Aston Martin Prepares New One-77 Supercar

7.0-litre V12 engine
by Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
August 8, 2008 9:50 AM
Filed Under: Artist Renderings, Aston Martin, European

Mercedes-Benz is preparing a new Gullwing, Ferrari is working on the next Enzo, and Pagani is developing a new Zonda... Is there a chance Aston Martin would be out of this supercar effort? No way, and the company has proven that by revealing it is developing a new supercar, the One-77. As the name states, only 77 units of this beauty will be made.

Although the company has not released much about the car besides this single design sketch so far, the One-77 will have a handcrafted body in aluminium, which will be sustained by a carbon-fibre chassis. Light weight chassis combined a 7.0-litre V12 engine expected to produce at least 550 bhp, a top speed that exceeds 350 km/h and a sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in about 3 seconds is bloody marvelous.  Fortunate ones, these 77 future owners!

[Note: High-res image added 08.08.08 10:00 GMT]

Source: Aston Martin
Press Release (Click to expand)

Aston Martin has released a snapshot of the stunning new One-77; the ultimate creative interpretation of the renowned British marque.

One-77 fuses advanced technology with stunning Aston Martin design to create possibly the world’s most desirable automotive art form. Based on a sophisticated carbon fibre chassis with a handcrafted aluminium body, this 7.0 litre V12 super car will deliver exhilarating performance for a strictly limited number of discerning customers.

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Please... Please... increase the production batch!!!! AM is on the right track!!!

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by Vanguard | August 8, 2008 9:58 AM
LOVE LOVE PURE LOVE!!! AAH!!! I GOTTA HAVE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :'(

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by Decypha | August 8, 2008 10:06 AM
it is absolutely beautyful.

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by amade.ch | August 8, 2008 10:59 AM
7 litre V12 should be great!!!

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by GranTurismo | August 8, 2008 11:32 AM
7 liters and 550 hp... weak...

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by Kepe | August 8, 2008 11:37 AM
this is better than every orgasm! ;-) i love aston!

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by odysseus | August 8, 2008 11:37 AM
this articles not accurate, its actually better than it sounds!! aston are building a limited number of bespoke supercars for 1.2million pounds. for that price you get evrything mentioned above but you also get access to the design and engineering team to build your own aston martin supercar. Current configuration is for a two seater but buyers can customise this to be a 2+2 or convertible and they can change the styling of the car to suit there own tastes, so instead of having a one off car that just has a different leather interior or bodykit, YOU CAN DESIGN YOUR OWN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR!!!! thats right design your own, adverts were placed in high class papers in the UK at the weekend advertising this to their key demographic, and they have had over 500 inquiries so far. That is why the price is 1.2 million but you get a hell of alot for your money.

I think that tops anything Mercedes and ferrari have in the pipeline, dont you????

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by peterjames7 | August 8, 2008 11:40 AM
rumour has it that most of the enquiries are from rich arabs in dubai - as usual!

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by zzz | August 8, 2008 9:30 PM
Boring

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by Penner | August 8, 2008 11:44 AM
fabulous!

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by paula1105 | August 8, 2008 1:17 PM
Honestly, 550 HP from a 7.0 V12 is a bit on the low side.

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by KayGeeOh | August 8, 2008 1:47 PM
Comparatively speaking

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by KayGeeOh | August 8, 2008 1:52 PM
Wow!!! It´s like an evolution for a Vantage! The front part remains to 599 GTB. But... V12, 7.0 l O_o OMG!! Very interesting...

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by Hardboy997 | August 8, 2008 2:30 PM
This Aston is realy nice... it's true that 550 BHP from a V12 7.0 liters is not much but it accelarates from 0 to 100 in around 3 second, then it's fine ;D

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by dror117 | August 8, 2008 3:41 PM
Bring Back the Vanquish.

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by Xanavi23 | August 8, 2008 3:45 PM
the dbs was the replacement of the vanquish

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by dbehmoaras | August 8, 2008 9:48 PM
I figure as much...but the beauty of the Original Vanquish was that despite having similarities to the then DB7 and early DB9...it still looked like its own cars. With the bulged rear fenders and the muscular stance. You're right of course but i just would like to see something a bit closer to the original.

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by Xanavi23 | August 8, 2008 10:02 PM
This reminds me of the early days of car manufacturing before mass production was even an idea in Henry fords mind. In the early day every car was bespoke and you could customize it to your every desire, well at lest as far as the coach builders skills would allow and as long as you were willing to pay dearly.

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by aston | August 8, 2008 4:59 PM
nice!!!

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by wolff | August 8, 2008 6:22 PM
at LEAST 550hp moron.

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by bernardo | August 8, 2008 7:39 PM
People keep forgetting something here: 7.0L with 550HP (which is alot) also means that the engine will most likely pack an insane amount of torque atleast 750N/m, if not a 1000N/m like those crazy AMG engines on the SL65.

Plus it says atleast 550HP, am expecting atleast 600HP.

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by Murcielago2006 | August 9, 2008 12:59 AM
the engine from mercedes?....crapy engine

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by _M7_ | August 9, 2008 4:02 AM
now this....i like. aston thinks that god spoke to them, or maybe they thought they were god when they thought about this car.. 7 litre engine, only 77 will be produced. maybe 700 bhp....or 777 (im really hoping; being such a large engine i wound't be satsfied with only 550), its one (one)-77. did the guys from aston read the bible and stumbled upon the biblical number of...SEVEN? i imagine them singing in the factory 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ....all the good kids go to heaven :))) hell i like it. maybe they'll make a one-66 model too..or 6-66, and a production number of 666, with a 6.6L engine, producing 666bhp. think that would be more ergonomic than a 7 litre 550 bhp. bbbutttt, in any waaaaaaayyyyy. nnnniiccceee f.cking caaar, very nice. what i've told ya aston, you don't need mercedes.

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by norther | August 9, 2008 5:42 AM
A lot of people said that Mercedes Engines are crappy but i disagree because most of the time when i see very old cars 70% they are mercedes and 30% are Rolls-Ryce.. so both of those two engines remain for a long time

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by nendor | August 9, 2008 6:12 AM
I know they say if it ain't broke, don't fix it, but I hope this car evolves the Aston design language (when they show us more pics) a bit more. There's no denying the orgasm-inducing sexiness of the current range - DBS in particular - but it's been this way since the DB7! Come on! As far as the V12 goes, yes, yes, 550bhp is sad. Especially since their 6.0 V12 pumps out that much in the limited edition V12 Vantage - so sexy in Mako Blue. So I'm guessing this will start off as a limited edition, move on to replace the DB9, and then they'll make a DBS replacement with 2 billion horsepower. That's how Aston does its range, this should be no different.

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by motorjedi | August 9, 2008 11:54 AM
I love modern aston's, they are beautiful cars but sadly the competition always seems to out perform them in the price range of the model. Not saying they suck! just saying you pay more for less power then some other cars for the price. Let's hope they put as much juice as they can and give the others something to work hard to contend.

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by damian6 | August 10, 2008 11:55 PM
I am beginning to get that "sense of drift" from Aston-Martin. It started with the DBS.

Ford's sale of AM was a big mistake. Aston has to stay "mainstream" to prosper. Witness DB9, Vanquish & Vantage. There is meant to be a "Vanquish" replacement. Where is it?

Aston Martin CANNOT do "niche"!

"Knock - knock!" Is anybody home?

Isaacu

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by isaacu | August 13, 2008 12:47 PM
Aston Martin needs its "Vanquish" flagship. The flagship.....sells the "Range".

Isaacu

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by isaacu | August 15, 2008 2:26 AM

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