There is a very new limited edition car that has already set the world on fire and brought the power and performance numbers to where they need to be. This car is made to be as close to a race car as you can get without being told to leave the streets and certainly has some of the characteristics already in place on other super cars. The car in question here is the new Aston Martin Vulcan for the 2016 model year. This beautiful racing street legal machine is powered by a massive 7.0-liter V12 that moves 820 horsepower out for the lucky few drivers to completely fall in love with it.
When I say lucky few I am not kidding at all. There will only be 24 of these awesome cars made and the price tag says $2.34 million dollars to own one. That puts a vast majority of the world out of reach of owning one of these beauties, but when it comes to admiring things that are rare and beautiful, we all want to take a look at something as awesome as the Vulcan.
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Coming out of the One-77 concept of using a V12 engine that is also a gorgeous car to behold made this quite a project. The idea behind the Vulcan was to have a car that was faster than the GT3 and GTE racers but was able to maintain road standers, making it a very fast car at the track that was a collaborative work of art. Part of the idea was to comply with safety standards set forth by the FIA, but not to worry about racing class standards. This meant taking a One-77 tub and a V12 engine and working around that to reach the goals set. the goals were to have a car that weighed in at 2,866 pounds, offered 800 plus horsepower, 590 lb.-ft. of torque and the GT3 or GT1 levels of down force.
Although some concepts are borrowed from the One-77 the Vulcan has nothing that is shared between the two. This car is quite a bit lighter than the One-77 and even though the tub is similar it’s been modified for this car. Even the engines are different, where the One-77 uses a variable valve timing the Vulcan uses a fixed cam engine. In fact the transmission on the Vulcan is shared with the GT3 and not the One-77 at all.
The aerodynamics of this car has been designed to be the best and the Vulcan has more aerodynamic features than the highly successful GT3 racer. The downforce is a massive 3,000 pounds at 200 mph, keeping this car planted firmly on the track, it’s a good thing too because this car might take off on flight if the downforce wasn’t so strong. What’s crazy about all this aero is the fact that the car is designed to be easy to drive for anyone who is lucky enough to get behind the wheel of one of these awesome machines. In order to be highly drivable the Vulcan has power settings to easy you into the power starting at 550 horsepower, then 650 and finally at the full 820. There is also eleven settings for the traction control system and seven for the ABS to give drivers the chance to learn how to drive this car rather than simply thinking they have to use everything at one time.
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The inside of this racing road car is somewhat difficult to navigate, but it has to be with the roll case in the way and the other items you need to get past. Once inside the feel and look are as gorgeous as the outside of the car. It better be awesome considering the price for the car and as I said this car is made to be easy to drive, the inside set up with easy to use and find controls helps make that happen.
As a car that is certainly built to handle the track, the Vulcan should expect to have some time at Nurburgring sometime in the next year. This will give us an idea of what the car can really do at a track where everything else gets tested and has their chops challenged. Expect the Vulcan to set new track records of some sort, or at least cruise through parts of the track faster than many other cars have done. Even though this is a very limited edition car, the Vulcan will be one we talk about and marvel at for many months and maybe even years with its amazing design, performance and name.
