Ginetta G6

The Ginetta G6 was a sports racer built in 1963 around a DKW two-stroke engine. Albrecht Mansell, a well known German engine tuner with close links to Auto Union, saw the G4 at the 1961 Racing Car Show and meant to import it into Germany for a DKW engine. The first car arrived in May 1963 with a G4 chassis and body significantly modified to take the two-stroke unit, and a highly modified engine was fitted in Germany in time for that year's 1000K Nurburgring race, where the car clocked 117 mph through a time trap before a fuel blockage sidelined it. One further car, a road version, followed, making two in all, before German interest in two-stroke engines faded as DKW Auto Union became Audi.