Aston Martin One-77 Goes Public in London

Dr. Ulrich Bez is quite proud with what his boys have done with the Aston Martin One-77 supercar.

Now, despite the German influence to the car, Aston Martin as a marquee is still as British as Bovril. So there’s no fitting place to showcase the One-77 on the prowl in city streets other than London.

Here’s the One-77 making its first public outing in the UK as part of the supercar run from London to Silverstone. The event’s to promote the FIA GT1 World Championship.

If you’ve forgotten what monster Aston Martin the One-77 is, then let us go through some key details. The car’s powered by a massive 7.0L V12 that dishes out 700 bhp. Initial tests were able to push the car past 220 mph.

Only 77 cars will be made and are priced above the Veyron at £1.2 million.

Audi R8 GT Unveiled

Audi’s got some really good publicity mileage from the Iron Man 2 movie so it’s not really a bad time to showcase this souped up Audi R8.

The car’s dubbed the Audi R8 GT and that GT designation means that this car’s pretty bad ass. The car packs the larger V10 engine and is slapped on a stiffer chassis.

Audi engineers have integrated some of the learnings they got from the R8 LMS racer. The car’s aero package is also revised to make the car even sleaker. The car’s also put on a diet to improve performance.

The GT is set to slug it out with the more hardcore versions of other supercars such as the Lambo Gallardo Superleggera and the Porsche 911 GT3. Only 333 of these R8 GTs will be built.