Ultima GTR Overview Manufacturer Ultima Sports Ltd Designer Lee Noble (preceding Sports model) and Ted Marlow Body and chassis Class Sports car Body style 2-door coupe Layout Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive Dimensions Length 4,000 mm (157.5 in) Width 1,850 mm (72.8 in) Height 1,070 mm (42.1 in) Kerb weight 990 kg (2,183 lb) Chronology Predecessor Ultima Sport Successor Ultima Evolution The Ultima GTR is a super car manufactured by Ultima Sports Ltd of Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, and described by commentators as a supercar.[2][3] The car was available both in kit form and as a "turnkey" (i.e. assembled by the factory) vehicle until early 2015, when it was replaced by the Ultima Evolution. 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 was also produced. Kit builders were 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 was the factory recommended standard, and this configuration was fitted to all turnkey cars.
In 1997 I went up to Hinckley to take a look at the Ultima. I was taken out on a 10 mile test drive in the Ultima Spyder which I think was driven by Ted. The grip of the car and the acceleration was awesome. I was thinking of buying the kit and building myself one but later that year I bought a TVR Griffith 500. I did get to drive the Spyder for about half a mile just outside the supermarket next to the factory. Well I say factory it was a very small unit on a small industrial estate. I also helped push start an Ultima GTR which was being test driven by another customer and sadly wasn't available. It was a fantastic day and the drive to and from Hinckley in my TVR S1 was excellent. What a day! This is the car I drove http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/Previous/UltimaSpyder
