Ultima GTR
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| Manufacturer | Ultima Sports Ltd |
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| Body style | 2-door coupe |
The Ultima GTR is a sports car manufactured by Ultima Sports Ltd of Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, available both in kit form and as a "turnkey" (i.e. assembled by the factory but not road registered) vehicle. The design is mid engined, rear wheel drive layout, with a tubular steel space frame chassis and GRP bodywork. A convertible version called the Ultima Can-Am is also produced. Kit builders are free to source and fit a variety of engines and transmissions but the Chevrolet small block V8 supplied by American Speed mated to either a Porsche or Getrag transaxle is the factory recommended standard, and this configuration is fitted to all turnkey cars. Recently Ultima have focused their marketing efforts on record-breaking activities with a model equipped with a 640 bhp American Speed engine called the Ultima GTR640 (and subsequently a 720 bhp version of the same engine in the GTR720). As a result, they have established the following:
- Fastest 0-60 time: 2.6 seconds
- Fastest 0-100 time: 5.3 seconds
- Fastest 100-0 time: 3.6 seconds
- Fastest 0-100-0 time: 9.4 seconds
- Best performance on a skidpad: 1.176g lateral grip in a 200 ft circle.
- Fastest road car over the 1/4 mile: 9.9 seconds