You demanded it, folks. Okay, maybe not you, since your net worth is almost definitely somewhere south of a billion dollars, but at least some of the fantastically heeled buyers of Aston Martin’s wicked, track-focused Vulcan hypercar have asked the company to look into making the thing street-legal.
-The report comes to us from Dutch website Autovisie via the newspaper De Telegraaf, with Vulcan project manager Simon Croft stating that, while some people have already said they intend to stash their $2.3-million cars in climate-controlled purgatory, others want to drive it as much as possible, including on public roads.
-However, they might not want to get their hopes up. Croft tells the Dutch outlet that it will be an “uphill struggle” to deliver a road-legal version of a car that has no street-legal counterpart—unlike the Ferrari FXX K and McLaren P1 GTR—and was designed exclusively to roam racetracks, incorporating a pile of FIA-certified componentry. Driving the point home, early next year Aston will begin a three-year series of track events at locations like Paul Ricard, Nardo, and Spa for the owners of the 24 examples it plans to build, in addition to providing training in the company’s racing simulators and seat time in its GT race cars. [Update: It seems Aston has ruled out a roadgoing Vulcan, as a spokesperson told our friends at Road & Track that "While there has been some understandable interest in a road-legal version of the Vulcan, we have no plans for one and all our efforts now are making it the ultimate Aston track supercar."]
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The Vulcan is powered by Aston’s V-12 engine tuned to produce more than 800 horsepower, although the car will be limited to 500 and then 700 horsepower as owners get comfortable with the Vulcan’s capabilities. Once they’re ready, Aston Martin will allow owners access to the 12-cylinder’s full fury.
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