Another bunch of car speed records beaten...

[gheba_nsx]

...by the Ultima GTR! After having set the new record in August here they are again...

http://www.pistonheads.com/ultima/default.asp?i=9208

0-60mph
2.7secs

0-100mph
5.5secs

0-150mph
11.8secs

30-70mph
2.0secs

0-100mph-0
10.3secs

100mph-0 Braking
3.9secs



All this on the street version of the car with road legal tires!


PS: we reach 60mph in the same time this reaches 100mph... and for the same price!

 

[ADNOH]

i wonder how fast the ultima would have gone if more money was invested in making the thing. Anyhow i am speechless at how that streetlegal Ultima can go as fast as F1 cars.

 

[Carguy!]

That car has amazing performance! I just wish it wasn't so Butt ugly!

 

[hlweyl]

So my question is: Does the Ultima the quickest 1/4 mile time ever for a limtied production car street legal in the US?

Could you consider it a limited production car? How many have to be built to be considered?

Is it actually street legal in the US?

Over the years, I don't remember seeing any US legal production car (no one-off show cars) beating the Ferrari Enzo in the 1/4 mile.... I think it did around 11.1 sec.

 

[Carguy!]

So my question is: Does the Ultima the quickest 1/4 mile time ever for a limtied production car street legal in the US?

Could you consider it a limited production car? How many have to be built to be considered?

Is it actually street legal in the US?

Over the years, I don't remember seeing any US legal production car (no one-off show cars) beating the Ferrari Enzo in the 1/4 mile.... I think it did around 11.1 sec.

You can not bring in a completed Ultima into the U.S. unless you classify it as a race car.

You can bring the car in as a kit, put it together and then you are able to get it titled for the street.

This car is a street legal car in England and can be purchased as a complete car.

It is hard to compare two cars one which meets all U.S. regulations, such as air bags, 2.5 mph bumpers, etc... to a car such as the Ultima that doesn't have to meet any such restrictions.

 

[Ojas]

I just wish it wasn't so Butt ugly!

I think the profile of the Can-Am and discontinued Spyder looks a bit less awkward...

 

[gheba_nsx]

In the case of the GTR it is the most functional form they could get... is a bit like saying that a F1 car looks ugly!