Aston Martin has taken the covers off its newest concept, the CC100 Speedster concept, which celebrates Aston Martin’s 100th birthday.
Aston Martin has taken the covers off its newest concept, the CC100 Speedster concept, which celebrates Aston Martin’s 100th birthday. The one-off CC100 looks both to the past and the DBR1 – Aston Martin‘s greatest sporting triumph on the track – and to the future with its teasing glimpses of a potential future design direction.
The CC100 is powered by a 6.0-liter V12 and is making its world debut by completing a lap of the famous Nordschleife at Germany’s ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring race. It is lapping the circuit together with the 1000km race-winning 1959 DBR1 with British racing legend Sir Stirling Moss at the wheel.
Aston Martin CEO Dr Ulrich Bez stated, “CC100 is the epitome of everything that is great about Aston Martin. It represents our fantastic sporting heritage, our exceptional design capability, our superb engineering know-how and, above all, our adventurous spirit!”
The CC100 Speedster concept was designed and constructed in fewer than six months at Aston Martin’s global headquarters in Gaydon, working with key supplier Multimatic Inc, under the leadership of Special Projects and Motorsport Director David King, the finished look of the two-seater CC100 is the work of Design Director Marek Reichman working alongside the brand’s Chief Exterior Designer Miles Nurnberger.
Its body and interior are crafted from carbon fiber, tooled and provided by low volume specialists Multimatic, the CC100 utilises the latest generation AM11 naturally aspirated V12 gasoline engine mated to a six-speed hydraulically actuated automated sequential manual transmission. The CC100 zooms from 0-62 mph in a little over four seconds, while the top speed is limited to 180 mph.
