After Aston Martin with 25 replicas of the James Bond DB5, it was time for vanwall (the first brand to win the Formula 1 Constructors' World Championship) decided to return to producing the cars that made it famous.
In total, six continuation units (that's what they call the British brand) of the 1958 single-seater will be produced. Five will be sold while the sixth unit will be part of the “Vanwall Historic Racing Team”.
Equipped with a 2.5 l produced according to the original drawings and expected to provide 270 hp, each unit will be produced by hand and will take thousands of hours to build.
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As for the price, each unit of these Formula 1 Vanwalls will cost, ex-tax, 1.65 million pounds, around 1.83 million euros. According to Andrew Garner, president of Vanwall, "these cars will be able to race in historic Formula 1 races, allowing us to anticipate a return to the duels of the 1950s".
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