Aston Martin Vantage Roadster creado para celebrar el centenario del icónico A3
En 2021 llegan las celebraciones de A3 , el Aston Martin más antiguo que aún sigue existiendo estará en un gran festival junto a otros modelos de la marca
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Aston Martin celebra el centenario de su automóvil más antiguo, el «A3», construyendo un tributo moderno basado en uno de sus coches deportivos de producción en serie más dinámicos y emocionantes, el nuevo Vantage Roadster.
Han pasado 100 años desde que el chasis nº3, ahora conocido comúnmente como «A3», saliera de las instalaciones de producción de la marca en Abingdon Road en Kensington, Londres. El tercero de los cinco prototipos de Aston Martin construidos antes de que comenzara la producción en serie, fue utilizado durante mucho tiempo por el cofundador de la empresa Lionel Martin.
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Even the Cygnet was at the A3’s birthday celebration, albeit in thoroughly mad one-off V8 form. Of course, it was Aston Martin chassis number 3, known as A3, that was the star of the day, and the jewel in the AMHT’s collection, being the oldest surviving Aston Martin. Built in 1921, A3 was used by Lionel Martin, co-founder of Bamford & Martin Ltd, manufacturers of the first Aston Martin sports cars, for both personal and competitive use. Fitted with a 1.5-litre, 11 hp (8kW) four-cylinder side valve engine, A3 was often seen with a streamlined racing body and in its heyday took several light-car speed records including first place at the Essex Motor Club Kop Hill Climb in 1922, as well as lapping the famous Brooklands circuit at 84.5mph in 1923.
Aston Martin’s Q division has taken the wraps off its latest creation, the Vantage Roadster A3, designed as a homage to its oldest road car which recently celebrated its 100th birthday.
Q’s latest creation pays tribute to the 1921 A3, which was actually Aston’s third ever road-going prototype. It was powered by a 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine producing just 8kW of power. In spite of its, well, modest power figure, the A3 still managed to take first place at the Essex Motor Club Kop Hill Climb event in 1922 and lapped the Brooklands circuit at 136km/h in 1923.
The modern A3, on the other hand, receives a significantly more powerful engine, in the form of AMG’s 4.0-litre V8 producing 375kW, powering the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission.
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