in a hurry to get to work?

I think it looks pretty cool. it can out accelerate and out handle
most cars out on the road...enough fast for a little beast.

 

thanks

 

Ultima GTR (not nissan)

A ultima GTR it is a 200 MPH street legal Race car they run about $100,000
It just set a new world recored of the fastest street legal car in the world
If you want to know more here is Ultima's web site
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk or you can email me at camaro1@iwon.com we also build them for people

 

Hey 'Camaro,

Here's a cheaper, prettier (subjective I know), more practical ( ), yet still comparable British alternative to your GTR... PLUS, the gauges are in da MIDDLE! So, during the 8+ seconds it takes you to get to 100, you can almost imagine you're in a MINI.

http://www.marcos-eng.com/ts0.html

I'll never get this car for xmas, so no point in being a good boy all year for nuthin, right?

Tatt

 

Mine, too...but have you priced insurance for them???

Worse than an M Roadster....

I am glad I didn't buy one, now. Insurance and gas will eat you up!

If I needed a non-convertible (since I already have the perfect convertible), I would check into the VW TDI ?Golf? or whatever they are calling them now. Or maybe a WRX

 

The Ultima got my attention some time ago for sure... However, being in CA, with registration and smog, I would dred the process, and fear the worst case scenario of completing such a machine, but being unable to make it legal for the streets...

At least with the Caterham 7 (or any other Lotus 7 replica), it get's registered as a 1960's something (CA smog exempt), and is relatively pain-less, as explained to me from the owner's I've encountered.

Three years ago it held that 0-100-0 tile, and from my understanding, it has improved upon that since as that was done with the Rover 1.8, and now the 2.3 Duratec is being utilized (the Cosworth version gets 260bhp).

http://www.r500.com/R500main.htm

At 1,000 pounds lighter than the Ultima, it doesn't need the V8, as a 4-banger will do. With that, insurance is very reasonable, and gas mileage is exceptional - the same or better than our MINIs.

I concluded during my research, that for top-end speed, the Ultima was much more aerodynamic, while the Caterham is more of a brick in that regard. But, the Caterham seems to be more well-conceived in the handling department, and with that, can get around most tracks quicker...

I like them both, no doubt, and I were not in CA, it would be a tough decision on whether to create an Ultima CanAM, or the Cat7...

 

What a nice dilemma to have though, right? (Ahhh the sacrifices people make to live on the sunny, beautiful left coast).

Cheers,
Tatt

 

Indeed... not complaining at all... Both are made abroad though (UK), and it would be nice if there were more such options here - to avoid the exchange rate mugging

 

Hey Tony B

My dad has a Ultima GTR I have driven if around 400 to 500 miles the car is awsome my dad was giving a guy a ride in the car and took corner that the sign said 35 MPH and he was doing 80 and excelerating into it also they look alot better than the caterham 7 were ever you go there are people buging you for info and rides there is alot of the cars in california and registered on the road and if you can not get it registered than bring the car to illinois and we can get it to be a 1970 so you can bypase all the stupid stuff there is a law that you can get the car registered of the year it most closely resembles in this case it it most closley resembles a 1970 GTP Race car for more info and and we can try to find someone in california that can show you a car there if you are interested you can email me at camaro1@iwon.com

 

Thanks 71camaro. I'd very much want to see at least one or two here in CA, and ideally chat with the owners to hear how they got their Ultima on the street...

If there is any info out there on how the Ultima has performed in competition, or comparative track times, please direct me to such a link or source. Thank you for the invite to email you for more information. Much appreciated...

