Ultima GTR
Wednesday, 12th March 2008 by Alex Turnbull
Parked in this rather unassuming car park at a very boring-looking business park near Leicester, England, we find a surprisingly impressive vehicle - an Ultima GTR, which is capable of 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds, and which the manufacturers claim is the fastest supercar in the world.
Of course it isn't really that surprising that there's an Ultima here, as this is actually the headquarters of Ultima Sports Ltd. Which explains how I was able to find a ground-level picture of what is very likely exactly the same car, parked in what is clearly the same carpark.
Despite a little confusion over the numbers1, at around £30,000 this is definitely the cheapest way to become the owner of one of the world's fastest cars. Provided you're willing to build it yourself of course - these cars are usually supplied in component form for home assembly. However a few - presumably like this one - are factory built as "turnkey" models.
More info at Wikipedia, and at the SAE page about the car.
Thanks to Jesus Carrillo.
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Ultima Sports Ltd publicizes [PDF, 60KB] that the Bugatti Veyron does 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, whereas everybody else knows that the Bugatti actually does it in 2.5. ↩︎
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Give it to Clarkson, we’ll soon see which is the better car…
And for those who don’t have access to BBC Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson is the ultimate petrol-head geek car-reviewer, aged in his fifties and thinking he’s still fifteen. Whoever else takes a mini down a ski-jump to see how well it flies? Or takes a power-boat at two miles an hour down the Thames to give a comparison with other forms of transport getting across London (in order, for those interested, cycle, boat, metro, car).
I think I prefer Rod’s Ferrari
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.696374,0.08657&z=20
flash bastard has his own footy pitch too
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.697,0.083438&z=19
Anyone want to try and identify any of Jay Kay’s cars?
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.718905,-0.852036&z=19
Judging by the orange trackhoe to the west of the house, there appears to be work going on at the Jay Kay residence. I would hope that on an estate that size, he has a better place to park his cars than in the grass, so maybe they are the workers’ cars? In the birdseye view in Live Maps, they are no longer there: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=smktkkgxw2mc&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=22977266&where1=%20princes%20risborough%2C%20england%2C%20uk&encType=1
Judging by the white spot on the rear glass, the Saab in the ground level pic seems the same car some meters NW on the map 🙂
…and I was wondering where they were measuring the car performances given the very small place. I think this track on the west explains it: https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=52.562265,-1.447535&z=15
Mallory Park Race Track is also nearby https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=52.59803,-1.336813&z=16
Obviously I meant NE, not NW speaking about the Saab… 😉