srika

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...p?storyId=8956



640bhp GTR smashes 0-100mph-0 time by half a second

The Ultima Factory yesterday smashed the production car world record in an Ultima GTR for sprinting to 100mph and back to zero again beating times set by all manner of supercars.

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.

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 a few 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.

Ultima are particularly proud that their record time beat 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."

Bouyed by his success, Richard continued, "We also wanted to go on to measure the 0-200mph-0 time 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 Guinness Book of Records.

Two videos of the record breaking run can be downloaded from PistonHeads.TV:

0 -100mph - 0
In car video
0-100mph-0 from the rear

Links

http://www.ultimasports.co.uk
http://www.amerspeed.com

Maximized

I dont know how it qualifies as a "production" vehicle, when in reality it's a kit car. My buddy raced against one at Gateway International last fall.

srika

Yeah, that's always been kinda iffy. Magazines and auto industry folks seem to give it some amount of recognition and appreciation, though.

dabuda

production or kit car it's still hella fast!

is there a faster kit car?

kevin79925

the from the rear video reminds me of the video of allmotor pulling away

Maximized

Yea I mean a FFR cobra isnt a production car IMO. It has been tested numerous times in various automotive magazines.

1SICKLEX

Simply spectacular!!!

titan

That's crazy fast. Wouldn't call it a production car, really, but still.

srika

check the Donington clips here.

http://www.ultimacars.com/fra_videos.htm

mattg

0-100 in 5.9

allmotor_2000

Dang.... even if I had 800hp, I couldn't do that!

Black CL-S 4-Life

That is sick speed!

goldmemberer

Maybe not with the CL... but whatever's next on your "mod the hell out of this" list... well, one can only hope

Reddly9007

0-60 in 2.8 hehehehhehe thats just nuts! congrats to those engineers, thats amazing!

white3.0

thats just straight up incredible

nandowong

kind of looks like an elise

srika

charliemike

My guess is an old-school GT40.

srika

but look at the mirrors - looks like something modern.

MarbleGT

To me...judging by the mirrors (that look like they came off a porsche) I would have to guess the RUF Supercar Concept.

srika

pardon my laziness. it was pretty easy to find out what it was, from the website.

it totally looks like an older supercar.

MarbleGT

Its an Ultima GTR. Its not old. It holds the world record for 0-100-0mph. 9.4 seconds.

MarbleGT

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holy fawk.

srika

uh yeah. i know.

MarbleGT

Didn't pick up on the sarcasm, Chief.

srika

no sarcasm, I just didn't know what it was from the rear shot. I do know what it is from the side/front.

MarbleGT

Gotcha. Sweet looking ride, none the less!

srika

yeah it is, looks wicked. and it is wicked!

vas25tl

sweet

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

fsttyms1

The episode i have on my DVR shows the ENZO FXX the fastest around their track.

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

Yea the FXX did it in 1:10.7 so technically the Caparo is barely faster. But this chart probably was updated before the FXX lap.

srika

yeah sucks, so many outdated Top Gear charts out there..

srika

damn I didnt even know Top Gear tested the Caparo T1.

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srika

crazy the FXX did it that fast!

srika

of course, IIRC it was Schumacher behind the wheel of his own FXX..

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srika

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TS_eXpeed

Damn.
My TSX probably takes 9.4 seconds just to get to 75.

Costco

had no idea.... love the Ultima though. Not such about the one with 700+ but I'm pretty sure most of them come with a worked LS7!

Damn at the vids though. That's what would happen if you shaved 1000 lbs off of the Z06 and moved the engine to the back. Insta-traction on the rear wheels... jesus

Rick_TL-S

The car isn't street legal, so it's not counted on their lap times.