It may say ‘Aston Martin’ on the nose, but we doubt it has anything to do with the British company…

According to a report by our friends at Worldcarfans.com, a coachbuilder is developing a limited edition car named the Aston Martin Super Sport.

While details are limited, the car is reportedly being designed and built by Star Electric Cars France. If you’re not familiar with Star, the company is known for making electric golf carts that resemble Hummers, Cadillacs, and Bentleys – example shown in our Gallery.

Design wise, the SS will feature carbon fiber bodywork, scissor doors, and a DB9-inspired front end. The interior will boast Recaro seats, leather / alcantara upholstery, carbon fiber trim, and a satellite navigation system with iPod connectivity. The looks certainly don’t scream originality though. To our eyes it looks like a very generic 1990′s Supercar shape, with an Aston martin nose grafted on the front. The kind of shape you would usually see in a computer racing game… They even dress the computer image up in a couple of racing colours just to jazz it up a little.

Power will allegedly be provided by a mid-mounted twin-turbo 5.4-liter V8 with 800 to 950 hp (597 kW / 811 PS to 708 kW / 963 PS). It will be connected to a six-speed manual transmission (an F1 paddle-shift will be optional), which sends power to the rear wheels through a limited-slip differential.

Production will be limited to eight units and pricing starts at an astonishing €7,500,000 ($9,630,140 USD). Yes, you did read that correctly, and no, we didn’t slip and lean on the ’0′ key by mistake.

That’s 7 seven Bugatti Veyrons. Or indeed six of Aston Martin’s own One-77 Hypercar. Or, well you get the idea.

This story does take a slightly more revealing twist though. A journalist from Pistonheads.com phoned Aston Martin directly and asked them about this car. Apparently Aston Martin has no offical company involvment with this car, and is ‘distancing’ itself from the project. Their legal department are also ‘looking into it’.

So from that we can deduce that this was a design from a university graduate, dragged up and re-shown for this press release. Proven out by a bit of digging – an old article featuring the work of a Dutch designer is here from 2008.

What this is, to us at least – is a very cleverly disguised bit of advertising for the Stars Electric Cars France company. And we all fell for it!

What do you think? Should Aston Martin endorse this car? Leave a comment below…