Check your bank balance: Aston Martin One-77 still available

Posted: Feb 02, 2009
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Apparently news of 100 people interested in the 77 units of the Aston Martin One-77 was interpreted the wrong way. According to Car Advice sources, 100 of those interested in the very exclusive Aston did not put down a 200,000 pound deposit to purchase the car – meaning those interested can still acquire the rights to own the One-77.

No word on how many units are still available but we do know that Aston will allocate a total of six units for the U.S. market. The rest will probably end up in Europe, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Refresher: Power will come from a 7.0L V12 engine that is expected to produce 700-hp with a peak torque of 520 lb-ft. 0 to 60 will come in the low 5 seconds with a top speed of over 200 mph.

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Source: Car Advice (via WCF)


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  • Pat

    i'll take two if they have some left over…one for me and one for my wife. We'll be the envy of our whole town

  • Abba

    what a piece of crap ..

  • http://fancytuning.com Car Tuning

    Don't they negociate the price? I could offer like 2k for it lol

  • Ivan Gutierrez

    What the Hell man?! If you think you can run around dissin Aston Martin, you better think again.

  • Abba

    ok, let me think again … “what a piece of STATIC crap”.

    Aston Martin was cool 40 years ago, and died back then. Right now is just a re-badged piece of crap -literally a stuffed corpse- that is not capable of racing, won't be racing, and won't ever win on a track.

    “British” supercars? Leave it to McLaren. The rest of them -and especially Aston Not-so-Martin's- can be used to sweep dead leaves off the road at 45 mph.

  • Ivan Gutierrez

    Are you talking about the same Aston Martin who is re-entering Le Mans for 2009 in the prestigious LMP1 class. The same Aston Martin who with Prodrive built the DBR9. The car that on its debut race won the 2005 12 hours of Sebring. The same Aston Martin that earned 5 victories and overall second place in its class in its first year in the ALMS. The same Aston Martin that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans GT1 class back to back in 2007 and 2008. Which Aston Martin where you talking about? Surely not the same one as me.

  • Abba

    Evidently I am talking about the Aston Martin of the late 50's and 60's led by Sir. David Brown; not the one bought in 2007 by a join venture company formed by Prodrive, an Aston Martin collector, and two investment companies (one of which from Kuwait).

    And I want to make sure that I am not here to dispute personal taste, nor the right to form and and express an opinion (even a biased one). One is entitled to like or dislike anything.

    Truth is that the Aston Martin One-77 in the pictures above currently is a stuffed toy; it does not move, it is static, not functional, and can't even be driven. And I totally agree with those who did not want (and still do not want) to put down 200K pounds to help Aston Martin learn how to make it a real moving car. So as of now, in my opinion, that is a piece of crap.

    Yours is an interesting example of data manipulation; more precisely, the action of shooting a fish in a barrel described as success.

    Similarly, one could state that a “mule” is a “winning racing horse” when competing in a race with other mules, and a couple of old, limping, racing horses.

    Having stated that, “racing” virtually by yourself, in a slow, sub category (GT1) of a geographically, and nationally limited (North America) championship (definitely not Formula 1, with serious names and labels), is a case of “shooting a fish in barrel”.

    Facts:

    Year 2009: Return to LeMans LMP1 Division

    Aston Martin's entry will not even be a whole Aston Martin product so to speak; the chassis will be a modified, ONE YEAR OLD, 2008 Charouz Racing System Lola. The changes will be necessary to host the Aston Martin engine. This goes to support the fact that Aston Martin currently has little or no knowhow in terms of building racing cars.

    Year 2008: 24 Hour LeMans

    Aston Martin (3 cars) competes against one only serious competitor (4 corvettes), and two occasional outsiders: 1 Saleen, and 1 Lambo Murcielago.

    Year 2007: 24 Hour LeMans

    Aston Martin (6 cars) competes against Corvette (4 cars), and two other occasional outsiders: 2 Saleens, and 1 very old Ferrari Maranello 550 GTS.

    Year 2005: ALMS – 12 Hour Sebring (Note 1 out only 3 events)

    Aston Martin (2 cars) competes against 3 corvettes, and a few occasional outsiders: 1 very old Dodge Viper, 1 very old Ferrari Maranello 550, 2 Saleens, and 1 Maserati MC 12.

    In conclusion, when Aston Martin will be competing with real players, like it did in 1959 and 1960 in Formula One, then their cars will be entitled to be called super-cars. As of now, they are just trophy-cars that look good when parked in front of a 7 star hotel, somewhere in a wealthy oil country, and should be called Aston Not-so Martins.

  • Ivan Gutierrez

    You said Aston Martin “won't be racing, and won't ever win on a track.” You yourself have already proven that to be wrong. I believe that your argument against AM racing “a couple of old, limping, racing horses” has little credibility as it is of your own opinion that their opposition was not genuine. The amount of legitimate racing competition or lack thereof, in any given racing season is not determined by Aston Martin and does not take away any of the success associated with their victory. I would also have to disagree to calling Corvettes and Saleens “mules”, but I realize that you are entitled to your opinion. I also am aware that Aston is not racing in F1 but I would hardly refer to GT1 racing as a “slow, sub category”

    As far as the One-77, I realize the picture shown is of a nonfunctioning car but what does that have to do with a final production version? Are you saying that the production version of the One-77 will also be a “piece of crap” before it is even released?

    It is obvious that you are not a fan of AM and I will have to respect your opinion, you don’t believe that their recent accomplishments are legitimate; I would have to disagree with that. Lastly you refer to the One-77 as a “static piece of crap”. I guess we’ll see if that’s true or not when the car is launched and driven.

  • Ivan Gutierrez

    You said Aston Martin “won't be racing, and won't ever win on a track.” You yourself have already proven that to be wrong. I believe that your argument against AM racing “a couple of old, limping, racing horses” has little credibility as it is of your own opinion that their opposition was not genuine. The amount of legitimate racing competition or lack thereof, in any given racing season is not determined by Aston Martin and does not take away any of the success associated with their victory. I would also have to disagree to calling Corvettes and Saleens “mules”, but I realize that you are entitled to your opinion. I also am aware that Aston is not racing in F1 but I would hardly refer to GT1 racing as a “slow, sub category”

    As far as the One-77, I realize the picture shown is of a nonfunctioning car but what does that have to do with a final production version? Are you saying that the production version of the One-77 will also be a “piece of crap” before it is even released?

    It is obvious that you are not a fan of AM and I will have to respect your opinion, you don’t believe that their recent accomplishments are legitimate; I would have to disagree with that. Lastly you refer to the One-77 as a “static piece of crap”. I guess we’ll see if that’s true or not when the car is launched and driven.