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It has nothing at all to do with Star Trek, but this track-oriented hypercar is certainly fascinating.
Let’s start off with the name of Aston’s new megapowered track star initial. It almost surely has you considering of Mr. Spock, or possibly—if you’re also sad to be noticed in public—another more obscure Star Trek character, like T’Pau. But Aston Martin’s Britishness implies the Vulcan name is far more probably a reference to the astonishingly loud Cold War bombers.
Regardless of its namesake, the Vulcan is set to be the most intense not-fairly-roadgoing Aston Martin however, a restricted-edition, track-only hypercar that is clearly aimed at the same bit of the marketplace as the Ferrari FXX K and the McLaren P1 GTR. You know, the bit exactly where the billionaire adrenaline junkies hang out. Only 24 Vulcans will be produced, and purchasers will also get, according to the official release, “the chance to precisely tailor their track-day experience through a graduating scale of detailed energy and dynamic efficiency adjustments.”
Energy comes from a version of the company’s familiar V-12 engine that is been developed with help from Aston Martin Racing. It displaces 7. liters and produces “800-plus” horsepower. For reference, the Aston One-77, which was hardly ever accused of being a slouch, managed 750 horsepower from 7.3 liters.
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The rest of the Vulcan’s specifications are similarly unobtanium-grade. It is constructed about a carbon-fiber monocoque and has carbon bodywork. The engine is connected to a magnesium torque tube and a carbon-fiber driveshaft that channels power to a racing-spec Xtrac 6-speed sequential gearbox. Braking is accomplished by Brembo racing calipers gripping carbon-ceramic discs at all 4 corners (15. inches in diameter at the front, 14.2 at the rear), and the auto sits on Michelin racing tires. The Vulcan apparently has been built to FIA safety requirements, and the chassis also has a racing-style pushrod-operated suspension, adjustable spool-valve dampers all about, and adjustable anti-roll bars. It also gets driver-adjustable anti-lock brakes and traction manage.
There’s no mention of any roadgoing or complete-bore competition variants, even though the design and style undoubtedly appears as if it could spawn a street-legal version. Aston insiders have previously indicated that style cues from these “special” models are probably to be noticed in the company’s a lot more-inexpensive models in the medium-term. Colour and trim alternatives seem to be fully negotiable, with Aston’s bespoke “Q” division charged with creating positive every single consumer gets exactly what they want, presumably up to and which includes “Blood of My Enemies” pain2rk or Chihuahua-hide trim.
The official release is noticeably silent on the matter of money. This signifies, we presume, that the Vulcan will be sold at a substantial discount to Aston’s other models on account of the fact that you will not be in a position to drive it anyplace except on a racetrack. What sounds fair? $ 80,000? $ 60,000?
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We kid, of course. The lack of price is practically certainly explained by that old line about your want to know becoming inversely proportionate to your potential to afford. Do not be at all surprised if the Vulcan ends up costing a lot more than even the One-77 did, which commanded just shy of $ 2 million.
Owners will get the opportunity to have a range of tuition possibilities to aid them get the very best out of the automobile, up to and like time in Aston’s GT racers and expert motorsports simulators. Thereafter the organization is planning “a series of exclusive track-day events . . . that will offer the opportunity for these buyers to discover their driving capabilities, and the car’s overall performance prospective, on some of the world’s most well-known and glamorous race circuits.” Or, in quick, fairly considerably the very same deal provided to buyers of the FXX K and the P1 GTR.
Let’s just hope that some freak triple-booking incident sees all 3 makers bringing their vehicles to the identical track at the same time.
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