The new model is a three-seater 3200mm long that weighs in at 4000kg and is controlled by a joystick. Despite having four motors its top speed of under 4mph makes it by a long way the slowest Aston Martin ever.
Do you know what it is yet? It’s a submersible, that must-have plaything of superyacht owners the world over. Never mind just being good in the wet, this Aston will dive! dive! dive! all the way down to 500m for your own personal exploration of the underwater world.
It comes with typical Aston Martin creature comforts including air-conditioning. Actually, that’s more life support system – with enough battery power for 12 hours endurance, handy if you lose track of time gazing at the parrotfish while ambling at 3 knots along the seabed with your two passengers.
‘Project Neptune’ is Aston’s take on the three-person LP model submersible from US submersible specialists Triton (“the most knowledgeable civil submersible experts on the planet”).
Aston design chief Marek Reichman and team have waved their magic pencils over Triton’s latest model – admirable but a bit, well, functional looking – turning it into a latterday version of Jules Verne’s Nautilus with a very sleek look. Suddenly submersibles got sexy.