The Farboud GTS is a sports car made by the British Farboud car company. It is the first Farboud planned for production. Farboud does not make its own engines yet. The Farbio GTS was originally conceived in 2002 as the Farboud GT. 0-60 is predicted to take 3.9 seconds, with a top speed of 175+ mph. The engine, a supercharged 3.0 litre ford unit, produces 384 bhp (286 kW; 389 PS).
Orders for the car are being taken at a price of £71,700.
Chris Marsh, the managing director of Farbio, beckons us inside. The shape of the Farbio GTS is all that remains of the Farboud GTS, which began life in Norfolk in 2002 as the vision of Arash Farboud. Rumor has it that the car had been styled by someone who might have been wielding fat marker pens at Lotus. Whatever, it's a fine piece of work that still looks good five years later on the eve of the car's long-awaited launch.
Marsh came from Marcos and Invicta and took on the project in 2004, and he finally took charge with Faroud as a shareholder about a year ago. The Farboud GTS was originally a supercar powered by a 440-horsepower twin-turbo Audi V6 and featured pushrod-operated inboard suspension and carbon-fiber bodywork. Marsh saw the car's future at a lower price and in higher volumes, right in the place in the market once occupied by Noble before it headed upmarket.
The shape of the GTS may look like the original but the body is all-new, and fashioned from carbon-fiber, too. Beneath the body is a tubular steel space frame with a built-in roll cage, to which the carbon panels are bonded to enhance structural rigidity. The wheelbase measures 105.3 inches, while the car is 165.9 inches long, 76.4 inches wide and just 46.1 inches high.
2008 Farbio GTS Front view
2008 Farbio GTS HeadLights
2008 Farbio GTS Back
2008 Farbio GTS Doors
2008 Farbio GTS Interior
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