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We trust you know the Aston Martin Vulcan. An 800bhp trackday special, it will set you back around 1.8million.Or rather it used to. One has just appeared for sale in America, and it"s listed at $3.4million. At current exchange rates, that"s 2.4million. Or a 33 per cent mark-upOn sale at Cleveland Motorsports in Ohio, it"s one of a mere 24 Vulcans, and the first to have arrived on US shores. It"s finished in a lovely burnt orange colour - Fiamma Red, on the Aston order sheet - and has been professionally detailed, so you needn"t worry about any detrimental effects of its journey across the Atlantic.It"s track-only, of course (though you can make them road legal, apparently), but its monster 7.0-litre V12 engine should make up for it, once you"re confident enough to open the taps on circuit. Something that comes via a proper, in-depth training programme that includes the 750bhp One-77 supercar as a stepping stone. Naturally.The Vulcan, meanwhile? "Wild enough to make a battle scene in Game Of Thrones sound like a round of University Challenge," according to TG"s Jason Barlow.Exciting enough to cost two LaFerraris, though? Thoughts below, please
Date written: 8 Feb 2016
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ID: 2049
We trust you know the Aston Martin Vulcan. An 800bhp trackday special, it will set you back around 1.8million.Or rather it used to. One has just appeared for sale in America, and it"s listed at $3.4million. At current exchange rates, that"s 2.4million. Or a 33 per cent mark-upOn sale at Cleveland Motorsports in Ohio, it"s one of a mere 24 Vulcans, and the first to have arrived on US shores. It"s finished in a lovely burnt orange colour - Fiamma Red, on the Aston order sheet - and has been professionally detailed, so you needn"t worry about any detrimental effects of its journey across the Atlantic.It"s track-only, of course (though you can make them road legal, apparently), but its monster 7.0-litre V12 engine should make up for it, once you"re confident enough to open the taps on circuit. Something that comes via a proper, in-depth training programme that includes the 750bhp One-77 supercar as a stepping stone. Naturally.The Vulcan, meanwhile? "Wild enough to make a battle scene in Game Of Thrones sound like a round of University Challenge," according to TG"s Jason Barlow.Exciting enough to cost two LaFerraris, though? Thoughts below, please
Date written: 8 Feb 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2049