Ultima Evolution does come from the UK, but it's a common effort between Germany, England and the US. The Americans provide the wonderful engine, the Germans chip in with the transmission while the Brits put it all together under that understated body.
To get into more detail, the car you're about to see uses an LS V8 Chevrolet engine available in 15 different levels of tune starting with a mere 350 hp and ending with you-might-want-to-take-a-seat 1,020 hp. All that power is (barely?) managed through a Porsche-sourced six-speed manual transaxle gearbox that sends it on its way to the rear wheels.
As expected under these circumstances, performance figures for the top-spec version are out of this world: 0-60 mph comes in 2.3 seconds, while 0-100 mph takes a barely believable 4.9 seconds. A speed close to that where most sports cars hit their electronic limiter, 150 mph, comes mighty quick as well - 8.9 seconds. The Ultima Evolution Coupe's top speed is only limited by the laws of physics, which appear to be quite lax in its case, allowing for 240 mph (386 km/h).
