Comments on: Farbio GTS

By: Got Handling?

Got Handling? — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:23:12 +0000

You’re the expert CTS,

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:46:53 +0000

turd burglar works better got handling.

By: BLISS

BLISS — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:16:00 +0000

LOOKS LIKE A GOOD START……..NICE .

By: Got Handling?

Got Handling? — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:46:07 +0000

Who is Fabio, are you referring to the male model from the 90’s that you all had a crush on in junior school? What a bunch off bottom burglars you are. Bryce, there is a big difference between Farbio and Fabio in real English.
.
This is a tough market segment to try to break into, the pricing puts it right into 911 territory and despite the impressive weight and performance I can’t see it working out. The design just isn’t cohesive enough to break into a segment with such high expectations.

By: hanlond

hanlond — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:15:31 +0000

If I had the money to buy this, I would rather go with a Corvette ZR-1, Maserati Gran Turismo, or Audi R8. This thing is just too ugly, and slightly under powered, but I guess what it lacks in power it makes up for in weight.

Scott Kempton, I agree, the Corvette is the best for the money. Any of them, base, Z06, and upcoming ZR-1. I think these companies may sell their cars if they have a name behind them like Pagani or are just amazing cars for the money, but otherwise, I don’t know. I guess the good ones sell and may one day come to the status of the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini, and the rest die. I don’t see why anyone would make these cars if there was no market though, so they probably all sell at least a few.

By: Scarface03

Scarface03 — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:58:07 +0000

I’m with LP640, the first thing I thought of was the Carrera GT. Especially the backwards scoop aft of the front fender–it’s like they just flip-flopped the Carrer GT’s scoop.

I’ll pass.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:22:27 +0000

I’m all about the Gran Turismo

Scott: you’re right

By: GBilbo070

GBilbo070 — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:16:11 +0000

Isnt that in PGR3?

By: Thrith

Thrith — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:27:44 +0000

Thanks jonstew, that picture is misleading.

By: Driven

Driven — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:36:03 +0000

Lotus

By: driver54

driver54 — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:47:22 +0000

Try the first comment. It looks like the electric Tesla that was built on the Lotus body.

By: AgmLauncher

AgmLauncher — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:21:01 +0000

27 comments and nobody has mentioned the word Lotus…..

By: autonut

autonut — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:55:27 +0000

Nice lines, but for $130-140K Maserati coupe wins hands down. Here is the math problem: “when Maserati and Farbio will break down on the side of the road at the same time, which one will get tow trackfaster?”

By: jonstew

jonstew — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:47:46 +0000

@ Thrith, it’s mid-engine not front, much like the old Toyota MR2 had a rear trunk behind the engine bay so does this car.

http://www.farbiosportscars.com/the_cars_gts.asp?sub=cars

By: Rotman

Rotman — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:50:40 +0000

What are those things in the doors, air intakes? They totally screw up the line of the car.

By: Thrith

Thrith — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:59:17 +0000

It is a front engine – there is luggage in the back. The backwards scoops completely destroy the design flow.

By: MY Si

MY Si — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:43:51 +0000

“I can’t believe its not butter. Spray”

By: LP640

LP640 — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:49:55 +0000

er…………..Carerra GT anyone????

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:33:29 +0000

“I can’t believe it’s not butter”

By: MurcieMe

MurcieMe — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:26:44 +0000

I’ve seen better dashboards in videogame arcades. Nothing about this car seems all that remarkable to me.

By: monkeybars

monkeybars — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:49:08 +0000

Is it just me, or does the trim around the windows look like absolute xxxx?

By: Commodore

Commodore — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:15:45 +0000

///m – passion? I think the corvette has more passion than any car in its price range. Only the viper might beat it “passion”-wise.

By: V-series

V-series — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:47:32 +0000

I thought this company was called “Farboud”, not “Farbio”. I sure hope it is still called Farboud, because I would never buy anything called a Farbio.

By: ///m

///m — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:19:47 +0000

^^ I still think the Vette deserves a better interior, they been building the car for 50 years, you think there would be a lil bit more “passion” put into it, thats what it really needs. The performance is great I’m not gonna deny that, all that needs to be tinkered is the interior, and the exterior could be a lil crisper. Once that happens I’d probably get one.

By: Scott Kempton

Scott Kempton — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:02:44 +0000

Well….it’s different, sort of. As some of you said, it doesn’t really break any new ground. It’s kind of generic looking to me, except for that backwards scoop behind the front wheels.

I keep hearing about all these “boutique” car builders, who have “just started production”, and I always wonder just how many–if any–cars they actually sell. Maybe it’s still possible for a newbie in the car business to sell cars in Europe.

I still think that a Corvette–for the money–is awfully hard to beat. It’s really fast, it looks great, it gets (relatively) great gas mileage, and it’s civilized enough to actually use as transportation. Pretty hard to beat for 50K US dollars.

By: Deanster

Deanster — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:02:35 +0000

I love it, except the Mazda3 taillight. But awesome!

By: mbgg099

mbgg099 — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:05:48 +0000

Behold the SuperMazda!

By: Wickedated

Wickedated — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:47:04 +0000

I guess this is a good effort…………….. *yawns*

By: ///m

///m — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:30:35 +0000

Better interior than a Vette too

By: obhatti

obhatti — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:26:26 +0000

I don’t like the wheels…. they look wayyy too similar to Aston’s DB9 wheels….. and those rear taillamps SCREAM Mazda……… otherwise it’s decent I guess

By: Bryce

Bryce — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:14:20 +0000

In Britain they don’t pronounce their “R’s”. So, technically, it is the Fabio.

By: 2008PowerStrokeF450Lariat

2008PowerStrokeF450Lariat — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:09:30 +0000

you all were thinking the samething i was at first lol. i thought this thing was called the fabio gts lol.

By: snork

snork — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:50:38 +0000

Not that the car is that outrageous…but based on the article, the new/better than the competition part looks to be the price. 60-70k GBP is pretty cheap for a car of this performance level…especially considering that cars in the UK are usually considerably more expensive than in other markets.

By: Hari

Hari — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:47:08 +0000

THIS is a Sports Car! We need more cars like this on the road instead of crap available now.

By: SoLoveLA

SoLoveLA — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:30:59 +0000

Does it come with long hair and a fake tan?

Seriously this doesnt do anything new or better than the competition does it?