Aston Martin One-77

　　　　

這次，Aston Martin又有大動作了，這家來自英國的超跑車廠打算推出這台Aston Martin One 77，售價是驚人的120萬英鎊（相當於168萬美金），對！你沒有看錯，就是168萬美金！而他們目前最貴的量產車DBS也不過26萬9千美金而已。

　　　　

既然Aston Martin敢開出這樣的價位，想必Aston Martin One 77必定有些驚人之處，Aston Martin One 77配置了一具由Cosworth調校的進化版6.0升V12自然進氣引擎，擁有超過700匹的強悍馬力，利用乾式油底殼讓引擎重心更低，全世界首度應用在市售車上的DSSV可調式懸吊、強化煞車，最後再套上一個來自賽車底盤界響噹噹的品牌：Multimatic（MTC）的全碳纖維底盤與六速序列式變速箱，從0~96Km/h只需3.5秒。

　　　　

不過，Aston Martin One 77的真正實力，還有待測試，也許等它跑完紐伯林北跑道之後，才能見識到它的威猛實力吧。只是，我懷疑一台造價如此高昂的超跑，真的能夠達到它預期的銷售量嗎？儘管Aston Martin One 77只量產77台。不過，世界上的好野人真的是太多了，說不定到時候還要排隊搶購也不一定，who knows？

　　　　

Aston Martin finally revealed the exterior of the highly exclusive One-77 – the One stands for the price tag and the 77 for the number of units that will be produced.

Company boss Ulrich Bez has called it the ‘ultimate expression of Aston Martin’. Sitting alongside the subtle elegance of DBS Volante, the One-77 certainly looks the more self-assured of the company's current stable, but then this car is clearly about exclusivity, power and craftsmanship. The hand-made aluminium body hides a light carbon fibre chassis that houses a 7-litre V12 engine promising to produce some serious power.

The cars will be fine-tuned for each of the 77 customers. Aston Martin has historically focused on small volume exclusive cars like this and design director Marek Reichman believes it helps the marque stay relevant in the future. ‘Aston Martin is a quintessential British sports car maker and the One-77 is pure Aston Martin,’ says the designer.

‘The One-77 shows some ideas and thoughts on how our design language can evolve,’ he says, noting that for a company like Aston, change is more about evolution than revolution. The large, deep grille and low and wide stance make the car physically larger than either the DB9, DBS and V8 Vantage, yet the proportions are classic Aston Martin.

For now the interior is under wraps, although Aston Martin will unveil the complete car at the Concorso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este, Italy, in late April. Customer deliveries are due to start in early 2010.

Aston Martin One-77, £1.2m
www.one-77.com