 

Hey Tony B

You can go to www.markkoch.net/ultima/home.asp that is the official us ultima club and just post somthing on there that you would like to meet someone in california that you can talk to and to see there car I know a few people out there that would love to show there car to you

you can also go to www.pistonheads.com and there is a forum on the cars

I would go to the ultima club web site to find some one that can show you there car there is also a ultima club meeting that we are holding in Reno and in Chicago this year with the official meeting place is ether going to be in Chicago or Reno that is undecided but there is enough people that there will be two for more info on that go to the us ultima club web site

the car currently is the fastest production car on the market over 1 second faster that the mclaren F1 the car is in the giness book of world recoreds the times are and they drove the car to the track to do it

If you have any problems or questions or if you want pics of our car email me and you can also talk to my dad by emailing me and he can give you alot more info than i can (i still have not figered out how to put pics on the this site)

Here are the recored setting times

0-60 2.7 seconds
0-100 5.4seconds
0-100-0 12.5seconds

 

Thanks for the links... exactly what I wanted! The research will now begin

Oh, if you scroll down in your reply, look for "Manage Attachments." There, you can upload photos, like from your desktop. Or, if the photo is already on the web, right click on it to copy, and simply right click and paste it into your reply. I've used both, and they work. Good luck with it, and thanks again!

 

I like this car. it's got a little style to it.

If money was no object i would have to go for this.

 

Ever wonder why Japanese automakers sell us boring/bland cookie cutter cars (Camry, Accord, etc) that are about as exciting as a toaster oven and keep the good stuff like the Skyline and this little beast over there?

Keep selling Camrys with slushboxes in 14 different shades of beige and BMW won't have to worry about a thing....

Rawhyde

 

I was reading about that car a few months ago... I think it's called a "Micra," or something like that... Indeed, they (Japan) gives us the scraps, and not only with regards to autos, but also electronics. It's been that way for a quite a while...

I just wish the US would produce something worthy of serious attention. The world generally makes fun of our efforts, as I understand it, and I certainly see why...

I read an article quite a few years ago, like amost 20 years ago, which said that we were/are not taking auto manufacturing as seriously as other nations. It was emphasized that our best and brightest minds are going into high tech first, then into areospace/defense, and 3rd or 4th (heck, maybe lower), the auto industry. This was in contrast to other nations...

Oh well...

 

Well, I guess that is a slightly modified 1955 Lincoln.

 

Or there is always this one. Made on a Corvette chasis

 

Lotus Elise or a modified Miata ( I still miss my Miata but the MINI is more fun) The euro Ford Focus RS with it's AWD and Turbo would be awfully fun too, if you could get one across the pond.

 

BMW M3 before they screw it up with the new design.

 

Hey Thanks for telling me how to upload pics

I tryed to upload pics but it said that you cant upload pics from forign hosts
I am probably doing some thing wrong but i do not know what it is

Email me if you want pics

We also sell build CDs that show every thing from placing the order to titling it and will also save you hundreds of hours if you decide to build one and thousands of dollars on building the cars if you decide not to build one then they are cool to look at They have over 240 pics in it and 202 pages

 

Graig Barrett of Intel pointed out something worth thinking about.... ten years of bachelors degree production in the parts of the world that are new to open markets will add 300 million degreed workers to the global economy... Outside the US. This is larger than the ENTIRE US population. While our government is busy screwing with a family in Florida, fighting ever CAFE standard increase and the like, GM is buying hybrid drivetrains from Toyota because they can't make them too well themselves, and the US car companies are happy making $ on SUVs and pickups because the sedans are pretty poor. And the Japanese pickups are getting better and better, and the foreign SUVs are better and better (not hard, if the competition is an Escalade!). So other than old cars (see my sig), I'm not seeing too much good from the US. And this ties into this thread because it supports the notion that whatever one would get instead of a Mini, it probably won't be American!

Matt

 

 

Replica's are out there.

http://www.islandserve.com/~dc99/umcp3.htm


Pretty nice too.


Other manufacturers out there just google batmobile replica.



Paul

 

You can really buy that car and the Shooting star is avalable too.



http://www.driveamach5.com/index.php?id=6

 

Wow, Matt, that is very insightful information! That is a new perspective for me, and it really makes a lot of sense, unfortunately . Once we lose the large pick-up mkt, there won't be much to hold-on to in the way of automotive pride... Fuel cells, hybrids... times are a changin'! Enjoy your Easter everyone.