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After a little bit of teasing, Aston Martin is finally unveiling its Design Prototype 100 Vision Gran Turismo Concept at the Goodwood Festival of Speed that makes it into Gran Turismo 6
in July. With the DP-100, the company's designers have gotten a chance
to shrug off the shackles of realism and create the first-ever Aston
Martin "road car" with the engine mounted behind the driver.
Designed and engineered over the course of six months by the Aston
Martin Design team, the crew started from a clean sheet of paper and
were allowed to design whatever they liked with no concerns about
production feasibility. At the front, there's the brand's classic grille
shape, but otherwise the concept is completely original. The shape of
the DP-100 is beautifully simple, looking like a collection of intersecting arches in profile.
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| Aston Martin DP-100 Front View |
Aston Martin has shown the world what it has to say about Gran Turismo
6. The DP-100 Vision Gran Turimso hits the virtual racetrack with 800 hp
worth of mid-engined fury and an intriguing, futuristic look.
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| Aston Martin DP-100 Back View |
Under the guidance of design director Marek Reichman, Aston shook its
creativity loose and penned a downright menacing track car with
distinctive features all over a wide body that stands only slightly
higher than a vacuum cleaner. Points of visual emphasis include the
headlights tucked back in the raised fenders, a shovel-like front
spoiler, a huge rear diffuser and LED rear light blades framed by the
rear spoiler.
Aston Martin began the design process six months ago and used the
same sketching and 3D modeling techniques that it uses for its sports
cars. The video game car's design doesn't just have a furiously fast
look but also carefully honed suspension settings and active
aerodynamics designed to boost its in-game performance. The car is
powered by an 800-bhp twin-turbo V12 engine that breaks away from
Aston's history by finding a home amidships.
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| Aston Martin DP-100 Interior |
The DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo will be available for use in the GT6
PlayStation3 game in July. Back in the physical world, the car itself
isn't likely to make an appearance on the track, but some of its design
elements may show up down the road.
"As with the many of the design cues visible in DP-100, such as the light blade rear
lamps, could also feed through into future sports cars that we’ll
launch in the offline world so the importance of this project should not
be underestimated," said Reichman.
