I have mentioned for a while now that Aston Martin really do need to start making some cars that differentiate their product offering. These days, they make a number of GT cars that, to be honest, look really quite similar. However, this Aston Martin CC100 Speedster concept looks like just about nothing else in their range or in fact anyone else’s.
Created as a stunning celebration of the great British brand’s 100 years of sports car excellence 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 potential future design direction.
Aston Martin CEO Dr Ulrich Bez. He said: “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! I have nicknamed it ‘DBR100’ because of its affinity to the great 1959 race-winning cars and, of course, our 100-year anniversary in 2013. But this car is more, even, than a simple ‘birthday present’ to ourselves: it shows that the soul of Aston Martin – the thing that differentiates us from all the other car makers out there – is as powerful as ever.”
What do you think of this incredible car? For my money it combines the right amount of classic looks, performance (as per the Aston Martin standard it is fitted with a V12 naturally aspirated block) and forward thinking. It helps that I’m a big fan of the Speedster styling though…
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