Ginetta G15.
Ginetta is one of those UK garage companies that continues to build cars but not on a very consistent level and with highly fluctuating outputs. The company was started by 4 brothers in 1957, but the first car produced in substantial number was the G4, a two seater sports car with conventional layout. Production started in 1961 and lasted until 1969 and 500 were made. Beside some special racing models four coupe models were built between the sixties and the seventies, the most prolific of them being the G15, presented in 1967.
This rather small coupe was a combination of the Triumph Herald front suspension and steering parts, a spaceframe chassis and the longitudinally placed Hillman Imp engine behind the rear axle. The body was made of fiberglass. The Coventry Climax designed Imp engine was small but could be easily tweaked to improve performance. In its standard 875 cc form it already produced 55 BHP, giving the light coupe a top speed of 160 kph. There were three different Series, with only minor differences, S2 had a front placed radiator, while S3 came with standard alloy wheels. Production lasted until 1974 and almost 800 were made.
One is shown here at the Silverstone Historics in 2005