{{Infobox automobile | name = Ultima Mk1 | image = Gullwing (8716598955).jpg | manufacturer = Noble Motorsports Ltd | production = 1983<br />1 produced | assembly = United Kingdom: [[Hinckley]], [[Leicestershire]] | designer = [[Lee Noble]] | body_style = 2-door [[coupe]] | layout = [[Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout]] | engine = {{convert|2664|cc|cuin L|abbr=on}} [[V6 PRV engine|PRV]] [[V6 engine|V6]] | transmission = 5-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]] | length = {{convert|4267|mm|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|1829|mm|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|1067|mm|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|1624|lb|abbr=on}} | successor = [[Ultima Mk2]] | doors = [[Gullwing doors]] | sp = uk }}
The '''Ultima Mk1''' is a mid-engined concept [[kit car]] produced by Noble Motorsport Ltd in 1983 (the company later became [[Ultima Sports]] when Ted Marlow and Richard Marlow bought the rights in 1992).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.performance-car-guide.co.uk/performance-cars/ultima.html|title=Ultima|website=www.performance-car-guide.co.uk|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-date=2021-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214094411/http://www.performance-car-guide.co.uk/performance-cars/ultima.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Mk1 was intended to go into production, but before any could be sold, the [[Ultima Mk2]] was introduced. Thus only one Mk1 was made.
== Required donor parts == As the Ultima Mk1 was a kit car, it required a variety of donor parts to complete. The Mk1 uses the 2.7-litre [[V6 engine]] and five-speed transaxle from the [[Renault 30]] as well as that car's driveshafts, hubs, wheel bearings, and gear lever. It also uses the steering components, front uprights, front hubs, front brakes and handbrake lever from the Mk3 [[Ford Cortina]] as well as the radiator from the [[Austin Princess]] and rear calipers from the [[Lancia Beta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/History/1983|title=1983-1991|website=Ultima Sports Ltd|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>
== Performance == The Mk1 features a square tube [[space frame chassis]] and [[Gull-wing door|gull-wing doors]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allcarindex.com/auto-car-model/United-Kingdom-Kitdeal-Ultima/|title=Kitdeal - Ultima (Mk1 / Mk2 / Mk3)|website=ACI|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref> The 2664 cc [[V6 PRV engine]] from the [[Renault 30]] produces {{cvt|130|PS|kW hp|0}}.
== References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles]] [[Category:Sports cars]] [[Category:First car made by manufacturer]] [[Category:Cars introduced in 1983]] [[Category:Concept cars]] [[Category:Automobiles with gull-wing doors]] [[Category:Kit cars]] [[Category:Ultima vehicles|Mk1]]