By Robert Farago
August 8, 2008 - 1,561 views
I kid. What we're looking at here is a hand-crafted aluminum body over a carbon fiber chassis with a bunch of bits from Aston's existing models. [There is some irony here. The man who created the current much-used Aston shape, Henrik Fisker, tried to make a go of it as a "coachbuilder," re-skinning and modding Mercedes SLs and BMW 6s. He's now a Karma chameleon, working on an EV sports car.] The new Aston whip looks sufficiently different from the "standard" Vanquish (or whatever they call their top model these days) for observers to ask One-77 owners, "I say, is that an Aston?" Which they bloody well better, given that it'll cost high-end collectors over £1m to add a One-77 to their climate-controlled garage. The real question is horsepower, the lack of which is hamstringing Aston's post-Ford aspirations. The absurdly minimalist one-77.com website only promises a 7.0-liter V12. Which Classic Driver posits at a ridiculous 1077hp. If there are anywhere near that number of horses under-bonnet, it ought to secure the Anglo-American-Arabian automaker's base, and please European and American efficiency-conscious regulators no end.
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POWERED
August 8th, 2008 at 9:49 am
[Sean Connery]I don’t care what you call it man, all I want to know is will it work? Will it really mighty my penis?[/Sean Connery]
Looks nice, I’ll give it that much. I just tend to hold Astons at the same level I do the Beatles. Yes, I’m well aware they did wonders for modern music and revolutionized rock, but they do nothing for me.
Yes, Astons are gorgeous cars usually with amazing sounding engines and pretty good performance, but they do nothing for me.
Though the older, boxy one…I do like that one…
August 8th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Nice tie in with Fisker, Robert. A 1000+hp flagship sounds nice, but I’d be happy with 500 in their base offering. Maybe if the Diamler powertrain deal actually happens.
Wait: maybe the 7.0L V12 they speak of is a derivative of the bi-turbo beast that powers S-classes and the Maybachs?
August 8th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Celebrity Jeopardy on SNL was simply classic… I’ll take ‘Swords’ for $600!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Superb!
August 11th, 2008 at 5:03 am
@Sajeev
Wait: maybe the 7.0L V12 they speak of is a derivative of the bi-turbo beast that powers S-classes and the Maybachs?
I don’t think that one can be bored out to 7.0. Even Brabus only does 6.3.