Aston Martin Vanquish Vision & AM-RB 003 Concept

[Rutger DC]

Aston Martin heeft twee prototypes meegenomen naar het Autosalon van Genève: de Vanquish Vision en de AM-RB 003.

Vanquish Vision

This is the Aston Martin Vanquish Vision concept, which closely previews the firm’s all-new mid-engined supercar due to go into production at Gaydon in 2022.

The car, which Autocar received exclusive access to ahead of the Geneva motor show alongside the AM-RB 003 hypercar and Lagonda All-Terrain Concept, marks the first time Aston has put a mid-engined model into series production and will line up alongside next-generation versions of the McLaren 720S and 488 GTB, likely priced at around £250,000.

It revives the Vanquish name for Aston, too, which was last used on the front-engined GT the new DBS Superleggera replaced. The car has been in development for two years, and has been spearheaded by technical boss Max Szwaj, who joined Aston from Ferrari where he created similar models.

The Vanquish, codenamed AM9, will bring with it a brand-new, Aston-designed V6 engine that will be built in the UK.

The engine is twin-turbocharged, and is of an unspecified capacity. Aston boss Andy Palmer described it as a “little V6 that’s downsized”, with a likely capacity of around 3.0 litres given the configurations of similar engines from other car makers.

Bron: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-geneva-motor-show/vanquish-vision-heads-trio-new-aston-martin-concepts

Meer foto's: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/aston-martin-vanquish-vision-concept-geneva-motor-show/

AM-RB 003

The Aston Martin AM-RB 003 is the firm’s incredible new hypercar with McLaren P1-aping performance levels. It has been revealed at the Geneva motor show alongside the Vanuqish Vision supercar and Lagonda All-Terrain SUV concepts.

“If Valkyrie is the best of the best, then the 003 is the best at £1m,” design boss Marek Reichman said of the AM-RB 003, which Aston will put into production in late 2021.

The new model, which Autocar received exclusive access to ahead of the Geneva motor show, is the second to be co-developed between Aston Martin and Red Bull Advanced Technologies in Milton Keynes, and will bridge the sizeable gap in Aston’s fast-growing range of mid-engined models between the Valkyrie and the production Vanquish.

AM-RB 003’s performance and positioning – likely more than 1000bhp and the kind of performance that would threaten the Nürburgring lap record – would place it alongside next-generation versions of the likes of the McLaren P1, LaFerrari and Porsche 918 Spyder, should this trio, which launched in 2013, have been replaced by the time it launches.

The model will use Aston’s new twin-turbo V6 engine mated to a hybrid system, and the car will be built around a carbonfibre architecture and using carbonfibre bodywork. “It will have the same principles as the Valkyrie with its all-carbonfibre tub but will be more usable,” said Reichman.

The Geneva concept car is 90% representative of the final production model, according to Aston’s design chief.

Bron: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-geneva-motor-show/aston-martin-launches-new-am-rb-003-hypercar

Meer foto's: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/aston-martin-am-rb-003-valkyrie-geneva/

 

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“It will have the same principles as the Valkyrie with its all-carbonfibre tub but will be more usable,” said Reichman.

Toffe auto enzo, maar ik vind dit in deze klasse zo'n vreemd argument. Wie shopt voor een hypercar van meer dan een miljoen euro heeft vast wel minimaal een andere, iets gewonere auto die bruikbaarder is. Wat maakt de praktische toepasbaarheid van zo'n duur speeltje dan nog uit?