What's the news?
The Vulcan is a wild thing - 820hp and £1.8m of carbon fibre bodied wild in fact. The original design intent for the car was to create the fastest Aston ever seen, and confine it to track use only in the vein of Ferrari's FXX et al, so as not to have to compromise performance with silly things like day-to-day usability, or even indicators for that matter. But, I hear some of you wonder, what if I want to pop down to the shops? My hypothetical track-only Vulcan is of no use! If only it were road legal...
Fear not, because RML Group has the answer to a question that only a select few can legitimately ask. An option to modify the Vulcan to make it legal for road use is now available, with the intent to preserve as much of the lunacy as possible while keeping the law happy. Quite how they'll manage to tone it down remains to be seen, but interest has already been expressed from a few of the potential owners of the 24 cars to be built by Aston. Work on the road conversions will take place at RML's base in Northamptonshire, with three to four months being the expected timeframe to complete an individual car. RML have tonnes of racing pedigree behind them, with numerous successes in Touring Cars and GT racing acting as proof of their capabilities. The first road-ready Vulcan is due to be ready before the end of this year, so you can expect a sharp rise in people wondering how they've just been overtaken by what appears to be a full-blown GT3 racer on their way home from work wherever it goes.