Butthisis a muchclearerideaofwhereAstonMartinwantstotakethisrevivedbrand.
Whatisit?
Well, it's anelectricsuperlimoluxurycar, interestedbecauseontheAstoncanreallydothissortofstuffnowthathe's gottheLagondabrand, itcantakeonRollsRoycewithbigluxurycarslikethis, ButitcouldalsotakeonFerrariwith a midenginesupercar.
It's oneofthosecomingnextyear.
I'llbehonest, a sourceofpictures.
Thisbeforetheshowand I wasn't totallyconvinced, wasn't myfavoritething, but I'vebeenlookingarounditnowinthefleshandhonestly, SimonorLagondahavealwaysbeantheseslightlyquirkymadcars.
There's a bitof D B 11 inthereardeckquitelikethat, andthenyou'vegotthisbigwedgieshaperunningdowntothefrontbonnetwithechoesoftheWilliamstowns, Lagondafrom 1975.
It's a bitmad, but I quitelikeit.
Let's take a lookinsidebecausethemadnesscontinues a fewmoredetailsforyou.
They'vebeen a bitcoyabouttheroadcar, butnowthey'retellingus.
Backthere, thereis a 6.5 litre, naturallyaspirated V 12 highrevving.
Ofcourse, I canonlyimaginehowgoodthatisgoingtosound, andthat's twinnedwithenergyrecoverycursesystemlikeyougetan F oneforanextraboost, so 1100 horsepowerweretold.
Butthisthingweighslessthan 1000 kilograms, sothat 1 to 1 powertoweightratio, absolutelynailedit.
And, ofcourse, youmightnotice.
There's somewingsandsomefins, andSamAdamswillhave a closerlookatthemin a minute.