AS One

AS One
Jeremy Clarkson presents the car to the camera.
Vehicle	Automotive Solutions One
Origin	Germany
Type	MR track car
Engine	1.4L Inline-4
0-60	4.0 sec
Displacement	235 brake horsepower
Top Speed	150 MPH (241 KPH)
Produced	2002 - 2003
Appeared in	Top Gear: Series 1, Episode 8 (2002)

Not to be confused with the SS One, the first car produced by the company eventually known as Jaguar.

The AS One was a lightweight track car built around a Suzuki Hayabusa engine by Automotive Solutions as a German-engineered alternative to the already established Radical and Westfield marques. The car was designed by Felix Faurbach and Jeremy Vick with a sole example built despite the company intending a small production run which included selling the car in the UK. Not much else is known about the car, with the majority of information known about it sourced from an April 2003 Classic Driver article in addition to its 2002 Top Gear appearance.

Appearance

The One made its sole Top Gear appearance as part of the 2002 Christmas Special with the intent of surpassing the British-built Radical SR3, a car which was also fitted with the Hayabusa engine. The car was featured alongside the MTM Bimoto, an extensively-modified Audi TT built by another German track-oriented marque. Driven by The Stig, the car set a disappointing lap time of 1:29 around the Top Gear Test Track, later corrected to 1:29.4, which was just over 10 seconds behind the SR3's time of 1:19.1. The car placed sixth overall on the official power lap standings, and would later be disqualified following Series 2, Episode 4, when its time, alongside those of the SR3 and Westfield XTR2 were all taken off the board.

Position	Car	Year	Time	Track Conditions	Episode
4	MTM Bimoto	2002	1:28.0	Dry	Series 1, Episode 10
5	Lamborghini Murciélago	2002	1:29.0	Moist	Series 1, Episode 1
6	AS One	2002	1:29.0	Dry	Series 1, Episode 10
7	Lotus Esprit V8 GT	2002	1:32.0	Dry	Series 1, Episode 10
8	Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG	2002	1:33.0	Wet	Series 1, Episode 6

Unlike the other two cars however, the One's lap time would likely have remained ineligible due to the fact the car was never put into full-time production, and remained a standalone prototype. After its removal from the board, the car and its associated manufacturer were never seen nor mentioned again on Top Gear, nor any other automotive journalism programme. Though the company had its own website at one point, it has been offline since 2004.

Significant examples

• GC 06060