With development of its 2nd generation of ‘DB’ six-cylinder sports cars nearing its end, Aston Martin turned to the Italian Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, creator of the original DB4 of 1959, for the next model. Touring built a pair of two-seater prototypes, one right- and one left-hand drive (‘266/1/R’ and...
Aston Martin Concept Cars
Sexy, beautiful and stunning. Aston Martin is not afraid to let aesthetics and soul take over in their designs. They’re really passionate about making their body sheet flow beautifully, in order to pull your heartstrings. Just look at the various prototypes that they have produced over the years and you get a real sense for why this automotive company is considered by many as the sexiest of all time. Don't forget to check out all the Aston Martin concept cars.
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Aston Martin DP-100 Vision GT
Aston Martin Project AM310 Concept
Aston Martin AMV8 Vantage Concept
Aston Martin Atom Concept
Aston Martin Bulldog Concept
Aston Martin CC100 Speedster
Aston Martin DB10 Concept
Aston Martin DBX Concept
Aston Martin Lagonda SUV Concept
Aston Martin One-77 Prototype
Aston Martin Project Vantage Concept
Aston Martin Rapide Concept
Aston Martin Rapide Bertone Jet
Aston Martin RapidE Concept
Aston Martin Twenty Twenty Concept
Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS Concept
Aston Martin Vanquish Vision Concept
Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Concept
Lagonda Vignale Concept
Best Aston Martin Concept Cars Ever Created
We Pick Our Favorite Aston Martin Concept
1st Place: Aston Martin Valkyrie Concept
A true Hypercar with F1 tech.
Why Is This The Best Aston Martin Concept Car?
Because they actually were crazy enough to build it.
Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing revealed their ground-breaking hypercar; codenamed AM-RB 001. The product of a unique Innovation Partnership between the British luxury brand and eminent F1TM team, this ambitious, uncompromising and wholly extraordinary collaboration combines the vision and skills of two world-leading brands to create a road car the like of which has never been seen before.
The three men charged with realising this shared vision are Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing’s Chief Technical Officer and the world’s most successful F1TM designer, Marek Reichman, Aston Martin EVP and Chief Creative Officer and David King, VP and Chief Special Operations Officer. Together they spearhead a formidable alliance. One that combines more than a hundred years of specialism – both with heritage, making some of the world’s most beautiful and charismatic GT cars, and with technological brilliance and relentless pursuit of speed and efficiency that has seen Red Bull Racing excel in the ferociously competitive world of Formula One.
The projected performance of is in line with that of today’s LMP1 Le Mans sports prototypes. As we know, they built it and while it took some time, it is something special and is likely never to happen again.
2nd Place: 1980 Aston Martin Bulldog Concept
Nothing says '80s supercar wedge like the Bulldog.
Why Is This The Best Aston Martin Concept Car?
Because we wish they built it.
In the 1970s, Aston Martin decided to build its first hypercar ever. It was time for it. Other automakers were making wild wedge-shaped cars, and Aston wanted a hand in the mix. So, the company came together and designed one of the wildest wedge hypercars of the decade: the Aston Martin Bulldog.
The Bulldog was styled by William Towns. He told EVO’s sister publication Vantage: “All we had was a scale clay model, an incomplete tubular steel chassis, an engine and gearbox, a few unfinished panels and a collection of sketches …” From that, he and the rest of the Aston Martin team managed to make one of the wildest cars of the 70s.
The car ended up being 15 and a half feet long, six feet wide, and about three and a half feet long. The car also had bladed wheels, disc brakes, and gullwing doors. The engine was a V8 that was unique to the Bulldog. The transmission was a five-speed ZF manual. The target top speed was 237 mph, but the car was able to 192 mph at MIRA, and there were plans to take it to the Ehra-Lessien test track but that never happened.
At one point the Sultan of Oman was planning to buy the car, but when Russia invaded Afghanistan, he pulled out. From there, any hopes of this car becoming a production machine evaporated. Then it took a PR role and largely faded to obscurity. With Aston working on new supercars, EVO decided to take a closer look. You can check out the publication’s full article via the link by clicking here.