Ginetta is a manufacturer best known for its efforts on track, building cars for its Ginetta Junior one-make championship, where many modern sports car and single-seater racing greats cut their teeth as part of their journey up the motorsport ladder. Ginetta has also built and raced cars in the GT4, GT3, LMP3 and LMP1 categories in recent years, but in 2019, it surprised us all with the bespoke Akula. Five years later, the dream becomes reality, with the V8-powered racing car for the road finally going on sale.

While Ginetta’s racing cars exude a certain elegance, the Akula looks menacing - living up to its name, which means “shark” in Russian. Sharp surfaces with gill-like vents run along the spine of the bonnet, behind the front wheels and all the way along the sills, which lead to the side-exit exhausts. A flat floor, modelled on that of the G61-LT-P1 LMP1 car, connects the front to the rear, channelling air towards a large, complex rear diffuser. It's evident that the floor generates the majority of the car’s downforce, as the boot lid-mounted rear wing is relatively small in comparison. Ginetta has carefully packaged the Akula, with the areas behind the wheels devoid of airflow-disrupting components.

While the racing cars have a certain elegance about them, the Akula looks menacing and at first glance lives up to its name which means shark in Russian. Sharp surfaces with gill-like vents are found along the spine of the bonnet, behind the front wheels and all the way along the sills which lead to the side-exit exhausts. Connecting front to rear is a flat floor, modelled on that of the G61-LT-P1 LMP1 car, which sends air towards a large and complex rear diffuser. It’s evident that the floor generates the majority of the downforce, as the boot lid-mounted rear wing is relatively small in comparison. Ginetta have carefully packaged the Akula, with the