Aston Martin has built a $2.3 million hypercar – if you’re in love with carbon fiber, I have some pretty good news for you.
The only way to build super fast, super light, and mind blastingly expensive cars is to go the carbon fiber way – which is also stronger than steel by the way.
Well, Aston Martin’s new hypercar named Vulcan is a track-dedicated vehicle, unlike the McLaren P1, and Ferrari LaFerrari – which are also built out of carbon fiber, but not entirely. The Vulcan – I love the name – doesn’t have the unnecessary things like leather interiors, and paint, air conditioning, and radio. After all, it’s made for the tracks.
Aston Martin’s Vulcan isn’t street legal, so if you’re thinking to buy one to show off around the block, think again – manufacturer Aston Martin even charges you extra because they are illegal.
At the beginning of 2015, Aston Martin announced that they are building a hypercar that will sell for $2.6 million, and the company recommends potential buyers to first try out the 540-horsepower V12 Vantage S so they can get accustomed to what the Vulcan may feel like.
Aston Martin says that the following specifications aren’t final, but you should expect something on these lines.
- 800-horsepower;
- 7-liter V12 engine;
- 0-60 in less than three seconds;
- Top speed of 200 mph;
Now, the Aston Martin Vulcan isn’t the most expensive hypercar available on the market. McLaren has a $3.3 million car, sorry, not car, but behemoth named P1 GTR. And Ferrari has a tiny little automobile called the FXX K that can output 1000 horsepower. Sheesh, and here’s me with my 130 horsepower Ford Mondeo just inhaling all the dust.
Aston just showcased the interior of their new hypercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England – an event where a company shows off their expensive automobile, so wealthy British people buy their stuff. Yay for being so rich you don’t even care about money when you buy a $3 million car that you can’t even drive on the road like normal people do – ” but mom, now I need a track for my new car, you can’t leave me hanging like this, what will the other oligarchs think of me?!” says a filthy rich 1 percent’er.
But in al fairness, the Aston Martin Vulcan looks superb – it’s what Bruce Wayne would buy for his alter-ego Batman. No, sorry, it’s what Bruce Wayne would build for Bats.
There are only 24-limited edition Aston Martin Vulcans available at the moment, so you better head down real quick to your car dealership and tell them you want the new Vulcan. But seriously, it’s most likely that it will sell immediately.
If you want to compete in Le Mans, go for it. If you want to compete in the neighbourhood who gets to the super-market first, methinks it’s a little bit of an overkill.
