See us at the Classic Motor Show next month & WIN a pair of tickets....

Its been another busy year for the GBS team with events both across the country and at the GBS Factory, and we still have more events that we are attending. We are now busy planning on stand design for the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham that’s happening 8th-10th November We can be found over the 3 days on stand 3-541 in Hall 3 we will have several Zero’s on display along with a range of sample products from Kit Spares and ATR Products.

The Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham  is the biggest and most popular classic car exhibition in the UK. With over 1500 wonderful cars from all eras, showcasing a myriad of marques and models, this really is every motoring enthusiast’s dream and we are pleased to have partnered up with the Classic  Motor Show team again to give you the chance to WIN two more free tickets!

For the chance to WIN head over to our GBS Facebook page & all you have to do is like our page, and comment who you would bring to the show with you by 30.10.19. This is one of our favourite shows of the year and we are sure that you will enjoy it! Good Luck to you all….. Enter here.

A Winner will be picked at random and notified on our GBS Facebook page on 31.10.19. Check the T&Cs here: Click here

The GBS calendar for 2020 is already looking very busy with lots of new and exciting events scheduled in, the 2020 GBS calendar will be released later this year. We hope to hold more events at the GBS Factory, be at more events, do more track days and much more! 

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.

Amazing weekend at GBS… Busy GBS Cars and Coffee event…

Great Weather, Cars and Cake, big thank you to everyone who joined us.…….They just get better and better each time we hold our GBS Cars & Coffee events, and what a fantastic day we had on Saturday with a car park full of sports cars. We would like to say a big THANK YOU to you all for joining us and helping us make it such a great event and enjoyable day, it was nice to see so many Zero’s together in the car park along with a wide variety of other sports cars. It was nice to see several new Zero’s that were newly registered also join us for the first time. The gates opened at 10am and by 10.20am the car park was already getting full, the weather was perfect and could not have been better for us.

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 usual 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. We would also like to thank Powerlite Units for supporting our event and supplying some lovely cakes, we now have a full range of Powerlite Units products on our Kit Spares Website and in our showroom. Please visit our parts website for more details www.kitspares.co.uk

 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. We will let you know how much money we have raised.

 The GBS Camera was out capturing the day and all the action, please see a few photographs from the day and more can be seen on our GBS Facebook page later this week. We will be announcing our next GBS Cars & Coffee event date very soon which will be happening in December.

The NEW Zero demonstrator... Can be seen at our Cars & Coffee event this weekend….

Our new Gen 2 Zero demonstrator arrived back from the paint shop last month and was seen last weekend for the first time at The Goodwood Revival Show where it attracted a lot of attention and also on our social media channels where we shared a few preview photos with you all.

This new Gen 2 Zero demonstrator is a very nice high spec car and has a lot of optional extras and upgrades on it. See below its specification.

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 Smiths gauges
Painted Sport Front Wings which are now standard on GBS Self build Packages
Carbon Fibre body kit including rear stone gaurds
ATR Suspension
DRL Style Headlights
Seats – GBS Stand Seats with red Stitching.
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.

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. We look forward to seeing you all this Saturday for our Cars and Coffee event, we have plenty of cakes for you all to enjoy!

Contact us to book a Factory Visit & Test Drive.

GBS CARS & COFFEE THIS SATURDAY…. If you are coming to our GBS Cars and Coffee event tomorrow (21st September) then you will be able to see it. We are looking forward to seeing you all and having a car park full of Zero’s and sports cars. Let us know if you will be joining us and invite your friends too, everyone is welcome.

Fantastic 3 days at Goodwood Revival with the Zero….

We had another great year at this years Goodwood Revival with the Zero….. Last weekend (13th-15th September) we were at The Goodwood Revival show with the GBS Zero, it was a fantastic event and a truly amazing show to be at, its one of our favourite events of the year and we always look forward to it! We were situated Over The Road on stand 381, on a slightly different stand location to previous years as the location of all the stands got moved around this year.

We had our new Zero demonstrator on display which attracted a lot of attention over the 3 days along with a sample range of components and engines. We will share more details and the specification of our new Zero Gen 2 Demonstrator with you later this week.

Our stand was busy all weekend and the weather was perfect, we all enjoyed the show and it was fantastic to see all of the racing out on the circuit and up close in the paddock as well as Air Displays, Shopping and much more, as well as catch up with suppliers, customers and friends… We would like to thank everyone that visited our stand.

