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.

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.

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….

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

After a great track day back in March at Blyton park we are pleased to confirm our second GBS Track Day of 2024 that is happening on Wednesday 26th June 2024 at Donington Park and the GBS team would like to invite you all to join in your Zero’s.

Its on the national circuit at Donington Park which is 1.9 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. Click here to see more photographs from our last GBS Track Day.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Fantastic evening at our first Friday Night at the Factory event of the year at GBS.....

On Friday 10th May we all started of the weekend with our first GBS Friday Night at the Factory event of the year, it was a fantastic evening and great to have a carpark full of Zeros, other 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 28th June 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 28th June 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.

Our next GBS Cars & Coffee event is happening on Saturday 15th June at GBS, see more details on our website.

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

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

GBS are now offering the Sadev Gearbox options..... with technical back-up from SWR Motorsport.

We are pleased to announce that we will now be offering a Sadev 6 speed sequential gearbox options for the Zero and through our parts shop Kit Spares for other cars. After a recent visit from SWR Motorsport we are pleased to be working with them as they are the UK Sadev agent to offer a full range of products for the Zero.

The Sadev 6 speed sequential gearbox is perfect in size for the Zero offering ultra power and performance. Sadev are renowned around the world for making the finest transmission, we have chosen to work with them for this reason to be able to offer our customer the very best transmission to further enhance the Zero making it the ultimate sports car.
Contact the GBS Team for more information or visit our parts website Kit Spares to see more about the specification.

More excellence for more performance….

Great turn out for our first Zero Drive Out of the year…......

Last Saturday (27th April) we enjoyed a drive out in the Zero’s that we organised, where we all met at GBS in the car park where all 13 Zeros enjoyed a drive out together. The route that we planned was similar to to previous drive outs covering around 50/60 miles, which was through some lovely villages and country roads finishing in a nice idyllic location in the countryside where we took the opportunity to enjoy some food and drinks. The weather was perfect for us and the rain held off, we would like to thank you all for joining us and making it such an enjoyable day. We look forward to organising another drive out in the Zeros later in the year. Join our GBS Mailing List to be kept up to date with our latest news and events. The next event is our first Friday Night at The Factory happening on Friday 10th May at GBS, all cars are welcome to join us please find more details on our event page.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @gbs_cars to see more photographs of what we are up to and behind the scenes. Visit our GBS YouTube Channel to see a short video of our recent Drive Out.

Friday Night At The Factory is back for 2024..... Join us Friday 10th May at GBS.

Friday Night at the Factory is back and happening in May / June / July / August at Great British Sports Cars.
Happening again this year is our Friday Night at the Factory event -This event we are planning to happen one Friday a month from May to August. Similar style to our GBS Cars & Coffee events this is a great 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. The GBS Car Park will be open from 5pm till late.  

Hot Food (Pizza) and Drinks will be available for you all to enjoy on the night. The first date for the GBS Friday Night at the Factory is happening on Friday 10th May and then we plan them to take place in June, July and August. The other dates will be confirmed and announced very soon.

All cars and bikes are welcome and everyone is welcome to join us for a great evening. Please drive responsibly in the local area.

The Kit Spares Shop will not be open on this ‘Friday Night at the Factory’ but please call before and pre order your parts ready to collect on the evening. www.kitspares.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you all and having a car park full of cars. Visit our event page for more details about this event and other events.

See the Zero and GBS Team at this years Kit Car Shows......

We are pleased to have recently booked our stands at this years Kit Car Shows...... Which are taking place at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June.

Then later in the year than normal we will also be at the Newark Kit Car Show that is very close to the GBS Factory at Newark Showground in Newark on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September.

We have not yet confirmed which Zeros will be on display but follow us on our social media channels to see more details nearer the time. A sample range of parts from Kit Spares will also be on display - With the option to pre order your parts and collect at the show.

Interested in our Zero kit, then come and see the team and we can discuss the options with you. Or why wait till then, contact us today and book your visit to see us at the factory and we can show you around and discuss the options and enjoy a test drive in one of our Zero demonstrators. We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to GBS. Contact us here.

