I really like this car, but damn how long is it going to take before someone actually tests one? When is it going to prove its worth in anything other than pictures? M
I try hard to like this car,but the damn front end permits me from doing so. To me the Vantage v12 is one of the most desirable vehicles money can buy. My favorite Aston probably ever.
This car is really the most interesting exotic. I'd take it over an Aventador. Imagine youself sitting on the rear axle that puts 700 WHP to the ground....Nirvana
I saw the car today, a burgendy one. There's one on the dealership floor at Aston Martin on Park Lane. Oh my it got my knees weak. We all worship the DBS don't we. It's perfect from all angles. The One-77 is like a Vantage on steroids ready to upstage the DBS. I've never seen such wide wheel arches on a car. It's rear track is sensational - the hips don't lie. In person it has an SLR-eque presence i.e it won't pass you without notice. The width especially is just out of this world. It's the Hugh Jackman of grand tourers. Is it £1 million special? Not necessarily. Although it possess grandeur and beautiful lines the DBS is still the ultimate package at a fraction of the price.
For the people interested in the engineering aspect of the one-77, the pushrod suspension and carbon fiber monococque design and engineering for the one-77 were outsourced completely to a company in Canada called Multimatic Inc. They have a cool website explaining their technology, engineering and designs etc. Multimatic Inc.
^^^That's what impressed me the most about this car. The way they integrated the duct work into the monocque chassis and the suspension just looks amazing. And, yeah, the drivetrain ain't nothing to sneeze at.
Thanks for the pic and the description, I am dying to see one because I suspected this car looks brutal in real life. Will Aston ever going to give journalists a chance to drive and review the car?
There may be more flamboyant supercars but there are none in my opinion with as elegant a design as this. A shame that in no way will it stand out from the crowd other than price and production numbers because it is the best of the bunch.
It think thus car is worth the over 1. Mio pricetag. So many other car cost really very much a are not this perfect. Is is not meant to beat any record or whatever, just to be something very special. Only 77 of them built from a white sheat of paper. It is not like the rebodied Ferraris. And if I am not wrong it is the most powerfull prodcution NA engine in the world.
True but only because the TVR Speed12 never reached production, it's 7.7Lts according to Peter Wheeler produced over 800hp but during testing it reputedly developed a mind-blowing 480hp from each bank of the engine which combined could have meant the real figure might have been as high as 960hp. Bugatti baiting potential it was.
I can't recall the last time I saw a supercar where the bodywork needed to be stretched over the wheels, aftermarket yes but not as it rolls off the production line. It reminds me of the old Porsche 911 RSR.
This is why Manual Sequential Gearboxes can be a pain. [video=youtube;y1AHFz_muJg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y1AHFz_muJg[/media]
It has a clutch that is manually operated by the gearbox. It doesn't have a smooth dual clutch gearbox like the Veyron. Instead it features a sequential manual gearbox like the E60 M5 and Aventador. Crawling speeds, stop and go traffic are poor operating conditions for these gearboxes since every gear is slammed into place by high pressure hydraulics. The experience can be akin riding a shoot gun every time a gear is changed and that's not ideal in traffic conditions where gears are constantly changing.
