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Convert Your Aston Martin Vulcan To Road Legal Spec http://www.supacarnova.com/convertastonmartinvulcanroadlegalspec/ Lucky owners of the $2.5m Aston Martin Vulcan track only supercar will soon be able to use it legally on the road as independent UK based specialist engineering company RML has developed a road conversion package. The conversion will take about three months and the changes are likely to focus on three key areas: safetycritical aspects, alterations to make the car more usable on the road — such as ride height and gear ratios — and any other bespoke changes requested by the customer. Speaking exclusively to Autocar about the Vulcan conversions, Aston boss Andy Palmer said: “When we went to market, there was hesitation from a few prospective owners because it didn’t have a road pack. We didn’t want to make it road legal from the start, because [special projects boss] David King and his team wouldn’t have been able to make such a stunning car in the first place, but RML said they had the ability to do it. “So it has taken a bit of time to work out what’s possible from an engineering perspective, but we expect four or five owners will take advantage of this. We have the sales of the last two cars currently under negotiation and it looks like the road conversion could be the closer on those deals." The exact price of the road conversion hasn’t been revealed, although it is likely to stretch to a sixfigure sum. The Vulcan conversion follows a trend towards owners of trackonly

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 Convert Your Aston Martin Vulcan To Road Legal Spec http://www.supacarnova.com/convert­aston­martin­vulcan­road­legal­spec/ Lucky owners of the $2.5m Aston Martin Vulcan track only supercar will soon be able to use it legally on the road as independent UK based specialist engineering company RML has developed a road conversion package.   

The conversion will take about three months and the changes are likely to focus on three key areas: safety­critical aspects, alterations to make the car more usable on the road — such as ride height and gear ratios — and any other bespoke changes requested by the customer. Speaking exclusively to Autocar about the Vulcan conversions, Aston boss Andy Palmer said: “When we went to market, there was hesitation from a few prospective owners because it didn’t have a road pack. We didn’t want to make it road legal from the start, because [special projects boss] David King and his team wouldn’t have been able to make such a stunning car in the first place, but RML said they had the ability to do it. 

 “So it has taken a bit of time to work out what’s possible from an engineering perspective, but we expect four or five owners will take advantage of this. We have the sales of the last two cars currently under negotiation and it looks like the road conversion could be the closer on those deals." The exact price of the road conversion hasn’t been revealed, although it is likely to stretch to a six­figure sum. The Vulcan conversion follows a trend towards owners of track­only 

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cars wishing to take them on to the road. The 986bhp, £1.98mMcLaren P1 GTR, for example, is being converted for road use by Hampshire­based specialist Lanzante.

RML has worked with Aston Martin before on the AMR1 Croup C Racer in 1989 however its main area of expertise is constructing and supporting Touring Cars. It has also worked with Nissan on a number of special road car projects including the outragoeus Juke­R, Micra R and the Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge. #astonmartinvulcan Original Post Here: Convert Your Aston Martin Vulcan To Road Legal Spec  via SupacarNova ­ Feed  http://www.supacarnova.com April 22, 2016 at 11:16AM