Aussie designs the Ultra

The Ultra was penned by 25-year-old Holden designer Ewan Kingsbury.

A high-octane offering from Chevrolet at next week's Paris Motor Show is the WTCC Ultra.

It's a working vehicle, ready for the road and racetrack. The car was penned by 25-year-old Holden designer Australian Ewan Kingsbury, who used parent company General Motors' global resources to put it together. The concept was fine-tuned in Britain, Germany and Switzerland, its engine was built in Korea by GM-owned Daewoo, and the prototype was assembled in Japan.

It's equipped with a 150kW (200bhp) common-rail turbodiesel engine, based on the 2-litre unit that will power the rebadged Holden Captiiva and Lacetti models next year. Chevrolet says it is a vision of a new generation of World Touring Cars, and follows on from the success of Chevrolet's WTCC race team.