Turbocharged Aston supercar originally hit 191 mph in 1979, but reached 205 mph with Le Mans winner Darren Turner at the wheel car auto cars
Bulldog likes to take its time. But 44 years after falling just short of its 200 mph top speed target, the Aston Martin Bulldog has finished what its creators started.
Back in 1979, when every supercar on sale ran out of puff at around 180 mph Aston aimed for 200, hoping to set a world record. But the mid-engined wedge couldn’t manage more than 191 mph at the MIRA test track in England that year. Those ghosts were firmly laid to rest today though, when the restored Bulldog’s 600 hp twin-turbo 5.3-liter V8 pushed it to 205.4 mph at a former NATO base in Scotland. That final top speed represented a huge increase over the 176 mph the Bulldog achieved during testing at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton in 2021.class winner Darren Turner, a works Aston Martin driver who claimed everything clicked into place to help reach the top speed target.
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