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Mark Worthington · 05-10-02, 02:37 PM

At the risk of coming off as a heritic, I think the new one looks as good as or better than the original MK I, particularly the single-nostril variety. I saw the car on display at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and it is simply stunning. Regarding Aston Martin's involvement, the new GT40 may very well end up with the Aston-Martin V12, as there have been reports of several Vanquishes parked at the Rousch facility in Dearborn where GT40 development is ongoing. An American V8 may be "heritage", but the Aston-Martin motor could easily yield 500+ hp in normally aspirated configuration. I'd take that engine over the blown 5.4 any day.

05-10-02, 02:37 PM	#17 (permalink)
Mark Worthington Mark Worthington 10 tenths Join Date: Dec 2001 GT40: Massachusetts Posts: 1,790 Rep Power: 24	Re: Curious on peoples\' opinions At the risk of coming off as a heritic, I think the new one looks as good as or better than the original MK I, particularly the single-nostril variety. I saw the car on display at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and it is simply stunning. Regarding Aston Martin's involvement, the new GT40 may very well end up with the Aston-Martin V12, as there have been reports of several Vanquishes parked at the Rousch facility in Dearborn where GT40 development is ongoing. An American V8 may be "heritage", but the Aston-Martin motor could easily yield 500+ hp in normally aspirated configuration. I'd take that engine over the blown 5.4 any day.