Concept cars always hint at future design, and they almost always are in celebration of some passage in time or some glorious future to come. So presaging “the future with this teasing glimpses of a potential future design direction” or “creating a stunning celebration of a great brand” is hardly top-of-the-fold news. But, if the anniversary you’re celebrating is 100 years and the design direction you’re hinting at has reminisces of Aston Martin’s iconic 1959 Nürburgring-winning DBR1, then perhaps you really do have something to celebrate.
Precious little is known about the CC100 Sportster other than Aston CEO Ulrich Bez has nicknamed it the DBR100 for its faithful modernization of what a few of we heretics (that is that those who don’t think the Jaguar E-Type is the most beautiful car the planet has ever seen) think is the best-looking British sports car of its era. The engine is Aston trademark 6.0-litre V12 and though no horsepower is quoted, the company does promise it can see of 100 kilometres an hour in just four seconds. Oh, and the company’s new single-clutch, automated six-speed manumatic is also part of the drivetrain.
Though the chassis is V12 Vantage-based, the body, like the Vanquish, is constructed of easily malleable (and, of course, very strong) carbon fibre. Designed in Gaydon by Aston’s design director Marek Reichman and chief exterior designer, Miles Nurnberger, the body was tooled and produced by Markham, Ont.’s own Multimatic Inc. And with Bez at the wheel (Moss will drive his original DBR1), the CC100 will do a celebratory lap of the famed Nürburgring circuit ahead of the ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring race.
This car is more than a “simple birthday present to ourselves,” said Bez. “It shows that the soul of Aston Martin – the thing that differentiates us from all the other carmakers out there – is as powerful as ever and I very much hope that everyone who catches a glimpse of it at the Nürburgring today enjoys seeing it.”
All of which is a long winded way of saying that the CC100 is sexy as hell.
Precious little is known about the CC100 Sportster other than Aston CEO Ulrich Bez has nicknamed it the DBR100 for its faithful modernization of what a few of we heretics (that is that those who don’t think the Jaguar E-Type is the most beautiful car the planet has ever seen) think is the best-looking British sports car of its era. The engine is Aston trademark 6.0-litre V12 and though no horsepower is quoted, the company does promise it can see of 100 kilometres an hour in just four seconds. Oh, and the company’s new single-clutch, automated six-speed manumatic is also part of the drivetrain.
Though the chassis is V12 Vantage-based, the body, like the Vanquish, is constructed of easily malleable (and, of course, very strong) carbon fibre. Designed in Gaydon by Aston’s design director Marek Reichman and chief exterior designer, Miles Nurnberger, the body was tooled and produced by Markham, Ont.’s own Multimatic Inc. And with Bez at the wheel (Moss will drive his original DBR1), the CC100 will do a celebratory lap of the famed Nürburgring circuit ahead of the ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring race.
This car is more than a “simple birthday present to ourselves,” said Bez. “It shows that the soul of Aston Martin – the thing that differentiates us from all the other carmakers out there – is as powerful as ever and I very much hope that everyone who catches a glimpse of it at the Nürburgring today enjoys seeing it.”
All of which is a long winded way of saying that the CC100 is sexy as hell.
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