The Aston Martin Bulldog is a 2-door coupe from Aston Martin, built from 1979, as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Under the bonnet: 5.3 . William Towns drew it.
Where it came from
The Aston Martin Bulldog, styled by William Towns, is a British, one-off concept vehicle produced by Aston Martin in 1979. The code name for the project was DP K901. Initially, a production run of 15–25 cars was planned, but the project was deemed too costly and only one was built.
Under the skin
Power comes from 5.3 . It weighs 1727 kg. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 2769 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Newport Pagnell, England, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Lancia Delta, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, the Dodge Ram — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Aston Martin catalogue sit the Aston Martin Mark II and the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Aston Martin Bulldog has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.