Aston Martin CC100 Speedster

With this concept CC100 Speedster,
Aston Martin celebrated its centenary in style

While the "young girl" Lamborghini celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year, Aston Martin breath meanwhile his hundred candles. A birthday celebrated by a radical concept tray, unveiled at the Nürburgring.

With this concept CC100 ¨ Speedster, Aston Martin celebrated its centenary in grand ...

A win at Le Mans in 1959 as a world championship sports car the same year, three wins to 1000 km Nürburgring ... the Aston Martin DBR1 is the most successful. The brand therefore could not find better inspiration to celebrate its centenary. No windshield, a long hood, two seats, a green dress: unveiled alongside the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, the CC100 study addresses multiple nod to his ancestor. But its carbon body does not engage completely neo-retro provided. The headlights and grille evoke more current creations of the firm, two bosses appeared behind the seats, the sides widened, while the windscreen is still smaller. As for the interior, it combines driving and instrumentation worthy of a modern sports car racing with leather straps very "old school".

As usual with Aston Martin, the doors opening notes

Without being completely neo-retro, the latest
concept Aston Martin can not hide its many points
in common with the DBR1

As usual with Aston Martin, the doors opening notes.

The engine is also much of its time, since it is the air that 6.0 V12 Vanquish the team, Quick and other DB9. Only shade size, here it is associated with a sequential six-speed transmission instead of an automatic converter. A sportier choice, although in agreement with the radical look of the CC100 Speedster. Still short on details, the English tray hides his power or weight. But it says it can sprint from 0 to 100 km / h in under 4 seconds and reach a top speed of 290 km / h, electronically limited. Enough to undermine peppermint hair Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin's boss, who has the honor to make a tour of the North Loop of the Nürburgring driving this CC100 Speedster. All this with Sir Stirling Moss, who found the controls of the DBR1 for the occasion.