海角视频 car brand has joined forces with championship-winning Formula 1 team Red Bull to create a new road-legal hypercar.
The project to build the car, codenamed AM-RB 001, will led by legendary F1 engineer and Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey alongside Aston's chief creative officer Marek Reichman and director of special projects David King.
Mr Reichman and Mr Newey are working closely on all aspects of the project which Aston said would design a car to be entirely usable and enjoyable as a road car but with the capability to perform like no other road car on a race track.
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In addition, there will be a track-only version of the AM-RB 001 and both cars will be built by Mr King and his team at Aston's Warwickshire headquarters in Gaydon in the purpose-built facility created for the brand's original hypercar, the One-77.
Total production volume will be between 99 and 150 road cars inclusive of all remaining prototypes and 25 track-only versions, with first deliveries commencing in 2018.
Mr Newey said: "I've long harboured the desire to design a road car. The formation of Red Bull Advanced Technologies brought me a step closer to realising that ambition but I believed we should work with an automotive manufacturer.
"I knew Red Bull Racing had the ability to handle the pure performance aspects but Aston Martin's experience of making beautiful, fast and comfortable GT cars is of great benefit to the project."
Mr King added: "Working at Aston Martin means you get to be a part of some truly special projects but the AM-RB 001 is a dream - a true once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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"It's a huge engineering challenge too but the game-changing objectives of this programme have a uniquely energising effect on everyone involved.
"We have world-class people and facilities at Gaydon. We're all motivated to achieve great things and take Aston Martin to the absolute pinnacle of road car performance."