Owners demand 600kW Aston Vulcan be made road-legal
Wealthy Vulcan buyers want to be able to drive British car-maker’s wildest, most powerful hypercar on the road legallyAston Martin has received calls from owners of its new 600kW limited-edition, racetrack-only hypercar to make them road-legal.
The revelations were made in an interview of the Vulcan’s project manager Simon Croft, published by Dutch website Autovisie.
Apparently, it won’t be easy as slapping on some plates, according to Croft, who has already described the road car conversion task as an “uphill struggle”.
First challenge will be calming the potent 600kW 7.0-litre V12 race engine to pass mandatory emissions and noise regulations, before progressing to improving the ride height, meeting safety legislation and making the brakes work when cold in the cooler temperatures encountered in road use.
Telling owners not to get their hopes up, Croft admitted he doesn't know how serious those calling for the conversion are and how much of the R&D costs they’d be willing to stump up.
Early next year, Aston Martin will begin its series of private track days for its 24 Vulcan owners at various racetracks around Europe including Spa in Belgium,
The calls for a road car version of a track-only hypercar mirror what’s happened with the McLaren P1 GTR when owners also asked for a road-legal conversion. In that case British specialist Lanzante announced that it would be tackling the conversions.
Work began on the first P1 GTR to be converted to a road car-spec in June, It’s not known how much it cost, but Lanzante had the added benefit of being able to source parts from the road-going P1 -- not something anyone tackling a Vulcan conversion would have available.
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