Two of Britain’s cottage-industry sportscar-makers are pairing up, as racing manufacturer Ginetta has just acquired supercar builder, Farbio. As you’ll no doubt recall, the Farbio GTS supercar was the brainchild of Arash Farboud. The company that built it was originally known as Farboud, but when Arash left to start another new company called Arash (they build the Arash AF10 hypercar), Farbio seemed like a better name to the people involved. Farbio was left to operate independently, launching various versions of its GTS over the past couple of years.

Ginetta’s acquisition of the company helps them fill out their lineup with a ready-made supercar to join its existing roster of racecars. It also gives Ginetta a second factory with an in-house carbon fiber manufacturing facility. The unit will continue to operate more or less independently, however, with current Farbio chief Chris Marsh (previously with Marcos, another British sportscar-maker) remaining at the helm.

The Farbio GTS will be rebranded as a Ginetta, the top-spec Farbio GTS400, for example, being renamed the Ginetta F400. Pricing is expected to remain the same for the time being. Ginetta has said that it believes the Farbio chassis could accommodate more power, which is good news. While Farbio’s marketing strategy focused on the Japanese and the Middle Eastern markets, Ginetta wants more UK sales and even plans to bring the supercar to the North American market. A homologation team is actually headed Stateside to begin the certification process already.