Sneak Peek - Goblin V2

[Adam]

Goblin V2 is coming in 2024.

Quick info:

• New donor
• New chassis
• New suspension
• New bodywork

More details to come and in the meantime, we're open to answering questions (well, at least the ones we have answers to).

 

[TheAnesthetist]

Is the new donor from the land of the rising sun???

 

[Adam]

Is the new donor from the land of the rising sun???

More like the land of beer and sausages. (Mk7 Golf GTI)

 

[jirwin]

Is the radiator still in the front? Looks like its got a hood exit like a lot of rear/mid engine supercars.

 

[Adam]

Is the radiator still in the front? Looks like its got a hood exit like a lot of rear/mid engine supercars.

The radiator is mounted like the Lotus Elise and similar cars. Air enters through the front, goes up through the radiator and then out of the hood.

 

[jirwin]

Will anything be happening to the Goblin V1? Will they be sold alongside each other, or will one replace the other?

 

[Adam]

Will anything be happening to the Goblin V1? Will they be sold alongside each other, or will one replace the other?

We have at least another year left of producing the Goblin V1. After that will depend on demand.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Goblin V1s will become classics!

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Did anyone notice the side bodywork with the airscoops and the canards on the nose? And the windshield frame?

 

[Rauq]

Do you think this will increase or decrease complaints that you don't offer a kit based off of (insert random donor here)?

edit: that didn't take long, 11 minutes after that was posted lol

 

[Ark :D]

Looks sweet!

1. Is that a curved glass windshield?
2. Is the bodywork still fiberglass?

Goblin V2 will put me in a bad position. There's only room for one toy in the garage.

 

[Goblinfanclub1234]

oh no, now I need to build another one and give 333 to my girlfriend.

 

[Brett]

Call me when you get close to frame 229....

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Goblin V1s will become classics!

I already changed my signature info.

 

[ccgillett]

Please tell us "Classic" owners that we'll be able to get parts for our builds. I still need a hood, engine cover, and side panels for #13.

 

[Lonny]

Looks sweet!

1. Is that a curved glass windshield?
2. Is the bodywork still fiberglass?

Goblin V2 will put me in a bad position. There's only room for one toy in the garage.

The body work is still going to be fiberglass.
The windshield will be glass and we are working on wipers.

 

[Lonny]

Please tell us "Classic" owners that we'll be able to get parts for our builds. I still need a hood, engine cover, and side panels for #13.

We are offering the original Goblin for at least all of 2024 and parts will be available long after that.

 

[Jareth]

Will all the similar components from the new donor be used, as V1?

 

[comegetjoe]

Certified windshield to pass strict inspections?
ABS possible?

Lots of questions, but those two make me think the most.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Keep in mind that swapping the FWD pieces into a mid-RWD configuration also swaps the ends of the car that the ABS has to control. The dynamics of the chassis and suspension are totally reversed from what the ABS Computer was programmed for. So unless this computer can be hacked and the programming changed, don't believe keeping the ABS is a viable option. But I don't want to say it can't be done without knowledge, time and $$$.