Potenza/Westfield scr@ws GTM models

[Hans Efde]

Here's a bit of gossip on the beautiful GTM Libra and Spyder. The new owner Westfield/Potenza stopped production of the GTM models for a redesign. A Dutch GTM Libra owner wrote on a forum that he had recently visited the factory and saw that the new versions of the Libra and Spyder will no longer be monocoques, but will have a spaceframe. Also the trailing arm suspension will be replaced by the conventional Westfield double wishbone suspension. The latter may not be a bad thing, but I think it's a shame that they dropped the GRP monocoque. No doubt cost is involved, but it seems reverse engineering. The Concorde is gone, so is the Space Shuttle and now the GTM monocoques as well! What's next? Morgan starts reproducing three wheelers? Come on!
p.s. this is not a 1 april joke, it was a serious message posted a few weeks ago.