The Ginetta G4 was a British sports car built by Ginetta from 1961, successor to the glass fibre bodied G3 of 1959, and part of a series that was built between 1959 and 1968 and again between 1981 and 1984. It used the new Ford 105E engine with a glass fibre GT-style body, coil spring front suspension and a Ford live axle at the rear. Where the earlier G2 and G3 had been designed for racing, the G4 could be used as an everyday car while remaining very competitive in motorsport, and it came as a coupe, a convertible or a barchetta reserved for competition. Over 500 were made up to 1969 with a variety of Ford engines. It proved so successful in kit car racing that it was banned in the mid 1980s, which led Ginetta to develop the very similar G27 to replace it.
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designed, developed, and built by British manufacturer Ginetta
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designed, developed, and built by British manufacturer Ginetta
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to be followed by the very similar G4 in 1961
Engines
The car is fitted with a 1,340 cc (82 cu in) four-cylinder in-line engine
Design
a 2-door coupé, a 2-door convertible, and a 2-door barchetta reserved for competition
1981 revival
It was produced through to 1984 with approximately 35 examples built.
Design, road tests
the car attains a top speed of 190 km/h (120 mph) with a 1,500 cc engine
Engines, power
developing 91 hp (68 kW)
Lead, maker
designed, developed, and built by British manufacturer Ginetta
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is a series of sports cars
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is a series of sports cars
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Production stopped in 1968 after about 500 had been built
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Ivor was already working on modifying the G4 chassis to IRS
G4 Series 1 (Ginetta Owners Club)
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