This futuristic looking little sports car was built by Dare (UK) Ltd of Great Wigborough, Essex, which held the license to produce the Ginetta G4 and G12 competition GTs following the founding Walklett brothers' sale of the original Ginetta company; the DZ though, was one of Dare's own designs.

Available as either a convertible or fixed-head coupé with gull wing doors, the DZ was built around a composite chassis with moulded-in tubular steel framework.

Suspension was independent all round by means of wishbones and coil spring dampers while there were vented disc brakes on all four wheels, gripped by four-pot alloy callipers at the front.

Mounted transversely amidships, the engine was a 2.0-litre Ford Zetec producing either 130bhp (normally aspirated) or 210 horsepower (supercharged).

Weighing only 1,477lbs, the DZ had a power-to-weight ratio of 194bhp/tonne (un-blown) so its performance was electrifying.

The car offered here is the first of only ten DZs made, six of which were con...