The World's Only Road-Legal Aston Martin Vulcan Is Insanely Detailed

When one of the 24 Aston Martin Vulcan owners decided that he wanted his staggeringly brutal racecar to be road-legal, British engineering firm RML Group stepped in to create this unbelievable beast
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Some car buyers have so much spare cash that the cost of things really doesn’t matter. Sometimes that creates crazy, wonderful things, like this.

You’re looking at the only road-legal Aston Martin Vulcan in the world. Created from one of the mere 24 Vulcans ever built, with Aston Martin’s blessing, it’s the work of RML Group. The company does most of its work on high-profile racing programmes around the world, but who could say no to a chance like this?

The World's Only Road-Legal Aston Martin Vulcan Is Insanely Detailed

The Vulcan was created as a very road-illegal racecar for the world’s elite private racetracks. It had no ground clearance, no appropriate cooling system for low-speed road use and no interest in passing emissions tests. It didn’t even have any dipped-beam headlights, meaning a craftsman with balls of titanium had to cut new apertures in the incredibly precious carbonfibre front wings. Gulp.

A spread of extras help it tick the safety and road-worthiness boxes while a comprehensive remap and new cooling systems make the 7.0-litre normally-aspirated V12 good on the emissions and practicality front. The gear ratios and clutch have been changed to make it more usable, there’s a ride height lift function for when you forget there’s a speed bump on your route, and a pair of DB11 door mirrors have been added to custom stalks.

The World's Only Road-Legal Aston Martin Vulcan Is Insanely Detailed

On the inside the interior has been smoothed of all its pointy bits that affect crash safety, while central locking is one of those hilariously necessary additions you just don’t think about – but these guys did.

RML Group has even added windscreen washer jets and wipers, and the number plate mount looks like it was designed to be there in the first place. Even though we knew about the plans for this car two years ago, it’s a mighty thing to witness now it’s finished.

As a footnote, we hope Sainsbury’s sells premium unleaded, because that’s where it seems to be filling up in this video from Lovecars (Instagram: @lovecars). We think we might take it to a branded station, if it were us…

Comments

ferrarman11

Imagine this thing showing up in a high school parking lot

12/29/2017 - 00:48 |
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BenPaye(JDMSquad)(MX5Squad)(LFAsquad)(Subie Squad) (Rotary F

In reply to by ferrarman11

Or shopping centre

12/29/2017 - 00:53 |
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Niko Ala-Rämi 🇫🇮

In reply to by ferrarman11

Everyone are like nice ferrari

12/29/2017 - 09:53 |
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Imagine how that would literally never happen

12/29/2017 - 23:12 |
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Hawkoga

Aston should make 5 or fewer of these. Incredible work by RML!

12/29/2017 - 00:54 |
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Anonymous

ROAD LEGAL VULCAN!?!?!??!??!?!!!!!!?!!?!???!!??!?!

12/29/2017 - 01:32 |
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Alan Prescott

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Ascended

12/29/2017 - 04:36 |
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GTRTURTLE 🔰 🐢(Oo \ S K Y L I N E / oO) (Koen

The lights don’t look have bad and they kinda contribute to the look as well.

12/29/2017 - 03:27 |
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ᴶᵘˢᵗᴬᴿᵃⁿᵈᵒá

I love the looks compared to it’s racing brothers

12/29/2017 - 04:06 |
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Anonymous

Hell, if I had the money, I would make my Vulcan road legal too…IF I HAD ONE!!!

12/29/2017 - 04:50 |
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Mike Levy

It’s… Perfect.

12/29/2017 - 04:59 |
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AlecHuntsman

is it wrong that i like it more than the original vulcan?

12/29/2017 - 07:29 |
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slevo beavo

Absolutely stunning work. I just one gripe, those screws on the rear indicators!!! Lol

12/29/2017 - 08:19 |
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Those indicators are the only part letting it down. Exposed screws just aren’t up to the insanely high level of detail on the rest of the car.
I’d also make them smoked\tinted to blend in with the wing, or even clear\white would look classier than those amber items.

01/02/2018 - 11:45 |
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RandomNameNo1

Even though I like it
I still see this…

12/29/2017 - 08:59 |
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