Aston Martin only ever produced one Bulldog. The company killed the project after it reached 191 miles per hour in late 1979. It was an impressive feat for the time but didn't meet Aston's intended goal of hitting 237 mph. However, after 40 years and a 7,000-hour restoration, the wedge-shaped spaceship finally broke the 200-mile-per-hour barrier.
The Bulldog hit 205.4 mph at Machrihanish Airfield in Scotland. That's still below the projected top speed, but it did breach the 200-mph mark, which few new cars can even achieve. The 40-year-old Aston Martin completed the run with a twin-turbocharged 5.3-liter V8 engine. The power plant produced 600 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque in the late 1970s.
