New Zealand’s costliest new automotive has been unveiled.
Tony Quinn acknowledges it will not make sense to many individuals, however has no reservations about spending $four.three million on his new automotive.
The Aston Martin Vulcan — which was unveiled tonight at Mr Quinn’s personal race monitor, Highlands Park in Cromwell — is one in every of solely 24 on the earth and the one one bought within the Southern Hemisphere.
The Aberdeen-raised businessman amassed his appreciable and self-made fortune within the pet meals enterprise, primarily in Australia, however has lived on-and-off in New Zealand for the previous 20 years.
“It in all probability does not make sense to lots of people, nevertheless it is sensible to me proper now. I’ve finished sufficient in life. I’ve paid sufficient tax,” says Mr Quinn.
The 7-litre V12 Engine automotive produces 820 horsepower — across the similar as a Formulation One automotive. Named after the delta-winged Vulcan bomber, the Aston Martin’s wing produces 1300kg of downforce at 300km/h.
Theoretically, that is sufficient to allow the automotive to drive the wrong way up.
For all the facility, wings and naturally worth, the Vulcan just isn’t street authorized. However Quinn plans to drive it in visitors, with a objective of inviting the opposite 23 house owners to return and ‘race’ at each of his two New Zealand circuits as he additionally owns the Hampton Downs monitor south of Auckland.
He’ll drive it for the primary time tomorrow, and Newshub shall be onboard.
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