We are now back at the factory, busy getting ready for our next event that is happening this Saturday (21st September) which is our GBS Cars & Coffee event. Gates open at 10am, let us know you are coming and share with your friends and family, all are welcome in any car!

You can see more photographs on our GBS Instagram @gbs_cars - Click here to follow us.

See the Zero’s & GBS Team at Goodwood Revival…

It is approaching that time of year again and we are very excited to be exhibiting with the Zero’s at Goodwood Revival which is happening on 13th – 15th September. We will confirm nearer the time what Zero will be on display along with some very nice pieces of engineering.
This is one of our favourite shows of the year and we all always look forward to it, we can be found in a slightly different stand location to last year we can be found on Stand Number 381 Over the Road. We are now just busy preparing and planning the stand details for the event. If you get the opportunity to go to this event we would recommend it as it is 3 days full of fantastic Motorsport with so much to see and enjoy for all the family.

Last weekend we had this stunning Zero on display on the Yokohama Stand at the Silverstone Classic Show. Yokohama, was proud to have returned for its second year and as the official tyre partner of the Silverstone Classic. We were delighted to have been invited to have a Zero on their stand for the event which was busy all weekend. We would like to thank Yokohama for inviting us and allowing us to have this Zero on their stand for the event.

Don’t forget to visit our GBS Facebook page for the chance to WIN tickets to this year’s Classic Motor Show at the NEC in November. Enter now.

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Saturday 21st September is when the next GBS Cars & Coffee is happening…

We love our GBS Cars & Coffee events and are pleased to confirm and announce that the next one will be happening on Saturday 21st September at GBS. These events are now becoming very popular and every time we do one they are getting bigger and the car park is now over flowing with Zero’s and other sports cars . We have created a short video that shows what are events are all about. Click here to view video.

Our cars and coffee event that we have created is the perfect 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). As usual the GBS Showroom will be open, as well as the Kit Spares shop, and not forgetting there is free cake/ biscuits & unlimited tea & coffee!

We hope you can join us and help us make it the best GBS Cars & Coffee event yet & help us raise even more money for two great charities…. We collect for the Notts & Lincs Air Ambulance & Cancer Research UK.

We have also set up an event page on our GBS Facebook page so let us know you are coming and keep checking that for updates and you can also invite your friends & family to join us too!

We look forward to seeing you all there!
Richard, Keith & all the GBS Team.

The next GBS Cars & Coffee event is happening on Saturday 8th June ….

We are all very much looking forward to our next GBS Cars & Coffee event is happening in less that 2 weeks on Saturday 8th June at the GBS Factory.

This is an event that we have created and is a 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, the next Cars & Coffee will be starting from 10am all are welcome to join us in any car (modern or classic including bikes).

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 which are getting very popular. The last event that we held earlier this year in March was very successful and the best yet and saw the record number of cars with the car park overflowing by 10.15am, so hopefully our next event on Saturday 8th June will be just as good if not better!

As usual the GBS and Kit Spares Showroom will be open, as well as the Kit Spares shop, and not forgetting there is free cake/ biscuits & unlimited tea & coffee! We hope you can join us and help us make it the best GBS Cars & Coffee event yet & help us raise even more money for two great charities…. We will be collecting for the Notts & Lincs Air Ambulance & Cancer Research UK on the day.

 If you are wanting any parts from Kit Spares, please feel free to call us before hand to place your order so we can get it ready for collection for you on the day to avoid any delays.  Let us know that you are coming, so we know how many cakes to make! We have set up an event page on our GBS Facebook page so keep checking for updates and you can invite your friends & family to join us too! Above are some photographs from our last GBS Cars & Coffee event, the GBS Cameras will be out again capturing all the action!

 We look forward to seeing you all there!
Richard, Keith & all the GBS Team.

Our Apprentice is doing well….

Congratulations again to our Apprentice Thomas Slaney who is doing well at College and recently received some more certificates for EAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering (CNC Machining) and Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Engineering Manufacture (Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering).

Thomas has been with us for nearly 4 years now, since starting in 2016 Thomas has been based working on our CNC machinery alongside our machinists and designer.

We are all very proud of him and is a very valued member of our team and we are lucky to have such a great apprentice. Thomas is studying at Rotherham College where he attends for 1 day a week.

We would also like to thank Edgecam and Engineering Technology Group (ETG) for their continued support and allowing Thomas to attend their training courses.