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- Apr 23, 2024
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One way to move to the future is to look to your past, especially if you have a history that is the stuff of legend. If you’re a car maker, what you’ve done or haven’t done right years ago is definitely a means to making the right decisions in the future – whether it is about what kind of car to make or even defining a future design direction. And if you’re Aston Martin, then you have a whole lot of right moves in your past to learn from, after all 100 years of glory doesn’t just come by on its own. Yes, Aston Martin turns a century old in 2013 and of course there was always going to be a futuristic concept as part of the centennial celebrations. Dubbed the Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept, this streamlined beauty is both a tribute to the British sportscar maker’s past and a tip-off to its future as well.
For Design Director Marek Reichman and Chief Exterior Designer Miles Nurnberger, the inspiration for the CC100 Speedster Concept was quite obvious – they simply looked back to one of Aston Martin’s finest motorsport moments. It was 1959 when the DBR1 had conquered Le Mans and Nurburgring and the iconic sportscar’s lines formed the basic silhouette for the CC100. But it’s not just the design alone that really sets this latest Aston Martin apart. The entire project from design to construction took less than six months and was overlooked by Aston Martin’s Special Projects and Motorsport Director David King at the company’s global headquarters in Gaydon.
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Of course, there’s infinite amounts of carbon fibre everywhere and needless to say that the CC100 Speedster Concept is exquisitely crafted to the highest standards known to the automotive world. But this is not just a static display of design prowess, because snuggled under that bodywork is an AM11 naturally aspirated 6-litre V12 mated to a ‘six-speed hydraulically actuated automated sequential manual transmission’. Now that’s a lot of words to describe a powerplant, but with a 100km/h sprint time of just over four seconds we reckon it’s worth it.
One look at the concept reveals the extreme versatility of Aston Martin’s very distinct design language – especially the front grille and the narrow headlights. Then there’s that very racy split cockpit for driver and passenger and the very visual mass-shedding rear end with trippy tail lights. Scissor doors, however small they may be, add another hint towards the future and then there’s Aston Martin’s very classic paint scheme. Seems impossible to achieve in under six months doesn’t it?
The CC100 Speedster Concept took to the track just before the 2013 24 Hours of Nurburgring with Aston Martin CEO Dr Ulrich Bez at the wheel and to keep him company around the track in the 1959 DBR1 was none other than Sir Stirling Moss. The powers that be at Aston Martin have clearly denied any intention to convert the CC100 from rolling sculpture to production reality, but judging by past instances we’d certainly not be too surprised if there is a limited production run of the sleek sportscar. Well, either way, the CC100 sure is one helluva way to celebrate a 100th birthday!
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