Aston Martin Is Cooking A Track-Ready, 750bhp DBS Superleggera AMR

Although the DBS Superleggera has only just launched, the word from Aston Martin is that a harder, faster version is on the way to fight the Ferrari 812 Superfast

Matt Kimberley

02 Aug 2018

Aston Martin Is Cooking A Track-Ready, 750bhp DBS Superleggera AMR

There’s a faster AMR version of the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera on the way, for the sort of person who thinks that 715bhp isn’t quite enough.

According to a report on Australian website Motoring, the Superleggera AMR would be aimed squarely at the Ferrari 812 Superfast, with more power, track-biased suspension and more carbonfibre than a racing yacht.

At the DBS Superleggera’s launch Aston was quite specific about the fact that the car was a different kind of animal to the 812, and now we know why the firm wanted to make that clear. An unnamed executive at the event is quoted by Motoring as saying:

“We produced an AMR version of the previous Vantage and have an AMR Rapide and DB11, so it’s safe to assume a DBS Superleggera is coming.”

As the other Matt discussed in his review, the turbocharged 5.2-litre V12 needed no mechanical upgrades to cope with the extra 115bhp it gained in the transition from the DB11 to the new DBS. It can reportedly take up to 750bhp before it needs upgrades, so that may well be the target figure for the AMR.

Firmer springs and harder adaptive dampers will give track-appropriate body control while the limited-slip differential will be a little more aggressive. Naturally, the AMR model will be easy to spot thanks to lime-green trim accents in the same vein as the Vantage AMR and DB11 AMR models we’ve already seen.

Weight will be trimmed with carbonfibre bucket seats and potentially extra carbonfibre in the body. The expectation is said to be a 20kg reduction on the ‘standard’ Superleggera.

A debut in late 2019 seems likely, to give the current car time to establish a customer base first. Pricing is still guesswork at this stage, but the AMR car should be at least £20,000 more punishing than the £225,000 Superleggera.

Source: Motoring

Comments

20KG weight reduction on a “Superleggera”?
Will it be called the Ultraleggera then?
🤔🤔🤔🤔🅱️

Can’t wait for the Hyperleggera then, this is gonna get just as confusing as F1 tire compounds 😂

It’s gonna be the superultraleggera

theres gonna be a day where the car weighs less than the driver

Seems a bit pointless to me but who am i to hudge

Come on you have a 5.2L turbo V12. Quit the incremental gains and give us the 900hp model that everyone knows you’re capable of. If you’re sticking to 700-750hp, you might as well take the turbos off and let it rev to 9k+.

Thus supporting my theory that turbocharging is the laziest and least interesting way of developing power

It’s not about how much power a car has, but how much of it can be put onto the road. 900hp is waaaaayy too much for this car imo. I’m glad they kept it restrained.

900hp? Nope. It would need :

a stronger gearbox and transmission, which makes it heavier and/or more expensive
better suspension and perhaps a stiffer chassis, as it probably can’t cope with that much power. Again it makes it heavier and/or more expensive
better cooling… which makes it heavier and/or more expensive.
The latest cars are already heavy ships, and a DBS is not something you can turn into a million quid production car.