Gallery: Peek Inside Aston Martin's Totally Bonkers, $2.3M Hypercar

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    The Aston Martin Vulcan is a track-only hypercar worth $2.3 million.
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    The Vulcan has a rawness to it, a “tear your face off” quality that really comes out when you see its interior.
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    It doesn't come with needlessly heavy, coddling things like leather interiors and paint. And radios. And air conditioning.
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    For these cars, which aren’t street legal, automakers strip out everything not directly contributing to going fast. And then they charge you more for it.
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    The specs of the Vulcan aren’t quite final, but Aston says the the naturally aspirated, 800-horsepower 7-liter V12 engine will run from 0-60 in less than three seconds and achieve a top speed in excess of 200MPH.
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