RE: Aston One-77 cracks 220mph

[timmybob]

Limpit said:

Really! Anyone who doesn't 'get', like or indeed LOVE this car for its exclusivity, beauty, individuality and sheer 'Britishness' should re-examine their claim to be a petrol/pistonhead. If this machine isn't exactly the sort of thing that first piqued one's interest in all things automotive then I fear, that - cold runs the multigrade in your veins Sirs!! Goodnight!!!

Couldn't agree more. And those that state that you could get x of Lambo/Ferrari/Zonda are also clearly missing the point. The target audience for this car is not someone who weighs up what they could have bought for the same money. So the comparison is irrelevant. You may as well complain in the next 911 story that you could have bought x number of 370Zs for the same money...

[TVR653X]

lazyitus said:

andymadmak said:

Sagaris?

Ha, funny you say that. Earlier today I nearly posted about how much it reminds me of 440/Typhon.

I've been wanting to say this for a while, but for fear of being called a TVR fan boy (yes, I am, I know) I refrained, but this car reminds me in many ways of the Cerbera Speed 12. It's got a mahoosive 7-plus litre V12 developing in excess of 700bhp mounted up the front, it's got carbon fibre all over, it's got an interesting chassis design, it's got a huge front grill that looks like it wants to ingest small children, and the names are similar; Project 7/12 and Project One-77. Oh, and there's the exhaust notes too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFrMI3gc6x4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWNYkkDMQHo

Just little things. I'm not suggesting Aston were influenced by TVR, but it's nice to think that perhaps a bit of the TVR-mentalism may have inspired Aston.

[cc8s]

Wow! It looks incredible, the colour does it justice.

[TVR653X]

How come this thing weighs a hefty 1500kg? It seems awfully heavy for a car that has a carbon fibre chassis and aluminium bodywork. I know the engine isn't a lightweight, but where's the rest of the weight hidden?

[Illustrious_Len]

Flat1 - well, when you put it like that. I'm sure I read of a chap who has ordered two - exactly like that stand, one to drive, one the bare chassis to sit in his study. As you do

It's not OR for the majority of buyers of these cars. It's AND a Veyron. AND a Reventon. AND an Enzo. etc etc. Good on them for keeping the rest of us in dreams and motivation to work harder and smarter.

[Killer2005]

Love it

[traffman]

This is rapidly becoming my dream supercar .

Stunningly beautiful and a work of art , makes the veyron look like a boiled sweet.

[DeltaEvo2]

FUGLY...but fast.

[jason61c]

CTT said:

GTRene said:

lovely car, in the same region as the mighty Mercedes AMG SL Black series.





I really love those cars, standing out of the 'norm"
GTRene

wise man - got to love the cars with the big arches

now that is a good looking car! how much are they? They're Not chav like the AM and thats saying something.

[whoami]

jason61c said:

They're Not chav like the AM and thats saying something.

[markbe]

jason61c said:

CTT said:

GTRene said:

lovely car, in the same region as the mighty Mercedes AMG SL Black series.





I really love those cars, standing out of the 'norm"
GTRene

wise man - got to love the cars with the big arches

now that is a good looking car! how much are they? They're Not chav like the AM and thats saying something.

£250000..0-100=8.2sec. Inept performance for the money but they look good.

Mark.

[AKA8]

Aston One 77 is pretty ugly. Looks like the bd child of an SLR, DBS and 599, just all the worst bits of each!

[vintageracer01]

What a fantastic piece of kit !!!
I luv it.

Edited by vintageracer01 on Wednesday 23 December 13:44

[GTRene]

markbe said:

jason61c said:

CTT said:

GTRene said:

lovely car, in the same region as the mighty Mercedes AMG SL Black series.

I really love those cars, standing out of the 'norm"
GTRene

wise man - got to love the cars with the big arches

now that is a good looking car! how much are they? They're Not chav like the AM and thats saying something.

£250000..0-100=8.2sec. Inept performance for the money but they look good.

Mark.

it can do 0-160 (100mph) in 7.7 sec and 0 to 200km/u in just 11sec

http://www.fastestlaps.com/car4879107c4eea5.html

[lordburham]

Spotted one yesterday in Park Lane, looked awesome. Salesmen were trying to get it into the showroom so I offered to drive it in for them, thats when they told me that they couldn't start it

[Twincam16]

S3_Graham said:

it does look jaw dropping PLEASE make james bond have one...

Yes, I can see machine guns emerging from those huge frontal air scoops already.

However, it's just not very 'Aston' to my mind. It's not subtle enough. The Vanquish was bad enough - looked like a kind of posh Dodge Viper, but this is just plain brutal (but not in a deceptively elegant Lagonda V8 sort of way either).

[Twincam16]

Limpit said:

Really! Anyone who doesn't 'get', like or indeed LOVE this car for its exclusivity, beauty, individuality and sheer 'Britishness' should re-examine their claim to be a petrol/pistonhead. If this machine isn't exactly the sort of thing that first piqued one's interest in all things automotive then I fear, that - cold runs the multigrade in your veins Sirs!! Goodnight!!!

Exclusivity - yes.

Beauty - subjective. To me, definitely not.

Individuality - No, can't shake the suspicion that it exists purely because the Ferrari 599GTB exists.

Sheer Britishness - No again. Too brash, too vulgar, too charmless.

[Fidgits]

Twincam16 said:

Limpit said:

Really! Anyone who doesn't 'get', like or indeed LOVE this car for its exclusivity, beauty, individuality and sheer 'Britishness' should re-examine their claim to be a petrol/pistonhead. If this machine isn't exactly the sort of thing that first piqued one's interest in all things automotive then I fear, that - cold runs the multigrade in your veins Sirs!! Goodnight!!!

Exclusivity - yes.

Beauty - subjective. To me, definitely not.

Individuality - No, can't shake the suspicion that it exists purely because the Ferrari 599GTB exists.

Sheer Britishness - No again. Too brash, too vulgar, too charmless.

erm, i disagree completley on the last point - look at the Lister Storm - british through and through.

Theres nothing wrong with agression in engineering, especially when it looks as good as the one-77!

[Twincam16]

Fidgits said:

Twincam16 said:

Limpit said:

Really! Anyone who doesn't 'get', like or indeed LOVE this car for its exclusivity, beauty, individuality and sheer 'Britishness' should re-examine their claim to be a petrol/pistonhead. If this machine isn't exactly the sort of thing that first piqued one's interest in all things automotive then I fear, that - cold runs the multigrade in your veins Sirs!! Goodnight!!!

Exclusivity - yes.

Beauty - subjective. To me, definitely not.

Individuality - No, can't shake the suspicion that it exists purely because the Ferrari 599GTB exists.

Sheer Britishness - No again. Too brash, too vulgar, too charmless.

erm, i disagree completley on the last point - look at the Lister Storm - british through and through.

Theres nothing wrong with agression in engineering, especially when it looks as good as the one-77!

But as I've said, beauty is subjective and I don't think it's beautiful at all, quite the opposite.

I've just had this feeling for a while now that all Aston's cars in their current lineup are aimed specifically at bothering other models, rather than existing on their own merits, evolved through years of DB-series GTs and a certain kind of very elegant, understated style and engineering.

I drove an old V8 last month, and I was left with this feeling that they could, if they had wanted to, pumped it full of mechanical steroids and sent it chasing the Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer's coat-tails, but they didn't, they held back, because something about the firm's DNA meant it was supposed to be driven with a degree of decorum. OK, so the Vantage was extremely fast and slightly brutalised, but not to these extremes.

Astons have never 'shouted excess'. This does.

[Fidgits]

I disagre..