Aston Martin CC100 Speedster sexy as hell
V-12 powered concept hints at a true 1950s British racing classic
Concept cars always hint at future design. So presaging “the future with this teasing glimpse of a potential future design direction” is hardly top-of-the-fold news. But, if the anniversary is 100 years and the design direction you’re hinting at has traces of Aston Martin’s iconic 1959 Nurburgring-winning DBR1, then perhaps you really do have something to celebrate.
Precious little is known about the CC100 Speedster other than Aston CEO Ulrich Bez has nicknamed it the DBR100 for its faithful modernization of what a few of us think is the best-looking British sports car of its era. The engine is Aston’s trademark 6.0-litre V-12 and the company promises it can reach 100 kilometres an hour in just four seconds. The new single-clutch, automated sixspeed manumatic is also part of the drivetrain.
The body, like the Vanquish, is constructed of easily malleable (and very strong) carbon fibre. Designed in Gaydon by Aston’s design director Marek Reichman and chief exterior designer Miles Nurnberger, the body was tooled and produced by Markham, Ont.’s own Multimatic Inc. And with Bez at the wheel (Sir Stirling Moss will drive his original DBR1), the CC100 will do a celebratory lap of the famed Nurburgring circuit ahead of the ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nurburgring race.
This car is more than a “simple birthday present to ourselves,” said Bez. “It shows that the soul of Aston Martin — the thing that differentiates us from all the other carmakers out there — is as powerful as ever and I very much hope that everyone who catches a glimpse of it at the Nurburgring today enjoys seeing it.”
All of which is a long-winded way of saying that the CC100 is sexy as hell.