The Unipower GT was a British specialist sports car produced between 1966 and 1969 by Universal Power Drives Ltd (UPD) and later by U.W.F. Automotive Engineering Ltd. Conceived by Ernie Unger, a former Lotus mechanic, alongside designer Valerian Dare-Bryan and styled by Ron Bradshaw of Ford GT40 fame, the car was unveiled at the 1966 London Racing Car Show. It featured a lightweight steel-tube spaceframe chassis with a bonded fiberglass body, a mid-engine layout, and mechanical components sourced from the BMC Mini. Offered with either a 998 cc Mini-Cooper engine or a 1,275 cc Cooper S unit, the car weighed little more than 500 kg and delivered sharp handling with a 45/55 weight balance. Only around 73 to 75 examples were produced before financial and managerial challenges ended production.
Universal Power Drives Ltd, founded in 1934 in Middlesex as a builder of heavy-duty trucks and 4×4 forestry vehicles, supported the project under the leadership of Tim Powell, who provided funding and facilities. Production later moved to U.W.F. in West London, where slight refinements were introduced in so-called Mk II variants before operations ceased in 1970. Though commercially short-lived, the Unipower GT earned a reputation as one of the most distinctive low-volume sports cars of the 1960s, embodying British creativity and motorsport-inspired engineering in a rare, stylish mid-engine package.