Hello guys,
I find the only true source of information for any GT40 product is to talk directly to the manufacturers themselves. There are customers with kind words and in truth most are biased towards the particular car they are building.
MDA have made more changes to its chassis and suspension design than most other companies have over the last three years. We operate a constant improvement policy, hence the change from series one chassis to the later series two. Certainly in the 8 years I was at GTD, there were few changes to the actual product itself, the rear braking went from Drum to solid disc, then to vented. The gearbox went from Renault 30 to Renault 21 turbo, and the GTD Version of a Mark two came in the early 1990s. Other than that, the core car did not change from its original concept. Much later customers have developed their cars a long way further or paid others to do it for them.
MDA have been driven by the customer and feedback. We didnt always get it right first time and we keep going until we did. Moving on the to the more original rear GT40 uprights ment a large change to the whole chassis and geometry. This is our best handling car yet and certainly the most correct driving GT40 replica I have ever driven (and that is more than some people realise.)
MDA have managed to put 7 cars on the road this year. Five more customers cars went on the road between September last year and June this year. From the early chassis cars, all but five are now on the road to meet full European regulations via SVA testing. We are looking forward to next year when there will be a few more MDA cars to see working to make more accurate comparisons to other makes.
Thanks to Craig, Steve, Chris M, Martin P, John, Chris H, Martin F, Andy and many others who have chosen MDA products we know you made the right choice and for your continuing support and enthusiasm.
My advice to others looking to buy, do your homework; Will the car meet your requirements, meet the regulations for the country it is to be used in, have full E marking for all necessary equipment (lights, mirrors, glass etc) And have the know how to apply the correct items for the testing for Europe.
The major choice now is Mono design or Space frame. Again do your homework its your choice and the end of the day. There are now emissions controls in many countries, does your country require fuel injection and cats? We work to the standards required by SVA, SFRO (Sweden), TUV and RDA (Holland). Its to be noted that we have cars in all of those countries as well as Brazil, Italy, Belguim, Canada, USA, Spain, Germany, France and the UK. We offer both Right and left hand cars with either centre or side shift gears.
Its a large community of GT40 enthusiasts out there, not all agree on the sames things, but we all the like the same car. If anyone wants further information or to comment on what I have said above, please email me directly though I think its fair.
Best regards to all
Mark
MDA