It seems that the Aston Martin Vulcan is the sort of car that can be defined by the celebratory racing burnout. You know, the kind of thing that pro drivers do at the end of the race, not the American stuff.
Yesterday, we showed you a teaser video from Aston and today we have Goodwood's footage. Instead of trying to set a fast lap, the Vulcan's race driver decided to destroy his rear tires, much to the enjoyment of the crowd.
This 200mph starts the FoS festivities with a burnout and stops in front of the stands halfway through, so the people get to see the show.
Vulcan is an excellent name for rare Aston Martin. It makes us think of the legendary Avro Vulcan with its large delta wings and fantastic maneuverability. 24 examples of the Vulcan will be produced and sold to members of the public for the princely sum of £1.5 million ($2.3 or € million.
Being powered by a 7-liter V12 that churns out 800 horsepower, the Vulcan could be compared to the Ferrari 599XX race car, but Aston lets you take it home and put it in your garage. Way to go Brits!
Aston Martin's most extreme car yet is designed with cues from the AM Racing’s family of Vantage race cars. However, it has unique LED headlights that are very thin and specially designed rear clusters.
Let's not forget what Aston Martin is going through right now. The 102-year-old company just secured funding for one of the biggest revamps in its history and a new model believed to be called the DB11 is being developed at the Nurburgring.
We're thrilled to see that among all this talk of SUVs and Mercedes turbocharged V8s, they still have time for an insane track machine.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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