Farbio 400 GTS

goooogeln Hubbs

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/D…R-review/?content-block=1

da gibt das i-net aber einiger her..............

Test date 06 December 2007 Price as tested £64,625

Farbio GTS's cabin is big enough and feels well put together
What is it?
When you first see it in the flesh, you can mistake the Farbio GTS for a McLaren F1. This visual impact, combined with an attractive £60,000 entry price and the surprising refinement and quality levels you discover as you investigate further, are the things that lift this newly launched, Wiltshire-made sports car out of the “hopeful” league and promise a true production future.

Farbio is a new company owned by ex-Marcos sports car specialist Chris Marsh and based in a new factory near Bath. It recently acquired rights to the promising Ford V6-powered Farboud mid-engined coupe, has developed and redesigned it in key areas, and is now making a car a week, with the aim of reaching 150 cars a year beyond 2008. The first customer car will be delivered next month to a London owner.

What’s it like?
The Farbio GTS combines dependable technology (classic steel space-frame; proven Ford transverse powertrain; all-independent wishbone suspension) with impressive modern components. It’s got an all-carbonfibre body made and painted on site, and a touchscreen-based ancillary control system (for audio, ventilation, navigation) which is so simple, organised and intuitive that it deserves to be adopted by mainstream car-makers.

The Farbio GTS comes in two guises, the normally aspirated 262bhp version we tested, and a £10,000 more expensive supercharged model whose 384bhp is accompanied by extra airscoops, an intercooler, trickier tyres and traction control. The base car weighs only 1050kg, so it feels fast, and proves the fact against the stopwatch (0-60 mph 4.8 sec).

On the road, the car feels instantly special. You sit low and forward, with a fine view to the front over the prominent wheel-humps and no difficulty with rear three-quarter vision. The engine belies its Ford roots: careful development of the exhaust and induction systems make it sound quite a lot like a Ferrari.

When you let in the short-throw clutch, the light weight becomes instantly obvious. Despite the exotic sound-effects, it feels flexible and easy to drive. Prod the right pedal and it accelerates strongly, revving smoothly. Performance is more brisk than explosive.

The GTS chassis’ stability and near-neutral handling reflects Chris Marsh’s experience developing Marcos road and race cars: this car rides fairly softly, yet it hardly rolls on corners and displays nothing more than a whiff of stabilising understeer even when pressed hard.

Should I buy one?
Our test car, the development prototype, had a bit of throttle stiction, and could have done with a bit more steering centre feel. It was always easy and accurate to drive, though, and had the reassuring feel of a professionally developed car.

So there's no doubt about it; if Marsh and his colleagues can put the finishing touches to what they, and Arash Farboud, have started with the Farbio GTS, they will create one of the finest independently produced British sports cars of the last 10 years.

If you're predisposed to British sport cars, you won't need Autocar's recommendation to want to drive the Farbio GTS. With the uncertainty surrounding Noble and TVR and the recent closure of Marcos, lovers of the cars those companies produced will surely welcome something new, truly homemade and genuinely impressive to drive. Yet whether you're predisposed to like this car or not, we'd wager you finish that test drive greatly impressed.

Impressed enough to place a deposit? Well, very possibly. You may have to wait a while for a production slot; Farbio has an impressive bank of international orders already. However, on evidence of this first drive, it’s easy to see why the queue is forming so quickly.

Steve Cropley

anderer Artikel
http://www.autozine.org/html/Farbio/GTS.html

The production Farbio GTS keeps the chassis unchanged but switches to a cheaper engine: Ford's Duratec 3.0 V6. This engine has been used in many vehicles ranging from Taurus, Mondeo, Jaguar X-Type to Noble M12 / M400. Farbio gave it bespoke intake and exhaust system to boost its output to 262 horsepower. From the power and torque curves shown in Farbio's brochure, we can see the output has 3 peaks, implying it incorporates a 3-stage variable geometry intake manifolds like the Jaguar V6. The transversely mounted engine is linked to a 6-speed manual gearbox. Rear-wheel drive, all double-wishbones suspensions, a classical sports car layout.

schau mal in die EVO 132, da wird der Farbio GTS350 gegen Lotus Evora und Cayman getestet.

Kommt aber nicht so gut weg...

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Original von chouca
schau mal in die EVO 132, da wird der Farbio GTS350 gegen Lotus Evora und Cayman getestet.

Kommt aber nicht so gut weg...

Hier kann man es auch im Internet lesen:

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreview…ra_v_cayman_v_farbio.html

Aber wie Chouca schon geschrieben hat, kommen sie am Ende zu dem Fazit, dass es sich auf die Frage Evora oder Cayman reduziert.

Probefahrt machen und hier berichten

Wie wäre es mit Boschdienst und Co?
Ich denke das Regelt der Verkäufer am besten über eine Art Garantieversicherung ab. Kenne das sonst nur von Gebrauchtwagen so.

Du brauchst quasi vom Verkäufer einen Freifahrtschein für Werkstatt XY. Diese darf dann ohne verlust der Garantie an dem Wagen werkeln. Also am Besten vor dem Kauf schon eine geeignete Werkstatt (oder Kette) aussuchen und dann im Vertrag so festlegen.

Würde vor Allem das Thema Garantie abklären. So ein Rechtstreit über Landesgrenzen........
Hat mich damals auch vom Atom abgehalten.

Gruß

Armin

Aus dem Evo Bericht:

"Its fittings may lack the polished design and detail finish of the Porsche and Lotus"

Also Lotus ist nicht unbedingt für das tolle Finish berühmt. Bin ja mal gespannt, wie die Verarbeitungsqualität ist.
Aber generell finde ich es schon eine interessante Sache

Gruß

Armin

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Original von fossi
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Also Lotus ist nicht unbedingt für das tolle Finish berühmt. Bin ja mal gespannt, wie die Verarbeitungsqualität ist....

Du darfst aber den Evora nicht mit der Elise/Exige vergleichen. Der ist deutlich besser. Zumindest was ich bisher gesehen habe.

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Original von hubert k
hab ich doch glatt den link vergessen

orange mit schwarzen Felgen... sieht doch richtig heiß aus...

http://www.farbiosportscars.com/gallery1.asp

Schön, aber doch mehr rot als Orange (oder ich habe einen Sehfehler). Orange ist das hier:

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Gruß

Armin

Habe gerade mal auf der evo Seite für dich gesucht. In diesem Artikel ist deine Vermutung bestätigt, dass es sich um den Mondo ST220 Motor handelt.

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreview…ws/213633/farbio_gts.html