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The most expensive new car in SA... ever?

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Got a loose R 23 Million lying around? Well, as advertised in the CAR magazine, you can get yourself a brand new Aston Martin One-77 (or at least a second hand Veyron) :shock:

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At least I got myself a white HotWheels One-77 - at R 19.99 (Pick 'n Pay), I could have bought 1150575, yes - one million, hundred and fifty thousand five hundred and seventy-five, Hot Wheels One-77s if I had the R 23 Million of the real one! :shock: :shock:

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My One-77 is, at a scale of 1:64, about 70mm long. If I had to take all 1150575 of them out of their packaging, and place them bumper to bumper in a straight line, that line will be more than 80kms long!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Some info on the real one...
Aston Martin One-77
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Manufacturer: Aston Martin
Production: 77 (planned)
Assembly: Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Body style: 2-door coupé
Layout: FR layout
Engine:
7.3 L V12
750 bhp (760 PS, 559 kw)
750 Nm (553 lb ft)
Transmission: 6-speed automated manual
Kerb weight: 1,630 kg (3,594 lb)
Designer: Marek Reichman

The Aston Martin One-77 is a two-door coupé built by Aston Martin.

It first appeared at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, although the car remained mostly covered by a "Savile Row tailored skirt" throughout the show, before being fully revealed at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.

There was a limited run of 77 units, and delivery started in October 2010.

Prior to the One-77's Paris Motor Show debut, various details about the car had been leaked, but official specifications were not fully revealed until the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.

The One-77 will feature a full carbon fibre monocoque chassis, a handcrafted aluminium body, and a naturally aspirated 7.3 litre V12 engine with 750 hp (560 kW). Aston Martin claims that this will be the most powerful naturally aspirated production engine in the world when the car is delivered.

The car will also use a strengthened version of the DB9's 6-speed automated manual transmission and height-adjustable pushrod suspension coupled with dynamic stability control. It will feature Pirelli P Zero Corsa tyres (255/35 ZR20 front, 335/30 ZR20 rear) and Carbon Ceramic Matrix brakes.

The top speed was estimated to be 200 mph (320 km/h) but actual tests in December 2009 showed a figure of 222 mph (357 km/h), with a 0–60 mph time of approximately 3.5 seconds.

The engineering and build source of the carbon chassis and suspension system is contracted to Multimatic of Canada.

The projected weight is 1,500 kg (3,307 lb).

Speculative pricing

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Due to the lack of details from Aston Martin, many automotive publications have speculated on the final pricing of the car. While estimates vary, all expect the price to exceed a million pounds (sterling).

According to the website 925.nl, the One-77 will cost approximately £1,050,000.[4] However, the Australian newspaper The Courier-Mail expects it to be priced at around AU$2.6 million,[9] $800,000 of which is tax and import duty.

According to British magazine Top Gear, the car's price will be £1,200,000,[10] while the American magazine Robb Report expects it to be priced at US$1,700,000. In India, the car is expected to be priced at Rs 200 million or approximately $4.4 million.

Accolades

The Aston Martin One-77 has been awarded with several internationally renowned design awards including the Concorso d’Eleganza Design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes, the GOOD DESIGN award by The Chicago Athenauem: Museum of Architecture and Design in North America and the "Best Design" award by the UK motoring magazine Auto Express and many others.

In video games

The One-77 appears in a variety of video games including Forza Motorsport 3 and Forza Motorsport 4, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit in both factory form and in police livery, Test Drive Unlimited 2, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline and it is featured on the cover art for Asphalt 3D. It also appears as the antagonists car inNeed for Speed: The Run.


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wonder if they printed the photo in mirror image or made the number plate that way :?:
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Retrobug wrote:wonder if they printed the photo in mirror image or made the number plate that way :?:
I only saw that now myself - not very professional IMHO - wat did Merlin say about the price to laziness syndrome, or something like that? :?
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Pine wrote:
Retrobug wrote:wonder if they printed the photo in mirror image or made the number plate that way :?:
I only saw that now myself - not very professional IMHO - wat did Merlin say about the price to laziness syndrome, or something like that? :?
:lol: they got that ratio all wrong!
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From the photo, you can see its a RHD, so the plate was made like that intentionally, so the potential buyer can read what is following him, in his mirror

Now thats good marketing....... :wink:
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In my younger days thought it was an "Austin Martin". Wonder if they still use Lucas electrical parts?

They mention "kerb weight" of 1630 kg.

At R23 000 000, this means: R14 110 per kilogram of car.

Per weight, this is more expensive than pure gold...which is somewhere around R13 000 per kilo?
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You right.

Your post made me think of the little boy that when to buy a canary.

He told the shop owner he wanted the yellow one right at the top, near the roof.

The shop owner then replied that they all the same, and would have to get a tall ladder next door to get the top one down.
That the little boy was silly, and should take the bottom one.

The boy looked the shop keeper in the eye, and said, "Mister, I really want that canary, and am prepared to pay the same money for that bird, as my mother paid for our Christmas turkey.

The shop keeper ran out the shop, returning 10 minutes later, with this cumbersome ladder, nearly destroying the shop, climbed up, retrieved the canary, and crashed to the floor.

Still grasping the canary gently in his hand, he gasped his question.... "And what did your mother pay for the Christmas Turkey ????"

The boy, with a gleam in the eye, said..... R39 per kilo, now weight the darn bird.

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retrovan wrote:From the photo, you can see its a RHD, so the plate was made like that intentionally, so the potential buyer can read what is following him, in his mirror

Now thats good marketing....... :wink:
...or it is a pic of a LHD car, flipped to look RHD - cause a LHD will be illegal in SA, right?
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Pine wrote:
retrovan wrote:From the photo, you can see its a RHD, so the plate was made like that intentionally, so the potential buyer can read what is following him, in his mirror

Now thats good marketing....... :wink:
...or it is a pic of a LHD car, flipped to look RHD - cause a LHD will be illegal in SA, right?

tu-cha... :shock:

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Very pretty car, slightly out of my price range at the moment.Wonder if the next James Bond will get one to play with.
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Dawie wrote:In my younger days thought it was an "Austin Martin". Wonder if they still use Lucas electrical parts?

They mention "kerb weight" of 1630 kg.

At R23 000 000, this means: R14 110 per kilogram of car.

Per weight, this is more expensive than pure gold...which is somewhere around R13 000 per kilo?


Gold is @ $1600 an ounce or R12 800 for 34 grams
a kilo of gold is gonna cost you R376 000.

The car is cheap!!
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