1987 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth

Estimate: £50,000 - £60,000*

Reg No: A20 RRS MOT: T.B.A

Chassis No: WF0EXXGBBEGA00197

In a condition you could describe as ‘superior to many’ that have covered a much lower mileage, this RS Cosworth has had just 3 former keepers. Originally a Ford dealer demonstrator for 4 months, 28th November 1987 saw a second keeper, with a third on 21st March 1992. With Ford dealership maintenance from 1992 to 2019, in 1998 the Cosworth displayed 95,347 miles at the time of the MOT. The current owner acquired the vehicle on 25th June 2019 at c.103,000 displayed. The last MOT had been passed on 25th June 2010. Partially dismantled, it was placed into long-term storage.

Extensive renovation was undertaken in current ownership; the body was found to be in remarkably good condition, requiring only minor refurbishment, before a strip down and repaint in the original Moonstone Blue. Stored separately, the interior was kept in heated premises and is in remarkably good condition. Professionally valeted and re-installed, a new headlining has also been fitted, glass restored and elements of the body kit repainted and refitted.

Upon purchase, the current owner was advised the engine had been rebuilt at 88,000 miles. In spite of this, the engine was rebuilt by Rose Race Cars of Cheltenham including reconditioning of the turbocharger by Turbo Dynamics. In addition, the brakes have been overhauled, the ABS pump motor reconditioned and a new fuel tank and pump fitted. The wheels have been restored and diamond-cut and shod with Toyo Proxes T7R tyres.

‘A20 RRS’ comes with various documents including invoices, tax discs, old MOTs (dating back to 1991), an early V5, and an original sales brochure in excellent condition. It is planned to have the car MOT’d by the time of the sale. Reluctantly offered to a new owner due to the current owner suffering ill health. A model-related cherished registration ‘A20 RRS’ (original number ‘E444 YDO’) accompanies this RS Cosworth. The vendor has described the bodywork, engine, paintwork and transmission as ‘Excellent’ and the electrics and interior as ‘Very Good’.

Estimate: £38,000 - £45,000*

Reg No: DK22 CKX Chassis No: DVLASWA3972130209

MOT: January 2025

Ultima’s story begins in 1983, when Lee Noble (who would go on to start Noble Automotive) founded Noble Motorsport and designed the Ultima Mk1 race car. Inspired by the Group C cars of the time, it had a square-tube spaceframe chassis, the V-6 engine and transmission from a Renault 30, and other components borrowed from Ford, Lancia, and Austin. Before customer deliveries of the Mk1 could begin, Noble launched a modified Mk2 version. The Mk2 became fairly successful in racing. So successful, in fact that after Ted Marlow, the company’s first customer fitted a Chevrolet small-block V-8, they would be banned from the series altogether.

This success wouldn’t go unseen, with McLaren themselves attracted by the “excellent engineering, outright speed, lap times and the racing prowess”. They would go on to purchase the last two Mk3 variants for development of the world famous F1 road car. These two, nicknamed ‘Albert and Edward’, would be invaluable development vehicles and ultimately provide much of the fundamental base of the now £20 million greatest car of all time.

Launched in 1999, the Ultima GTR was dubbed the “quickest accelerating and decelerating supercar of all time”, with official performance records that humbled every mainstream car on the planet bar none - Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari Enzo and McLaren F1; none could match the GTR’s plethora of world speed acceleration and deceleration records, and when independently timed around the Top Gear test track, was found to be a blistering 6.2 seconds per lap faster than the £450,000 Ferrari Enzo and 4.0 seconds per lap faster than the £1.5million Bugatti Veyron SS. Now universally appreciated as a true supercar, not much can come close to the value for money these exceptional vehicles offer in today’s market.

What makes this particular example rather special is that although official production of the GTR ceased in 2018, this car was registered just last year in 2022. ‘DK22 CKX’ was first started by the owner’s late father in 1998. A surgeon by trade, but an equally skilled mechanic, he undertook much of the initial build, but giving the car to Ultima to fit the body in 2004. Most of the build activity was in batches until 2010, with little work completed until his son took over the project in 2021. Shortly after the car passed into the vendor’s ownership, it was entrusted to respected Ultima specialists and race team MacG Racing. MacG collected the car in its project form and undertook an extensive 100-hour completion project; including the rear clam, windows, seat belts, air conditioning, geo set up, a full overhaul of the previous work completed, IVA testing, and registration.

‘DK22 CKX’ is offered in the striking shade of yellow with a contrasting Black Alcantara interior and features a highly desirable 350hp American Speed 5.7L Chevrolet V8 with Porsche G50 gearbox. The car weighs just 1,080kg and benefits from 12” vented disc brakes, an RAC spec. roll-cage, five-point racing harnesses and importantly, air conditioning. Perhaps the most recently registered GTR available and with no MOT due until 2025, this presents a fantastic opportunity.

Included with the vehicle is a comprehensive history file including the IVA test certificate with accompanying documentation, a large collection of invoices including one for c.£8,000 for the engine from American Speed, as well as a large collection from the completion work with MacG Racing. The V5C is included which shows zero previous keepers.