Live shots of Aston Martin’s One-77 supercar
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Over the weekend, Aston Martin opened a new showroom at the Nurburgring-Boulevard in Germany where the One-77 was displayed to the general public – and our photographer. This is the same version that was on show at the Lake Como Concorso d'Eleganza and was used by engineers to test the engine and gearbox.
Aston Martin’s European operations chief Marcel Beci revealed in March that the first actual customer car will roll out of the company’s Gaydon factory later this year and that the limited production run of just 77 cars will be complete by the end of 2010.
Beci also explained that Aston Martin keeps in close contact with all its One-77 customers, and that every effort is being made to ensure the car does not fall prey to resellers who may attempt to profit from it. After all, the One-77 is being built not just as a halo car, but as an ultra-halo car, a sort of rekindling of the legacy of Aston Martin, plus a projection of the brand into the future. It's designed to be the most quintessential Aston Martin ever, and the most perfectly personalized car available.
The structural core of the One-77 is a lightweight and immensely rigid carbon-fiber monocoque. Conceived and designed at Aston Martin's Gaydon HQ, the monocoque, or 'tub', has been built in partnership with Multimatic (MTC) – a world leader in carbon composite technology.
Attached to this tub is a set of double wishbones at each corner, with pushrods employed to transfer vertical suspension movements to the horizontally mounted spring/damper units.
The dampers are fully adjustable and feature advanced Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve (DSSV) technology - a world-first for a road car application. These special valves use high-precision machined components to enable the shock-absorbing characteristics of the damper to be changed without having to remove them from the car.
Underlining the truly bespoke nature of the One-77, the car's suspension characteristics will be precisely set-up by Aston Martin engineers to suit the owner’s exact requirements.
The One-77's power unit is an extreme evolution of the 6.0L V12 engines fitted to the DBS, DB9 and new V12 Vantage models. The brief for engine team was to take the 6.0L V12 as far as it could go, both in terms of output and weight reduction. The targets were a power output of no less than 700hp (522kW) with a 10% reduction in engine mass. Incredibly, the Aston Martin and Cosworth engineers who worked on the powertrain achieved a mass reduction of some 25% while increasing displacement to 7.3L.
Wearing Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires (255mm up front and 335mm up back) developed specifically for it, all 700hp is transmitted to the road through the rear wheels via a new six-speed gearbox. Controlled via column-mounted paddles behind the steering wheel, this robotised sequential manual is a new generation of Aston Martin's familiar automatic.
Stopping power comes from a set of carbon-ceramic discs and uprated calipers designed to transmit less heat from the brake pads into the brake fluid.
With a projected weight of 1,500kg the One-77 will occupy the very highest echelons of road car performance. Top speed is predicted to be in excess of 200mph, with a 0-60mph time in approximately 3.5 seconds.
The custom-built nature of the One-77 echoes personalization programs recently undertaken by Lamborghini and Ferrari. Buyers will be able to customize every single part of the car, from the gearbox to the interior trim elements. Even the seats will be tailored to fit the driver and passenger’s individual curves. As the company CEO Ulrich Bez explains, the car should fit the owner like a tailored suit.
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By chris Posted: 8/7/2008 8:05pm PDT
By CK Posted: 8/7/2008 8:57pm PDT
By Andrew Posted: 8/7/2008 9:56pm PDT
If I wanted to spring for a super-exclusive waste of money, I'd get a Reventon and still have almost a million left over.
By Roy Posted: 8/7/2008 10:06pm PDT
By Layne Posted: 8/8/2008 1:08am PDT
By chris Posted: 8/8/2008 5:24am PDT
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By rj Posted: 8/8/2008 6:07am PDT
By Chris Posted: 8/8/2008 7:13am PDT
By Billy Posted: 8/8/2008 7:16am PDT
By Dandan Posted: 8/8/2008 2:39pm PDT
And to the guy who'd rather a Reventon...one of 20 - who do you think is going to buy one for $1mil and then be prepared to sell it for the same price when he knows there are only 19more out there and the longer he holds on to it the more it will increase in value..especially if some get wrapped around trees etc.
By Steve Posted: 8/9/2008 5:42pm PDT
By Dandan Posted: 8/9/2008 8:04pm PDT
By Wizards Lore Posted: 8/10/2008 10:10pm PDT
By KS Posted: 8/27/2008 8:45pm PDT
By christopher Posted: 8/29/2008 9:49am PDT
By lexlife Posted: 9/4/2008 2:30pm PDT
By ATrav Posted: 9/12/2008 3:34pm PDT
Kid is talking about "saving" a million dollars by only purchasing a 1 million dollar car. That's an oxymoron.
im going to diagree with my lasy post.... after seeing tht video just did it for me =D haha i love it!
AWD. And the acceleration for this car is only predicted, it's probably a conservative figure as is mostly the case with estimates. Wait until a car magazine does a real life test.
this car is beautiful, id like to see aston expand in shape abit tho and maybe even try a mid engined car...to compete more comeptitively with the ferrari's and lambo's especially with that price tag!
It's not about competing with Ferrari and Lamborghini. Aston's are GT cars for the most part, they're made to cruise, you can use them on the track but they aren't made to do that as their main function.
Originally Posted by jolz_24
the GTR does 60 in 3.3 sec with 480bhp lugging some 1650kg,, the numbers dont tally can someone explain please!!
MY REPLY
AWD. And the acceleration for this car is only predicted, it's probably a conservative figure as is mostly the case with estimates. Wait until a car magazine does a real life test.
Originally Posted by azlan
this car is beautiful, id like to see aston expand in shape abit tho and maybe even try a mid engined car...to compete more comeptitively with the ferrari's and lambo's especially with that price tag!
MY REPLY
It's not about competing with Ferrari and Lamborghini. Aston's are GT cars for the most part, they're made to cruise, you can use them on the track but they aren't made to do that as their main function.
Who styled it? I assume an intern as there is no way this beauty originated off of Ian Callum's desk!
Please forward some detailed information on the above request.
Regards,
Mr. Bernardo
Too many details that does'nt fit, the cabin sure is fluid and upmarket and all but is just a mere copy of DB9, AMV8/12.
It looks nice enough...but its a rip off of the SLR (imho one of the most underappreciated cars ever - and im a Porsche Nut)
its a cross between a v8 Vantage and the SLR mixed with some GTR and 370Z.
Nothing that original about it tbh.
would i want one ? of course, but i dont think its as ground breaking as it should be.
By Dinesh Posted: 3/4/2011 4:55pm PST
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