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Ginetta G15 - a hot sleigh, but not for Santa Claus

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Created on December 23, 2014

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Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Daniel Reinhard

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - ein heisser Schlitten für den Weihnachtsmann

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Wasserkühler vorne, Motor hinten

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - nur knapp über 500 kg Leergewicht

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - passt auch in enge Lücken, da nur 1,42 Meter breit

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - für die Landstrasse geboren

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - für zwei Personen und 200 Liter Gepäck

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - kompakt und leicht

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - fast 170 km/h schnell

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - sehr handlich zu fahren

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Fahrspass pur

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - 0 bis 100 km/h in rund 12 Sekunden

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - fühlt sich stets schneller an, als man unterwegs ist

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - kurze Kabine, kurze Überhänge

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - passt in jeden Hauseingang

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - das Design entsprang vor allem pragmatischen Gedankengutes

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Front- und Heckscheibe mussten gängigen Serienfahrzeugen entliehen werden

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - kräftig dimensioniertes Lederlenkrad

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - sportliches Cockpit

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Hauptinstrumente von Smiths

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Ginetta-Zeichen in der Lenkradnabe

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Choke-Zug beim Schalthebel

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Smiths-Instrumente für Wassertemperatur, Benzinstand und Öldruck

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - einfache Türinnenverkleidungen

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Schiebefenster

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - nur die Treppe am Ende des Gangs bildet ein wirkliches Hinderniss

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - das ganze Heck kann nach oben geklappt werden und gibt Zugang zum Motor

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - die ganze Heckpartie kann hochgeklappt werden und gibt Zugang zum Motor

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Leichtmetall-Motor kompakter Bauweise

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Chassis-Plakette

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Weber-Vergaser zur Leistungssteigerung

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Reihenvierzylinder und Ölkühler

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Lucas-Rückleuchten

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - schlanke Chromstosstange am Heck

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - die Front wurde ähnlich auch beim G21 verbaut

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - während die ersten Serien noch schlange Türschlösser hatten, wurden später diese modischeren Varianten verbaut

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Tankdeckel vorne auf der Haube …

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - … schnell gefüllt und schnell geschlossen

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Benzintank und Technik im Bug

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - runde Hauptscheinwerfer

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Ginetta-Markenzeichen auf dem Bug

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Wasserkühler vorne

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - Doppelflutige Auspuffanlage aus dem Zubehörprogramm

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Sunbeam Imp de Luxe (1968) - das Export-Modell trägt keinen Imp-Schriftzug mehr, dafür ist der Markenname in der Zierleiste zu sehen

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Sunbeam Imp Sport (1969) - der Markenname stand rechts auf der Front der Sportversion

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Sunbeam Imp (1969) - Fast jedes Bauteil wurde für den Imp angepasst, so dass der Motor am Schluss eher als Eigenentwicklung gelten kann - es blieben Voll-Aluminium-Bauweise, obenliegende Nockenwelle, Kurzhubauslegung, hohe Verdichtung

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Ginetta G15 (1971) - bereits am Ende der Bauzeit angelangt

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Ginetta G15 (1972) - der Heckmotor ermöglichte eine kompakte Bauweise

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Ginetta G15 (1971) - ausgestellt an der London Motorsport Show

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Ginetta G21 (1971) - Ginetta-Stand auf der London Motorsport Show, im Hintergrund eine Ginetta G15

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Ginetta G15 (1969) - mit Sunbeam-Imp-Motor im Heck

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Ginetta G21 (1972) - Formelemente wurden vom G15 übernommen, insgesamt ist die G21 aber gestreckter

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Ginetta G15 (1973) - auf der Birmingham Motor Sport Show

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Summary

From 1967 to 1974, Ginetta built the G15 sports car, powered by a small four-cylinder aluminum engine from the Sunbeam Imp. Offered primarily as a kit car, the small rear-engined car offered good performance and excellent fuel efficiency for comparatively little money. This vehicle report describes the history of the G15, provides driving impressions and shows the car in historical and current pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

From racing to production sports car
From engine to car
Presentation at the London Motor Show
High demand
Continuous evolution
Pleasant sounding
For everyday use?
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The English sports car company Ginetta can be accused of a number of things, but not of lacking creativity or sticking to proven concepts. The four brothers Bob, Ivor, Trevor and Douglas Walkett built sports and racing cars with front and mid-engines. In 1967, they even introduced a rear-engined model, the G15, which was to become their most successful sports car ever. The Walkett brothers had built up a considerable fan base with their early sports cars, namely the G4, and they provided sports car buyers interested in motorsport in particular with cars that could also keep up well on the racetrack. With ever more powerful sports cars, but also with monoposti, Ginetta concentrated more and more on motorsport, but had to realize that this was a difficult strategy commercially.

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