Ginetta Akula - What do you need to know?

The covers are off, let’s take a look at the Ginetta Akula

Ginetta was founded in 1958 and for many of them years they have been taking the lead in British race-car manufacturing, putting the UK at the heart of world-class motorsport. Every car they manufacture is hand-built at a purpose-built factory just outside of Leeds, United Kingdom.

2018 marked 60 years of Ginetta, and boy did they have a surprise for us at the Geneva Motor Show. Images were teased of this once unknown supercar, let’s take a look at the newly revealed Ginetta Akula.

The Akula is a reflection of Ginetta’s rich heritage in motorsport, a flagship car designed with function over form. The car was built from the ground up, starting with a full carbon monocoque, aerodynamics taken straight from an LMP-Car and a mid-engine design resulting in a driving experience that focuses on YOU, the driver.

Let’s take a look at some headline numbers then, 1150 kg weight, 600 bhp, 200 mp/h top speed and a price tag close to £400,000. Ginetta claim that the Akula has a 49/51 weight distribution with 376 kg worth of down-force at 100 mp/h.

The Akula comes quipped with bucket seats, harnesses, centre locking wheels and carbon-ceramic brakes as standard, there’s also some niceties in there such as air conditioning, power steering, parking sensors and a rear facing camera for when you take it to the shops.

If you’re looking to purchase an Akula you’ll have to move quick, Ginetta only plan to build 20 units, with over half of them already sold. Customer’s will start to receive their cars sometime in 2020.