Aston Martin 'Project 003' teased
Wondering what Aston's forthcoming mid-engine supercar will look like? Here's a hint...
It must surely be taken as positive news that the development of Aston Martin’s portfolio can be difficult to keep track of nowadays. DB11 was followed by Vantage and then DBS in quick succession, with those respective ranges also expanding at pace and the limited run cars progressing swiftly too.
But now Aston has chosen to bring attention back to another of its ventures: the Project 003, first confirmed last year as a mid-engined hypercar to sit above the next Vanquish and below the Valkyrie in its growing range.
There’s nothing new today on exactly what the car will be - see here for the full story from last year - instead a better look on what the 003 will look like. From this picture we can see 600LT-style high exhaust pipes and a rear view with a hint of AMG One to it - long, slender lights, prominent haunches and, while it can’t be seen at the moment, you’d have to assume a chunky rear diffuser down there as well. Certainly, there’s no danger of it looking like any other Astons…
That’s your lot for now then, with plenty more to follow as 2021 nears. Like what you see thus far? We’re eagerly anticipating the next instalment…
That is the production car that will follow. This is a P1/918/Senna type car, so more a hypercar as we know them today, rather than Valkyrie which is far more extreme again
I don’t get the modern Aston’s, seems like they’ve sold out a bit using Mercedes running gear and interiors.
Much preferred the cars as they were with their own engines / interiors.
I don’t get the modern Aston’s, seems like they’ve sold out a bit using Mercedes running gear and interiors.
Much preferred the cars as they were with their own engines / interiors.
Given this car is talked about as "Son-of-Valkyrie", one logical route would be to offset the massive development costs of Valkryie's bespoke n/a V12 Cosworth unit by using an application of it in 003.
And given (a) the price-point and (b) the fact the interior architecture will not resemble anything from MB, one can assume it will have an Aston interior too.
Given that should help allay your above fears, I assume you'll be putting a deposit down?
I don’t get the modern Aston’s, seems like they’ve sold out a bit using Mercedes running gear and interiors.
Much preferred the cars as they were with their own engines / interiors.
It made sense to use the base of the AMG V8 at a time when they had to bring the Vantage up to date in terms of engine performance and infotainment. These are two areas where the old car was behind the competition, no matter how nice they looked or sounded.
If the company continues as it is, there'll be enough money in the kitty to develop more stuff in-house. As you'll hopefully see when the 003 is unveiled, it's not a Mercedes parts bin job that you might think it is.
When I was a kid anything that'd do 170+ was a "supercar"
Now most of the 4 seat German M/AMG/RS will allegedly do 200+ with a limiter removed.
Where will it all end?
How do we define the Valkyrie tier of cars?
Super-hyper-ultra-megacars?
is mega more or less than ultra?
When I was a kid anything that'd do 170+ was a "supercar"
Now most of the 4 seat German M/AMG/RS will allegedly do 200+ with a limiter removed.
Where will it all end?
How do we define the Valkyrie tier of cars?
Super-hyper-ultra-megacars?
is mega more or less than ultra?
Very Fast = Supercar
Super very fast = Hypercar
Over 1HP/KG = Megacar
Simple.
I don’t get the modern Aston’s, seems like they’ve sold out a bit using Mercedes running gear and interiors.
Much preferred the cars as they were with their own engines / interiors.
DB7 engine was mostly Jaguar
The Newer (last) V8 was also mostly Jaguar
The V12 was a lot of Ford.
The New Vantage is Mercedes.
So that leaves the DB4/5/6 the DBS and the V8s of the William Towns era as their own engines. Plus the newest V12 which borrows much of its design idea to the last V12
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