---
title: "Aston Martin and Red Bull Could Be Developing a Sequel to the AM-RB 001 Hypercar"
description: "Which is good, because you just missed your chance to buy this one."
date: "2016-12-06"
modified: "2016-12-06"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/6360/aston-martin-and-red-bull-could-be-developing-a-sequel-to-the-am-rb-001-hypercar"
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  - "News"
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  - "Aston Martin"
---

# Aston Martin and Red Bull Could Be Developing a Sequel to the AM-RB 001 Hypercar

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If you’ve been buying up Mega Millions tickets solely with the intention of scraping together enough cash to place an order for the forthcoming Aston Martin-Red Bull hypercar...well, we have some bad news. All the [Aston Martin AM-RB 001 speed machines have been spoken for](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/aston-martin-and-red-bull-extend-partnership-2017>), according to the carmaker.

Earlier today, Aston Martin revealed that all 150 units of the roughly-1,000-horsepower hypercar now officially have partial deposits on their metaphorical hoods. Even those deposits, however, are worth a minor lottery victory; *Auto Express* reports [buyers were asked to put down around £500,000 (roughly $635,000) for each copy of the street-legal hypercar](<https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/aston-martin/94896/aston-martin-red-bull-am-rb-001-all-150-examples-of-hypercar-are-sold-out>), which is rumored to ultimately cost between $1.2–$2 million a pop.

But don’t stop buying those lottery tickets just because you missed your chance to spec out your dream AM-RB 001. Aston also announced that it would be extending its partnership with Red Bull for a second year into 2017, prompting immediate speculation that the two brands are planning a follow-up supercar—speculation that Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer was all too happy to encourage, according to *Autocar*, claiming the two companies could go on to build “\[a\] 002, a 003 or a 007 even.” (An Aston spokesperson later described Palmer’s language as “more tongue-in-cheek” than anything else.)

Of course, the companies could simply be extending the relationship in order to continue the work on the car together; the first prototypes are expected to hit the ground running next year, while customer deliveries likely won’t occur until 2019.

Aston Martin and Red Bull officially announced the AM-RB 001 earlier this year, declaring that the car would offer performance nearly on par with a Formula One car while still being capable of road use. [Power will come from a combination of a new naturally-aspirated V12 that revs to around 11,000 rpm](<https://www.thedrive.com/supercars/4400/aston-martin-gives-us-the-scoop-on-its-am-rb-001-hypercar>), possibly along with an F1-inspired hybrid system; overall [weight will be low enough to give the car a one-hp-to-one-kilo power-to-weight ratio](<https://www.thedrive.com/supercars/4268/aston-martin-and-red-bulls-am-rb-001-could-redefine-the-supercar>), much like [the Koenigsegg One:1](<https://www.thedrive.com/supercars/3080/koenigsegg-taking-a-one-1-to-the-nurburgring>). And thanks to the aerodynamic wisdom of Red Bull F1’s Adrian Newey, it should stick to the ground like flypaper even without Airbus-like wings.

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

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