Ronart Cars are made at Peterborough, UK.

The W152 can be ordered in kit form or can be completely hand-built by the factory (usually on a lead-time of about 12 months).

The Lightning is no longer available.

It is hoped that there will be a Mark 3 version of the W152, but if so it will no longer be Jaguar-powered, but will share the same suspension, transmission, and Ford V8 power unit as the Lightning.

W152s in varying states of completion

An early W152 at Spyder Engineering

The Ronart chassis is extremely strong, and as a kit it is certainly one of the most substantial (and most expensive) on the market; it is designed to handle up to V12 power (one W152 has a TWR-Jaguar 600bhp V12 installed). The bodywork is also made of thick composite. All the technical detail is available on the Ronart Cars website, to which there is a link below.

There are many quality features which single out the Ronart from the crowd, not least of which is the ingenious sliding pedal-box which is adjustable via knurled knob under the dashboard, for the driving comfort of people of all shapes and sizes. Even the bulky Roger Cook was able to drive the W152 in his TV review for the programme Pulling Power.