Ultima's - How fast can they go?

[The Hitman]

Went to a "prestige" car seller just up the road from me last Sunday monring while he was bringing out some cars. He had a few nice cars there, a M3 CSL, TVR Chim, Evo IX, a few Porsche's, a Bentley (which had WNK as part of the Reg ) as well as others.

While looking around I saw a bright yellow car in the garage, couldn't make out what it was but could see from the shape, wide tyres and the racing spoiler it was something special.

Had a brief word with the guy that runs the place and He told me it was an Ultima. I never actually seen one before and didn't know much about it so started asking questions about it. He told me it had a V8 in it and could go faster than 200mph...

Now, I know they are very fast cars, but can they really break 200mph?

[yazza54]

They've been breaking 200 mph for a good while

[dan19evans]

if its the GTR720, they top out at around 230mph i think

[The Hitman]

fk me, I'll be asking for a test drive!

[dan19evans]

The Hitman said:

fk me, I'll be asking for a test drive!

i think i would too if i were you they're amazing cars, holds lots of production car world records for acceration, handling, 1/4 mile etc

[dudleybloke]

look for the ultima blitzing the top gear track on youtube.

[dan19evans]

dudleybloke said:

look for the ultima blitzing the top gear track on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc0rCMKQTCE

[EDLT]

dan19evans said:

dudleybloke said:

look for the ultima blitzing the top gear track on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc0rCMKQTCE

Its probably been discussed before, but that ultima must have been on slicks - the FXX was when it set it's time.

[dan19evans]

EDLT said:

dan19evans said:

dudleybloke said:

look for the ultima blitzing the top gear track on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc0rCMKQTCE

Its probably been discussed before, but that ultima must have been on slicks - the FXX was when it set it's time.

nah they did the ultima lap time on a fully road-legal setup. they even drove the car to and from the track.

[Gun]

Here's another good one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3y7qbSCB44

from about 2:35 onwards, that's 0-211mph in 19 seconds!

[dan19evans]

Gun said:

Here's another good one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3y7qbSCB44

from about 2:35 onwards, that's 0-211mph in 19 seconds!

yep ive seen that insane acceleration

[dudleybloke]

it was through looking for info on ultimas that i discovered Pistonheads.

i will own one before i die!

[Debaser]

I think Ultimas are the dog's. Have a look here (scroll down to the bottom of the page for performance figures).
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/Content.aspx?f=recor...

[dan19evans]

dudleybloke said:

it was through looking for info on ultimas that i discovered Pistonheads.

i will own one before i die!

mmm me too... one day..
you can build your own for around £60k i think, which is cheap for the performance you will get

[Flintstone]

"Ultima's - How fast can they go?"


Ultima's 'what'?

[Nobby Diesel]

Doesn't an Ultima hold the 0-200-0 record?

[dan19evans]

Nobby Diesel said:

Doesn't an Ultima hold the 0-200-0 record?

these are all of Ultima's world records with the GTR:

Fastest 0-60 mph (97 km/h) time: 2.6 seconds
Fastest 0-100 mph (160 km/h) time: 5.3 seconds
Fastest 30 mph (48 km/h)-70 mph (110 km/h) time: 1.8 seconds
Fastest 100 mph (160 km/h)- 0 mph time: 3.6 seconds
Fastest 0-100 mph (160 km/h)- 0 mph time: 9.4 seconds
Best performance on a skidpad: 1.176g lateral grip in a 200 ft (60 m) circle.
Fastest road car over the 1/4 mile: 9.9 seconds @ 143 mph (230 km/h)

[MGZRod]

Flintstone said:

"Ultima's - How fast can they go?"


Ultima's 'what'?

GTR? As it is the GTR made by Ultima? I don't konw.

[V8TVR1978]

dan19evans said:

Nobby Diesel said:

Doesn't an Ultima hold the 0-200-0 record?

these are all of Ultima's world records with the GTR:

Fastest 0-60 mph (97 km/h) time: 2.6 seconds
Fastest 0-100 mph (160 km/h) time: 5.3 seconds
Fastest 30 mph (48 km/h)-70 mph (110 km/h) time: 1.8 seconds
Fastest 100 mph (160 km/h)- 0 mph time: 3.6 seconds
Fastest 0-100 mph (160 km/h)- 0 mph time: 9.4 seconds
Best performance on a skidpad: 1.176g lateral grip in a 200 ft (60 m) circle.
Fastest road car over the 1/4 mile: 9.9 seconds @ 143 mph (230 km/h)

The above (hopefully true facts) are quite impressive and must be for only Ultimas on your side of the pond. I won't name names (but steve knows who I am referring to) but there is this guy down the street from me who has an Ultima that can't match the above facts. In the last year (really more than a year but I'm trying to be nice) it could only make it from the front of his house to the back shop one or two times (and he bugs me about having 3 TVRs at our house and their reliability)So I've had some carpet pieces come unglued and some minor grounding faults and I have contributed to several college funds (all over Canada and the USA.)We may have some minor faults with our 3 TVRs but the music from the exhausts really balances it all out. I suspect that my buddy down the street gets more seat time in his Ultima than my Spousal Unit, myself, and our daughter get combined in our 3 cars per month. By the way Clive buddy down my street, tomorrow on the 5th, it may not be Le Mans but the Three Hills car show is on and after I get back from the shop (yes, getting a minor repair) we are going up to view the cars that are entered. Cumming???????????

Edited by V8TVR1978 on Saturday 5th June 07:11

[David87]

I had a BMW salesman tell me he got overtaken by one early on a Sunday morning on an empty stretch of the M25. He was doing 170mph and apparently the Ultima 'went flying past, probably doing over 270mph'. So yes, they're very fast.