Do I need an excuse to create a spectacular photo shoot with a super fighter and a bomber in the same plane ? No, it is not necessary. Combining these two ingredients can always cook a good photo story, like the one we offer below. But you should know that after the name chosen for the Aston Martin Vulcan something else . The Aston Martin Vulcan, lest we forget, is a supercar of 800 horsepower, very exclusive (only 24 units will be produced), very expensive (2.5 million euros) and is inspired by a jet fighter.
Add your speakers! So burning wheel roars and Aston Martin Vulcan: 800 hp only for circuit
The very name of this supercar, Vulcan, is a tribute to the Avro Vulcan bomber fighter created in the fifties and designed to carry (and launch) nuclear weapons . In this photo shoot, the Aston Martin Vulcan shared the stage at Elvington airfield in Yorkshire, with the Vulcan XH558 , one of the units that still exists and is still used – from now educational reasons – in memory of those aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in the turbulent years of the Cold War
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Andy Palmer, CEO Aston Martin, acknowledged that chose the name of their latest sports in honor of the fighter bomber, also to show clients the technology behind the Aston Martin Vulcan.
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The Avro Vulcan Bomber is a game created in the fifties, in the times of the Cold War to launch tactical nuclear weapons.
About the Aston Martin Vulcan, which will be felt only in circuit, since unlicensed street, remember that the first deliveries to customers begin before the end of the year . This year has also been speculated that there would be the possibility that the Aston Martin Vulcan let them see in a somewhat watered down version, but especially adapted and approved for the street.
Recall that the Vulcan had no such aim but to offer a very expensive, very exclusive, and very exciting for those seeking the beast of track-day final alternative, . An alternative to products like McLaren P1 GTR or Ferrari FXX .
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2.5 million euros! the price of each Aston Martin Vulcan
Add your speakers! So burning wheel roars and Aston Martin Vulcan: 800 hp only for circuit