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Gaydon ( UK), June 30, 2014

" There I was speechless when I could see the perfection of the design for the first time. " This is Asian enthusiasm, Kazunori Yamauchi lived by in the Aston Martin headquarters in Gaydon. He is the creator of the racing simulator Gran Turismo 6 and president of Polyphony Digital.

A white sheet of paper

The words of Yamauchi must have been music to the ears of Aston Martin design chief Marek Reichman. He and his team began in early 2014 on a white sheet of paper with the latest design project of Aston Martin: The DP - 100 Vision Gran Turismo, a supercar for the popular racing game series.

Revolutionary aerodynamic

Elements such as active aerodynamics are made from ventilated wheel wells for more output or active-spoke wheels for brake cooling. This looks like Reichman not only look good, but is revolutionary and fulfill its purpose within the game.

811 virtual PS

Aston Martin built into its mid-engine project a functioning damper system and a crazy twin-turbo V12 engine, which the driver can wrest from home up to 811 virtual PS.

Adaptation potential

Whether the British in the future to the now elaborate design elements or technological advantages of lay hands DP-100 and they adapt to the offline world? For Reichman, the impact on future models of the brand is to be underestimated under any circumstances. So we can look forward to series of versions now in the study presented rear lights in the blade design our policy.

From the living room

But at least in bits and bytes does the DP-100 now and in July 2014 after the premiere at the Motorsport Event Festival of Speed ​​at Goodwood ( 26 to 29 June 2014), each a design - revolutionaries, the want, in the provide virtual pits his Playstation . (ml )

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