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Written by Ollie Marriage
If we had an Aston Martin Vulcan, we"re not entirely sure we"d want to drive it on the road. It"s got to be better on the track, hasn"t it? And as we found out when we drove the thing earlier this year, it"s a fearsome, fearsome thing when given its head around Yas Marina.But actually come to think of it, a Vulcan on the road? That noise around town? Course we would. Independently of Aston Martin, motorsport engineering firm RML Ltd. is gearing up to offer a road-legalisation kit for the Vulcan. Gulp. There are only 24 cars in total, and as yet it"s not known how many owners want to have their cars modified. "The desire for a road-going Vulcan was driven by customers, both ours and Aston Martin"s", says Michael Mallock of RML. "The plan, as far as possible, is to retain as much of the existing Vulcan as we can, and minimise external changes as much as possible, although this depends to a certain extent on the territories they will be used in and the legislation involved."One of the changes RML already knows it will have to make is to fit a headlight cluster into the clamshell bonnet and, in some markets, replace the lollipop rear lights. Shame.
Date written: 20 Apr 2016
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ID: 3047
If we had an Aston Martin Vulcan, we"re not entirely sure we"d want to drive it on the road. It"s got to be better on the track, hasn"t it? And as we found out when we drove the thing earlier this year, it"s a fearsome, fearsome thing when given its head around Yas Marina.But actually come to think of it, a Vulcan on the road? That noise around town? Course we would. Independently of Aston Martin, motorsport engineering firm RML Ltd. is gearing up to offer a road-legalisation kit for the Vulcan. Gulp. There are only 24 cars in total, and as yet it"s not known how many owners want to have their cars modified. "The desire for a road-going Vulcan was driven by customers, both ours and Aston Martin"s", says Michael Mallock of RML. "The plan, as far as possible, is to retain as much of the existing Vulcan as we can, and minimise external changes as much as possible, although this depends to a certain extent on the territories they will be used in and the legislation involved."One of the changes RML already knows it will have to make is to fit a headlight cluster into the clamshell bonnet and, in some markets, replace the lollipop rear lights. Shame.
Date written: 20 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3047
