The Aston Martin Vulcan is awesome for a lot of reasons, but if there’s one gripe about this $2.6 million track-focused supercar, it’s that the exclusivity extends all the way to its use. Suffice to say, the 24 owners of the 24 Vulcans made can only use it on a race track. At least that was the plan initially, although now it appears that owners of the Vulcan can now have their exotic masterpieces reconfigured for road use.
Speaking exclusively to Autocar, Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer has announced that owners of the Vulcan can now have their cake and eat it too. A road conversion package for the supercar is being prepared by engineering firm RML, one that will effectively make the Vulcan usable on the road. That’s essentially the gist of it, although the specifics behind the conversion are far more complicated than a few twists of some bolts.
According to Palmer, the conversion will focus on three key areas of the Vulcan, namely safety-critical aspects, technical alterations like ride height and gear ratios, and bespoke modifications as per specific requests of the customer. Engine emissions will also be involved in the conversion to appease emissions regulations of the country where a specific Vulcan is from. Likewise, adding road-legal lights and performing crash test simulations will also be carried out.
The whole process is expected to take up to three months and while the cost for the conversions have yet to be revealed, I don’t imagine it being a problem to the people who paid $2.6 million for the car to begin with. For its part, RML revealed that a timetable to have the first Vulcan conversion completed by the end of 2016.
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