Meet the Larkin Feroxa, a new British lightweight that sits on the bones of Aston Martin’s 2006–18 V-8 Vantage.
The Feroxa has the heart and soul of the Vantage, too. It retains the 4.3-liter V-8 engine, and six-speed manual transmission, and those who want more power cango for a V-12.
The car is is the brainchild of Douglas Larkin, an engineer whose C.V. includes Jaguar Land Rover and, unsurprisingly, Aston Martin. Larkin has since specialized in 3D scanning and reverse engineering through his company Capture Point and been involved in projects for Formula 1 as well as a number of restomods. The Feroxa will be the first car to bear his name.
The Feroxa was unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where Larkin explained that the bonded aluminum chassis of the first generation V-8 Vantage, which underpins his car, is mildly modified to fit the new, carbon-fiber bodywork. Obviously, a donor car is required and that can be in left- or right-hand drive.
Larkin aims to keep the Feroxa’s weight below 2900 pounds and plans to enhance the performance of the V-8 with a lightened flywheel and new exhaust system. Those changes should increase power from the standard 380 hp to 420 hp. Pick a V-12 as your donor car and power will rise to more than 500 horses. If you’d like still more spice, you could also send your V-8 to engine specialist Bamford Rose.
The car displayed at Goodwood was still a work in progress. Larkin says that it will be completed by the end of the year and the finished car will make its debut in the spring of 2026. The plan is to build just ten cars, with no price revealed as yet, although presumably it will be rather less than the million-dollar Aston Martin V12 Speedster.
It looks a bit Zagato in the styling. Dare I ask how much this will cost?