The GF 200 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with retractable tricycle undercarriage and a highly streamlined fuselage.

The engine was mounted within the fuselage, to the rear of the passenger cabin, and drove the pusher propeller via a driveshaft.

Like other Grob designs, construction throughout was of composite materials, in the case of this particular aircraft, including the driveshaft.

The project officially launched at the Hannover Show in May 1988, at which a mockup of the design was displayed and a hope expressed to have the aircraft flying within two years.

When Grob was unable to find financial backing to take the design further, the company embarked on the construction of a more "true-to-life" prototype in 1997, the GF 250, in the belief that this would prove more attractive to potential business partners.