Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Europe, Aston Martin, Luxury
Move over Jaguar XJ220. At 217 mph, your top end is just too slow. Hell, move over Batmobile. Why? The Aston Martin One-77, Britain’s most expensive car ever, is now nearly its fastest. If not for the pesky, eternal problem of the McLaren F1 and its 241 mph top end, the One-77 would be the fastest production car in the history of Old Blighty. As it stands, or in this case flies, a One-77 has just crested 220 mph.
Can the latest and no question greatest from Aston Martin go even faster? Probably, as AM was quick to point out, that the 220 mph velocity was achieved in “dry, but windy conditions.” Never forget the amount of power this 7.3-liter V12 beastie makes – between 700 and 740 horsepower, and around 553 lb-ft of torque. For the sake of national pride, the McLaren F1 produced “just” 627 hp and 480 lb-ft of torque. Obviously, the 2,514 pound F1 is much lighter than the 3,308 pound One-77, however, which actually makes 220 mph run all the more impressive.
0-60 mph? Quarter mile? Lateral acceleration? We don’t know yet, but we do know that Aston Martin will keep us up to date as soon as all that information gets logged. For its part, the matte gray beauty you see above is at a “top secret proving ground in southern Europe” where its being flogged about in anticipation of the One-77’s mid-2010 release. If not for the £1.25 million price tag (just shy of $2M Yankee bucks), we’d be losing sleep. Full press release after the jump.
Gallery: Aston Martin One-77 220 mph
[Source: Aston Martin]
Aston Martin One-77 closes in on being fastest car in marque’s history, breaks 220 mph originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.