GBS & KIT SPARES SUMMER OPEN DAY....................

The GBS team are pleased to invite you all to our Summer Open Day on Saturday 23rd July. On the day the workshop, showroom and Kit Spares shop will all be open and test drives in the Zero demonstrator will be available.We are also running a Car Treasure Hunt on the day, which will be starting around 1pm and finish at GBS for a BBQ tea. This is...

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GBS & KIT SPARES HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AT DETLING KIT CAR SHOW..........

We are all still very busy unpacking from an extremely busy and successful weekend at the Detling Kit Car Show. We had two Zero cars on display on the GBS stand as well as a full range of parts from Kit Spares. It was a great to see all the Zero customers over the weekend and was good to hear that there are many Zeros that are soon going to be finished,...

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Review: 2011 Chrysler 300 V6

Of the many hurtful similes one can hurl at a vehicle, few are more insidious than drawing design or driving parallels to the oft-maligned American sedan. Thanks to the dark days of the ’70s and ’80s, once proud nameplates like Imperial, Impala and Galaxie were either completely forgotten or bastardized into models with about as much personality as...

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GM releases another shot of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu

The 2013 Chevrolet Malibu will be unveiled on Monday at the Shanghai Motor Show. General Motors is expectedly making a big deal of the event, and started dropping teasers a couple weeks back. Those were followed by a full-on, high-resolution pic of the Malibu in red on Thursday. And now? Another picture of the China-spec car in blue. Since it’s static,...

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Roush announces 2012 Stage 3 Mustang with 540 horsepower horsepower

The Stage 3 has always been the flagship of Roush’s modified Ford Mustang stable, and the supercharged pony car is making a return for 2012 with a new RS3 moniker. With 540 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque on tap, the Stage 3 replaces the 5XR as Roush’s most powerful offering. Along with the extra power, the RS3 comes with a new graphics package...

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Review: 2011 Kia Optima EX

Nobody remembers the 2010 Kia Optima, but just like that, the 2011 model may be the mainstream sedan to beat. While some consumers – the uninformed and brand-bigoted – might remain skeptical, the 2011 Kia Optima is the new benchmark. How could the Optima go from warmed-over also-ran to the segment’s latest front-runner? The 2011 Kia Optima is at once...

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THE NEW SINGLE THROTTLE BODY PLENUM IS NOW AVAILABLE.......

This black powder coated single Throttle Body Plenum for the Ford Zetec Black Top Engine is now available from www.kitspares.co.uk. Also coming soon......Duratec, and Zetec SE Single Throttle Body plenums.This weekend we will be attending Detling Kit Car Show 21st & 22nd May, we will be taking a wide range of parts from Kit Spares and will have...

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GBS ZERO BUILD IN AUSTRALIA..........

We shipped a complete Zero kit out to Australia earlier this year to customer Terry Dale. Terry and his team are doing a great job with their Zero build and it is coming along nicely, they are also taking some video footage of the build and will be sending it over to us when it is complete, which we will share with you on the blog.Kit Spares recently...

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ANOTHER ZERO KIT IS EXPORTED........

This week another Zero kit was exported to Indonesia, and yesterday Ivan Rodriguez and his father both from Chilli came over to GBS for the day had a test drive in our Zero demonstrator and ordered a Zero kit. For more information about the Zero please visit our website www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk or call 01623 860 990.Kit Spares is always adding...

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GBS TAKES DELIVERY OF NEW MACHINERY.........

GBS recently took delivery of some brand new machinery, a Hardinge CNC lathe machine, it is now installed and is up and running and training for the new machine is now in progress, it is a very impressive piece of machinery.Kit Spares has recently added some Zero Interior floor mats for the standard and Wide body Zero....... please visit www.kitspares.co.uk...

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Mini Goodwood packs the heart of a Rolls-Royce for Shanghai

While it may seem anathema to American tastes, in the Old World, bigger is not always better. Particularly if you live in a city laid out long before the advent of the automobile. But overseas buyers can still have extravagant tastes, so downsizing to a smaller vehicle to get around densely-packed cities shouldn’t necessarily equate to losing out on...

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BMW Z4 GT3 undergoes first round of customer tests

The 2011 BMW Z4 GT3 proved it can win races back in January when it took the overall victory at the Dubai 24 Hours. Never one to rest on its laurels, BMW took the car from the winners circle in Dubai and put it right back on a test track. After a good beating throughout March, BMW made aerodynamic and electronic tweaks to get the racer into absolute...

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First Drive: 2012 Ferrari FF

The last time Ferrari blew absolutely everyone away with wall-to-wall surprises and equally sizzling performance all wrapped into one car was in 2002 with its Enzo. We’re not saying that all things between then and today have been shabby, mind you. And we’re also not saying that the 2012 Ferrari FF does it in marquee-and-fireworks Enzo-style, but the...

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