes… @gbs_cars

Something a little different to a Zero, that we prepared & presented to IVA…

…..Please note that the GBS Factory and Kit Spares Shop will be closed on Friday 15th November, but will be open 10am-2pm on Saturday 16th November……

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We offer many workshop services and one of them being the IVA Service which is a very popular service and we often have several Zero’s and other sports cars that are in the workshop for this service. Recently we had this electric Model T vehicle that is a replicas of the famous 1910 Model T Ford in the workshop, it has been with us for several months as there was a lot of work involved including a lot of fabrication, electrical and more to prepare it to the IVA standard. We were pleased that it has now passed and is fully registered and was collected last week by the owner. Before it went we went on a short road test and took a few photos to share with you all. Its being used for tours in the city of Cambridge.
We now have a full workshop again with several Zero’s being prepared and panelled for paint, as well as several nice spec Zero factory builds in progress. We are also pleased to welcome a new member of the team to GBS who will be based in the workshop, David has a strong background in Motorsport, engineering and like all the GBS team a strong passion for all Motorsport.
For more details on our IVA Service and to book your car in for any of our other workshop services please click here or call us now.

GBS Featured in Magazine & Interesting sports cars in the GBS Car Park....

A few months ago we welcomed Editor Steve Hole from TKC Magazine to GBS where he looked around the factory and enjoyed a drive in our new Zero Gen 2 demonstrator. It had been a few years since Steve last visited so a lot has changed and developed. Steve took our new Zero Gen 2 demonstrator out for a test drive, we are very lucky as we have some great roads close to the factory so Steve was able to put the car through it paces to see what he thought….  When Steve arrived back from his test drive in the new Zero he got out the car and shook Richards hand and said “This car is brilliant, that’s all I can say really”. It’s nice to see that the full feature on GBS and our new Zero Gen 2 can now be seen in this month’s TKC Magazine November / December Issue which is out now in the shops.

Our new Zero demonstrator can be seen this weekend (8th-10th November) on our stand at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC along with two other nice Zero’s one of which will be for sale. Follow us on Instagram to see photos during the show and behind the scenes.

Our last GBS Cars & Coffee event was also featured in Complete Kit Car Magazine last month too. Will you be joining us on Saturday 7th December at GBS for our Christmas Cars and Coffee event? Click here for more details

The GBS Workshop often has some very interesting and sometimes unusual cars in, as does the GBS Car park and last week I spotted this little green sports car in the car park.... It was an original Frazer Nash Targa Florio Mk2, which captured the interest of all the GBS Team. We have also recently prepared and presented a very different vehicle to IVA, which some of you may have seen when you visited the GBS Workshop. We will share more on that with you all next week. Click below for more details about the workshop services that we offer.

Rolls-Royce Motor Club visit GBS for a Factory Tour….

We get a lot of enquires for Factory Tours for owners clubs and sports car clubs all over the country, earlier this year we were approached by Henry a GBS Customer who has a Zero Race to ask if we would do a factory tour for  a club he is a club secretary for which is the Rolls Royce Motor Club.

We offer a few Factory Tour dates throughout the year including weekends and evenings and on Saturday we were pleased to welcome 25 members from the Rolls-Royce Motor Club to the GBS factory for a  tour of our facilities with Richard and the GBS team. During their tour they saw a lot of behind the scenes of how our bespoke sports cars and products are produced. Thomas was in our Machine Shop demonstrating what he does on the CNC machines and how parts are designed and manufactured. Two members of the club have built a Zero sports car and it was great to see that one of them arrived in his Zero, despite the heavy rain on the day!

Feed back from the tour was very positive and enjoyed by all, one member emailed to say
GBS is an amazing company. Their engineering exceeded by far my expectations. They can potentially redefine the kit-car and definitely set new standards for the "sevens". Their parts are retrofitted in other "sevens".
It is one of the those stories "if what is available on the market is not good enough, DIY" And all these with very competitive prices. – Anestis G, Rolls-Royce employees Motor Club

The morning generally starts with tea/coffee 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 refreshments, questions and often a test drive in one of our Zero demonstrators.
Our GBS Factory Tours are free but we ask for a kind donation to be made to our chosen charities which are Cancer Research UK and Notts & Lincs Air Ambulance.

We hope that the Rolls Royce Motor Club all enjoyed their visit to GBS and we would like to say thank you for your kind donations that you made on the day. Click here to see a short video that we created of when the Rolls Royce Motor Club members visited us.

For more details on our factory tours that we offer and to look to book one please click here or contact us.

Our next event at the GBS Factory is our Christmas Cars & Coffee event which is happening on Saturday 7th December. You can find more details about this on our events page.

Date for the diary - GBS Christmas Cars & Coffee on Saturday 7th December...

It’s a little bit early we know, but we know that every year December can be a very busy month for everyone with the lead up to Christmas! So we thought we would share this with you all now, the GBS Team would like to invite you all to the GBS Factory on Saturday 7th December for a cup of Tea/Coffee and Mince Pies / Biscuits / Cakes and much more to say Happy Christmas and Thank You for all your support this year.

Last year you may remember that Bernd and the team joined us for the weekend from Germany and we think you will all agree the food (Currywurst, German Sausages in bread rolls along with Gluhwein) they were cooking and serving for us all was excellent and enjoyed by everyone. We are pleased to say that hopefully they will be joining us again to do the same this year.
The GBS showroom will be open from 10am till 2pm as well as the Kit Spares Shop we hope you and your family can come and join us!  Everyone is welcome, there will be plenty of mince pies for you all to enjoy too…. More details about the event will be posted on our events page nearer the time. Why not wrap up warm and come in your Zero and other sports cars, last year we had a busy car park full of sports cars.

The next event for the GBS Team is happening in USA later this week, you can see more details on our event page. Follow us on Instagram @gbs_cars to see photos live from the event.