Daston Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Anyone got any experience with these at all thinking a head a little and thinking of getting one in a few years time however I am not too sure on what they would be like as a road going car as they look to be more track day weapons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 i have seen one race up a hill/mountain in South Africa... sounded wicked!! Not the best of roads and car looked pretty set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Heavily impractical, but i soooo would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted May 7, 2007 Author Share Posted May 7, 2007 I'm not after practical lol would be a second only on a sunny day car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annan Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 ultima gtr- serious bit of kit- nothing but nothing would be able to live with one of these on the road.- bet its a nice feeling knowing that you can kick anything you come across on the road. I would have one- they are not cheap on face value- but they are a bargain if you look at their performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 seen loads today at the kit car show, they are truly awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Ultima's are made just down the road from me and when I see them go by the look pretty impressive and sound fantastic. It used to be my old boss, Lee Noble's company before he set up Noble. I spoke to him about them and basically said that they're were really un-suited to driving on the road, pretty much just a track car. With some of those V8's that get dropped in the can go like stink tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted May 7, 2007 Author Share Posted May 7, 2007 yeah that was my fear that they just wouldnt be suited to the odd blast around the contry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 My boss' boss has one (which he drives to work most days), I've been itching to ask for a passenger ride in it.... now I have a(nother) excuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Very fast, they used to hold the 0-100-0 world record. How about a twin turbo hyabusa version ? : CLICK HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I really like that hyabusa turbo conversion to the elise... I wonder how much it would cost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 As a guide a mini - hyabusa kit was around £7k for the kit. You would have to ask them what a turn key car would cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 bloody hell, tad pricey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 do love the ultima gtr would love to own one, one day. get it and build it yourself = save lots can't imagine it's too comfy on the roads though lol so if you want purely a fast track car, you could make something nearly as quick for less I'd suspect as a road legal car they are fantastic vfm. But if they are only road legal but not road practical then that kinda does detract from their appeal. After all there is the radical SR8 if you want to go mentally fast around a track... so the ultima should really be road usable as well as legal (which is I guess what you're asking and I just don't know, never been in one) probably comes down to what you can put up with if you want the car that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I looked into getting one but was put off by constant stories or unreliability. Just not suited to the road, and like people have said if you want a track car then there's a lot of choice for a lot less money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 there was 1 for sale at the kit car show all finished, looked pretty good with a v8 in the back but was £43000 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 not really after a "just track car" my budget will be around the £35k mark and the criteria is V8 mid engine and looks nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 not really after a "just track car" my budget will be around the £35k mark and the criteria is V8 mid engine and looks nuts. Detomaso pantera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 holly molly dude what the hell is that? looks like a lotus on drugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 get yourself a caterham R600, 0-60 3.2 sec and 0-100-0 in 10.5 sec full carbonfibre,write up in evo mag last yr,blew everything away including- enzo,gt3 ,mits evo, and not just on 1 run but a comination of tests, £42k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 holly molly dude what the hell is that? looks like a lotus on drugs Don't you know what a Detomaso Pantera is? Classically cool mid-engined Italian styling with an old school Ford V8 if I remember right. Fits the criteria doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 get yourself a caterham R600, 0-60 3.2 sec and 0-100-0 in 10.5 sec full carbonfibre,write up in evo mag last yr,blew everything away including- enzo,gt3 ,mits evo, and not just on 1 run but a comination of tests, £42k a bit anorexic. You want big V8 rumble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Had a couple of the Ultima GRT's at work as rolling test beds for a new Jag V8. They were widened by 6 inches, and had a white stripe all the way through the centre where the widening was done. They were the mutts nuts I'd buy my Westfield V8 in a few months if I were you though.... Much cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 why?would'nt you be pissed off ,forking out £120k on gt3,or £480k on a enzo, and a 2.2 R600 wipes the smile off your mug @ a fraction of cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 why?would'nt you be pissed off ,forking out £120k on gt3,or £480k on a enzo, and a 2.2 R600 wipes the smile off your mug @ a fraction of cost There's more to it than going stinkingly dude... and besides going for a blat down a motorway or summat a caterham would get destroyed by one of the cars you mentioned above. If I had 150k sitting in the bank it certainly wouldn't be spent on a Caterham. Anyway if I were to go that route then it would be an Ariel Atom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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