Ultima - The Worlds fastest Production Car?
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What did 'The Sunday Times' conclude in their recent tests?
PART 1: ULTIMA SPORTS LTD BREAKS
0-100mph-0 WORLD RECORD
The Ultima Factory have smashed the production car world record in an Ultima GTR for sprinting to 100mph and back to zero again leaving all other super cars in its wake along a 1.8-mile runway at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Leicestershire.
Driven by Ultima Director, Richard Marlow, the factory built Ultima GTR set a new world record time of 10.3 seconds to achieve 0-100mph-0 smashing the previous record by half a second. The British built super car stormed from 0-60mph in 2.8 secs and reached 100mph from standstill in an incredible 5.9 secs before coming back to rest a mere 4.4 secs later. The 100mph to zero braking time not including the drivers reaction time was just 3.97secs.
All of the times were set by a standard, factory built, fully road legal, road tyred Ultima GTR built using all of the high spec factory specified and proven parts. The car was even equipped with heavy luxuries such as air conditioning but no traction control devices; launch control systems or ABS braking aids were used. The car was fitted with its recommended Porsche G50 5 speed transaxle and normally aspirated 640BHP 377ci Chevrolet V8 engine which is a standard offering by the factory from its official engine suppliers American Speed at www.amerspeed.com.
This record time beats the legendary £630,000 McLaren F1 road car by well over a full second at less than one tenth of the cost!
Richard Marlow, Director of Ultima Sports Ltd said “The 0-100mph-0 test is believed by many to be the ultimate test for any car and is a true indicator of a cars all round performance ability. We haven’t strapped any timing gear onto one of our cars for a few years now and decided that the time was right to demonstrate to everybody how we have been successfully developing our product over the years and gained a world record in the process. We also wanted to achieve over 200mph at the relatively short Bruntingthorpe runway on the same day however severe rain and thunderstorms curtailed this for now but it didn’t stop Ted from achieving a rather interesting 192mph pass in the wet on standing water with over 1500rpm still available!”
The test was conducted, overseen and verified by an official from Datron Technology and the latest state of the art GPS timing gear was utilised to achieve and ensure maximum accuracy.
A submission has been made to the world-renowned Guinness Book of Records.
The full report and videos can be seen here:
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/record.html
PART 1: ULTIMA SPORTS LTD BREAKS
0-100mph-0 WORLD RECORD
The Ultima Factory have smashed the production car world record in an Ultima GTR for sprinting to 100mph and back to zero again leaving all other super cars in its wake along a 1.8-mile runway at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Leicestershire.
Driven by Ultima Director, Richard Marlow, the factory built Ultima GTR set a new world record time of 10.3 seconds to achieve 0-100mph-0 smashing the previous record by half a second. The British built super car stormed from 0-60mph in 2.8 secs and reached 100mph from standstill in an incredible 5.9 secs before coming back to rest a mere 4.4 secs later. The 100mph to zero braking time not including the drivers reaction time was just 3.97secs.
All of the times were set by a standard, factory built, fully road legal, road tyred Ultima GTR built using all of the high spec factory specified and proven parts. The car was even equipped with heavy luxuries such as air conditioning but no traction control devices; launch control systems or ABS braking aids were used. The car was fitted with its recommended Porsche G50 5 speed transaxle and normally aspirated 640BHP 377ci Chevrolet V8 engine which is a standard offering by the factory from its official engine suppliers American Speed at www.amerspeed.com.
This record time beats the legendary £630,000 McLaren F1 road car by well over a full second at less than one tenth of the cost!
Richard Marlow, Director of Ultima Sports Ltd said “The 0-100mph-0 test is believed by many to be the ultimate test for any car and is a true indicator of a cars all round performance ability. We haven’t strapped any timing gear onto one of our cars for a few years now and decided that the time was right to demonstrate to everybody how we have been successfully developing our product over the years and gained a world record in the process. We also wanted to achieve over 200mph at the relatively short Bruntingthorpe runway on the same day however severe rain and thunderstorms curtailed this for now but it didn’t stop Ted from achieving a rather interesting 192mph pass in the wet on standing water with over 1500rpm still available!”
The test was conducted, overseen and verified by an official from Datron Technology and the latest state of the art GPS timing gear was utilised to achieve and ensure maximum accuracy.
A submission has been made to the world-renowned Guinness Book of Records.
The full report and videos can be seen here:
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/record.html
I was at Bruntingthorpe for the 0-100-0 9.8 sec run earlier this year, the main improvement was on the brakes, matching a Caterhams braking capability even though it was twice the weight.
The acceralation of an Ultima is not in doubt ...
The Atom 300 will need to have a hard look at the road tyres they need to run before they can get close, then it will be game on ..
G Man
The acceralation of an Ultima is not in doubt ...
The Atom 300 will need to have a hard look at the road tyres they need to run before they can get close, then it will be game on ..
G Man
Bruce Fielding said:
Ultima have declined to participate in both the Autocar 0-100-0 and the Sunday Times 0-60 this year.
I believe they feel it's unnecessary to prove the point yet again. Shame really, as it means their benchmark is missing.
Bruce - You are correct about the ST 0-60 but the researcher phoned up Ultima asking if they wanted to take on Supercars such as Ferrari and Lambos and then a day later it became a 0-60 sprint at Le Mans time which Ultima factory attend ... so a time crunch occurred.
The Autocar 0-100-0 Ultima did not have an invite because certain manufacturers would have pulled their cars because the Ultima was too quick ..
G Man
datasafe said:
Quite an amazing set of figures. I want one of those!
Yes they are, the car was thought out by an expert
datasafe said:
What are the brakes and what is the cost for the spec achieving those results?
JC
The brakes are AP Racing 13" 4 pots ...
A basic Ultima GTR with all the right bits is £30K ..
Then add your spec engine a 377ci 640 bhp $20K
But the new LS7 427ci is $13K tuneable to 600+ bhp
Enjoy
G Man
G Man said:
A basic Ultima GTR with all the right bits is £30K ..
Then add your spec engine a 377ci 640 bhp $20K
But the new LS7 427ci is $13K tuneable to 600+ bhp
That's true... but how much does the average owner spend on creating a car? And to create a serious 0-100-0 car my guess would be £70k plus given a look at the classifieds...
However, speed in any car is good. My personal feeling is that I don't like the look of the GTR, but nuff respek for the performance. Just a shame it looks like a duck with a squashed beak. The pile of welded scaffolding poles is in my eyes, more aesthetically pleasing.
Bruce Fielding said:
That's true... but how much does the average owner spend on creating a car? And to create a serious 0-100-0 car my guess would be £70k plus given a look at the classifieds...
However, speed in any car is good. My personal feeling is that I don't like the look of the GTR, but nuff respek for the performance. Just a shame it looks like a duck with a squashed beak. The pile of welded scaffolding poles is in my eyes, more aesthetically pleasing.
£70k would be tops IMHO - don't think I spent that
I happen to like both cars Ultima and Atom and bet that they attract more attention than other cars costing £100k more.
People judge an Ultima from pictures and it is most definately a car to see in person.
Back to Atoms do you run 15" wheels if so why has no-one run Avon ACB10, because that would be incredible grip ?
G Man
G Man said:
People judge an Ultima from pictures and it is most definately a car to see in person.
Back to Atoms do you run 15" wheels if so why has no-one run Avon ACB10, because that would be incredible grip ?
I agree that it looks better in the flesh, but I have seen lots and feel that the front is just too squished - that's my take... I don't like the look of Le Mans cars or Radicals either
The accepted Atom optimum wheel setup is 16s at the back and 15s at the front.
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