GBS Cars & Coffee event sponsored by Yokohama Tyres is happening on Saturday 15th June....

Saturday 15th June

We are excited to share with you all that we have now confirmed the date for the next GBS Cars & Coffee event of 2024, which is proudly sponsored by Yokohama Tyres and will be taking place on Saturday 15th June at GBS from 10am-2pm.

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 and we all love to host our Cars & Coffee days which are getting busier and attracting a variety of sports cars each time we host one.

After working with and stocking Yokohama Tyres for several years now and supplying them on our parts website and shop Kit Spares we are delighted that they are joining us again this year at our next GBS Cars & Coffee event.

Yokohama Tyres-
On the day one of the sales team from Yokohama will be joining us, you can see more about Yokohama on their website. Please click here for more details.

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. 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). Everyone is welcome to join us in any car!
Another great thing about our GBS Cars & Coffee events are that we raise more money for two great charities…. We collect for the Notts & Lincs Air Ambulance & Cancer Research, and will be collecting on the day. Refreshments are free and all we ask for is a donation to our chosen charities.

The Kit Spares shop and showroom ( www.kitspares.co.uk ) will be open on the day. Please feel free to call us or email and pre order and parts, ready to collect on the day to avoid any delays.

All of the GBS and Yokohama Team look forward to seeing you and welcoming you to GBS on Saturday 15th June.

ALL CARS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US…..

Saturday 15th June at GBS

Zero Hand Built to your very own specification.....

Our turn key fully built Zero option is a popular choice. Our top of the range Sports Car offers exceptional value with bespoke specification and customizable performance. In the UK the turn key car is fully registered and ready for you to drive away to enjoy the thrill of the Zero. Also available in LHD and available to export worldwide.

Each car is hand crafted to each customers specification by our skilled and passionate team. There is an extensive range of optional extras and upgrades available, so you will be creating a truly individual sports car that is unique and bespoke to you. Driving a sports car is an intense experience, whatever gear you’re in, the acceleration of the Zero is effortless. The standard Duratec engine gives effortless performance and driveability complemented by a seamless gearbox, whether it is an adrenaline filled drive or touring it gives the best of both. The styling of both the interior and exterior of the car is also unique ensuring you never see two the same.

Together with the GBS team we can tailor your car to meet your bespoke requirements to produce a truly individual car that is unique to you.
On the road price from £41,860.77 inc vat
Click here to explore more details and download our new brochure and options list or contact us today to start your adventure.

Over Easter GBS and Kit Spares will be closed for the long weekend from 29th March- 1st April and be back to normal opening hours on Tuesday 2nd April 2024. You can still order online from our Kit Spares and all orders will be processed and dispatched on Tuesday 2nd April.

Fantastic first GBS Track Day of the year at Blyton Park....

Fantastic day at our first GBS Track Day of the year….. Last Saturday (23rd March) was our first GBS Track Day of the year at Blyton Park, where we were joined with 10 other Zero owners some of which was their first time out on the Track in their Zeros.

Out on track was our two Zero demonstrators - Our Zero Mazda demonstrator & New Ford Zero Race car, which were doing not stop laps. Our new Zero Race Car performed exceptionally well and had ques with people wanting passenger laps. Lauren our apprentice who only recently passed her driving test was out on track in our Mazda demonstrator having fun most of day. We would like to thank everyone who joined us and hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, even although it was so cold!

The Zero is ideal for both the road and track, click here to explore more options about the Zeros. We will be announcing the next GBS Track Day very soon 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.

Students Zero Race Self Build Kit is progressing well....

Just before we broke up for the Christmas holidays we welcomed a group of year 2 motorsport students from Stafford & Newcastle College (NSCG College) to GBS for a full factory tour. The College now have their Ultimate Zero (Race Chassis) self build kit and the students are now well underway with their build and we have already received a lot of photos from them. The new Zero build guide that we have has been a great help to them and we look forward to following their build, and them joining us at our future events with their very own Zero. We also look forward to welcoming them back to GBS again later this year for another student factory tour.

The Zero build is an ideal education tool in engineering and technical programs. Students 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.