A gorgeous set of photos posted today on Wired detail the process of constructing the One-77, Aston's ultra-exclusive flagship vehicle that we first showed you last month at the LA Auto Show. Aston Martins have always been handbuilt, but with the One-77 the company took it a step further, distilling only their "A Team" builders to work in a seperate facility on these cars, and bringing parts, tools, and personnel to each vehicle, (rather than moving each vehicle through a series of workstations), in a process more akin to old-school coachwork than assembly-line production. And look, not a single robot in the place! Though the result is well out of our price-range, it's good to know that this artisan level of maufacturing still exists somewhere in the auto industry. And hey, there's nothing stopping you from having a unique, 100% handcrafted vehicle that's built to your own personal specs: it's called a project car.

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