ASTON MARTI VULCAN vs LAFERRARI FXX K vs MCLAREN P1 GTR (ULTIMATE BATTLE)

           ASTON MARTIN VULCAN
High-end automakers like to tell you that their road cars offer the most performance money can buy, but they’re lying. Because what’s to stop you from buying a racecar, if you’ve got the money?
Track-only supercars like the Ferrari XX series and McLaren P1 GTR appear to be the next evolution of performance. They don’t conform to the rules of any race series, but they’re too extreme to be driven on the road.
The Aston Martin Vulcan is the latest example of this mutant breed. Set to debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show next week, Mr. Spock would find it highly illogical.

Only 24 examples of the Vulcan will be made, and it’s not road legal.
The Vulcan’s front-mid engined, rear-wheel drive configuration gives it the silhouette of a Vantage, DB9, or Vanquish, but the track special has an ultra lightweight carbon fiber monocoque and styling that makes Aston’s recent One-77 look like a Chrysler Sebring.
A 7.0-liter V12 provides the power, and it’s got plenty of that.
With over 800 horsepower, this is the most extreme version of the basic Aston formula yet. The company says this beast has a better power-to-weight ratio than its Vantage GTE racers.

All of that power is channeled to the rear wheels through a magnesium torque tube and carbon fiber prop shaft. At the back, there’s a six-speed sequential gearbox and limited-slip differential.
Braking is handled by Brembo racing calipers clamping down on carbon ceramic discs. The Vulcan also features pushrod suspension with driver adjustable dampers and anti-roll bars.
Aston says the Vulcan complies with all FIA racing safety regulations, but just in case owners aren’t ready to strap into what is essentially a full-blown racecar, it will offer driver training sessions as well.

        FERRARI LAFERRARI FXX K
Five seconds. That's the gap between the ‘standard', 950bhp LaFerrari and the monster LaFerrari FXXK around Ferrari's private Fiorano test track. Proof, not that you needed it, that the FXXK is, well, fast.

At the FXXK's official launch at the Ferrari World Finals in Abu Dhabi, the company confirmed that the track-only FXXK had lapped Fiorano in 1m14s (the LaFerrari does it in 1m19s).
There was also confirmation that the 1050bhp hybrid hypercar has all been accounted for. Less than 40 models will be produced at a cost of €2.5 million each, and, according to Ferrari's Nicola Boari, it's all sold out.
"Clients from all over the world have bought the FXXK," explains Boari, " and starting with next season, you will start to see the FXXK on track," he added.

What else do we know? Aside from the fact that this is the first ever Ferrari in history to produce more than 1,000bhp, the FXXK also features a whopping 540kg of load at 124mph - 42 per cent more than the previous FXX - along with an aerodynamic efficiency increase of 50 per cent.
Inside too, there are now a pair of manettino settings; one on the steering wheel with four settings (down from nine in the last XX car), and one on the central console to manage the KERS (you can flick between fast charge, boost and so forth).

As ever, data logged by those 40 lucky souls who'll get to pilot the FXXK at Ferrari events will be used by Maranello to inform - as the XX programme has always done - the next generation of Ferrari's road cars. A cursory glance at the astonishing trajectory of this line then, will confirm that things will only get faster.
Overall, the car weighs around 90kg less than LaFerrari, but don't think of it as a LaF upgrade. "This is not simply a track version of LaFerrari," explains Boari.

 

               MCLAREN P1 GTR
The 986bhp P1 GTR was first seen in design concept form at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance last August. Now in its final form, the P1 GTR is on display at the Geneva motor show with its design further optimised for aerodynamic performance and cooling.
The Instant Power Assist System powertrain’s output has been significantly boosted over its application in the road-going P1. The twin-turbo 3.8-litre V8 now produces 789bhp (up from 727bhp in the standard P1) and the electric motor has 197bhp (up from 176bhp). The combined output is 986bhp, up from 903bhp. Weight has also been saved by removing powertrain features designed specifically for road use.
The aerodynamic package on the P1 GTR is even more extensive than on the P1 road car. The most striking element is the large, fixed rear wing, which sits 400mm above the bodywork – 100mm more than the adjustable rear wing on the road car at its highest setting.
This wing works with the aerodynamic flaps ahead of the front wheels, and the whole package produces 10% more downforce (660kg) than the P1 road car at 150mph. The Drag Reduction System of the P1 road car is retained.

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As with the design concept, the P1 GTR production car has an aerodynamic blade running along the lower bodywork, which is said to smooth airflow. A more aggressive front splitter is also used.
Lightweight features on the P1 GTR reduce the car's weight by 50kg to 1140kg, compared with the P1 road car’s 1490kg. They include the use of motorsport-spec polycarbonate for the side windows, carbonfibre panels for the roof and engine bay in place of glass, and twin exhaust pipes made from an Inconel and titanium alloy.

The front track of the P1 GTR is 80mm wider than the P1 road car's, and it sits 50mm lower to the ground on a fixed ride height. It runs on 19in centre-locking motorsport alloy wheels with slick Pirelli tyres.
This P1 GTR is finished in the same yellow and green livery as the Harrods-sponsored F1 GTR, chassis #06R, that finished on the podium at Le Mans in 1995.Offered for sale to only the 375 existing P1 road car owners for £1.98 million, the P1 GTR includes entry to the McLaren P1 Driver Programme.
This is similar to Ferrari’s XX programme and offers a driver profiling session with McLaren that includes a bespoke seat fitting, a design and livery consultation with design chief Frank Stephenson and a go in McLaren’s simulator.

An initial testing session for owners will take place at Silverstone, before a proper track session at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. Rivals for the hardcore P1 include the LaFerrari FXX K and the recently announced Aston Martin Vulcan.