The Ultima story
Ultima’s GTR, Can-Am, Evolution and RS history connects the appearance of a prototype-style performance car with a distinctive ownership and build story. Different generations, engines, build routes and subsequent changes can result in cars that look closely related but require very different explanations. The 2026 ownership transition adds another reason to distinguish historic programme information from current supply arrangements.
A useful Ultima profile therefore begins with the individual build rather than a universal specification. The appeal of such a focused machine is considerable, but its identity is inseparable from the documentation of how it was assembled and maintained. Our archive preserves the family history while treating the range as being in transition.
Current lineup & programmes
Performance and specialist model families are listed below. Programme status describes the manufacturer’s published range or announcement, rather than stock or an available allocation. Open-top and special derivatives are grouped where they share a family; follow the model link for the distinctions.
Ultima GTR / Can-Am / Evolution / RS
Range transition · 1990s
Past models
Past performance-car families relevant to our 1996–2026 archive. A surviving product page or conversion catalogue does not mean the original donor car remains in production.
This is a young programme without a separate completed road-model generation in our thirty-year archive. The current family and its development history are the starting point.
The SuperCarNews view
Ultima's GTR, Can-Am, Evolution and RS history has an unusually close relationship with how individual cars are assembled and specified. Richard Marlow's 2026 statement records the transfer of the marque's assets and manufacturing rights to Peregryn Motors, alongside arrangements for existing orders. The current situation should therefore not be described by simply reusing an old factory-order page.
The build context is editorially important. Engine choice, component specification and the standard of assembly can materially change what a particular car represents. A single headline power figure is an especially poor way to describe an entire family with varied configurations.
We find the owner's involvement in the machine a compelling part of the story, while recognising that it asks for different commitments from buying a conventionally finished production car. The right article should explain those commitments clearly and distinguish a documented example from an abstract ideal specification.