Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing are joining forces to build what is described as ?the ultimate of all road cars?.
The tie-up between the luxury British sports car brand and the multiple Formula One World Championship-winning racing team comes within weeks of Aston Martin unveiling the DB11 model and announcing that it will be constructed in a new factory in south Wales.
No details of the new car, codenamed AM-RB 001, are currently available, but industry observers predict it will beat all road rivals in terms of performance and handling, and also leave several race cars in its wake. Rumours suggest it will be made in a run of around 100 cars each of which cost at least £2 million. The car will be designed jointly by Red Bull Racing?s Chief Technical Officer, Adrian Newey and Aston Martin?s Chief Creative Officer, Marek Reichman, and according to Aston Martin will represent the ultimate blend of cutting edge F1 technology with Aston Martin?s signature sports car design.
The two companies believe that the combined talents of Newey, widely noted as the most successful Formula One designer of all time, and Reichman, Aston Martin?s design chief since 2005, along with what are described as the world?s best aerodynamicists, composite experts and manufacturing masters, will produce the ultimate hypercar.
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