Aston Martin is today unveiling a stunning new luxury sports
car – the Vanquish. Sitting proudly at the pinnacle of the luxury British car
maker’s sports car line-up, this breath-taking new super grand tourer
represents the zenith of current Aston Martin design and engineering.
Vanquish points to an exciting and confident future for the historic brand.
Vanquish is a new Aston Martin featuring the next generation
of the renowned VH architecture as well as a significantly upgraded 6.0-litre
V12 engine that is considerably more potent than before.
The design represents the latest take on Aston Martin’s
iconic visual language. Vanquish unquestionably sees the brand continue its
enviable tradition of producing some of the most beautiful sports cars in the
world. Styling cues such as the elegant new waist, elongated side strakes and
LED rear light blades are derived from the One-77 supercar.
Unmistakably an Aston Martin, the design shows a clear and
coherent lineage from its heritage while providing an equally clear pointer to
the luxury car brand’s vibrant future. Closer inspection reveals details such
as the stunning new Aero Duct on the rear boot lid. This elegantly devised
passive engineering feature, which counteracts lift at the car’s rear when
travelling at speed, is a triumph of both design and technical ability.
Performance, presence, style and great British craftsmanship
– the new Vanquish has all these traits in abundance.
Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ulrich Bez said:
“Today’s Vanquish is the ultimate expression of Aston Martin design ethos,
engineering innovation and technical ability. It offers luxurious,
continent-crossing capability and pure driving excitement without compromise.
“Bearing the same name as the iconic original Vanquish that
did so much to cement Aston Martin’s reputation as a maker of great GT cars in
the modern era, I believe the car unveiled today once again puts this great
British brand at the top of its class.
“The new Vanquish mixes beautiful design with impressive
technology such as the superb new infotainment system. This is the latest
incarnation of everything we know, informed and developed from One-77. It is
the ultimate Super Grand Tourer – confident and assured – and is the newest
representation of Power, Beauty and Soul.”
As happy on the streets of a bustling city as it is carving
through the countryside or long distance motorway touring, the Vanquish offers
a thoroughbred British luxury sports car that’s also suited to everyday use.
Powered by a significantly revised naturally aspirated 6.0-litre
V12 petrol engine mated to the proven Touchtronic 2 6-speed automatic gearbox,
the new car offers suitably impressive performance figures. The V12’s power
peak of 421kW makes it Aston Martin’s most potent production model yet,
outmuscled only by the strictly limited edition £1.2m (R15.3 million) One-77 supercar.
The raw statistics speak for themselves: 421kW at 6750 rpm, 620Nm of torque at 5500 rpm, 0 – 100km/h in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 295km/h place the Vanquish firmly into supercar territory. Yet the brand’s team of engineers have been working towards economy and emissions improvements, too.
The raw statistics speak for themselves: 421kW at 6750 rpm, 620Nm of torque at 5500 rpm, 0 – 100km/h in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 295km/h place the Vanquish firmly into supercar territory. Yet the brand’s team of engineers have been working towards economy and emissions improvements, too.
The latest engineering methods, innovative technologies and
typically understated classic British design come together to make the muscular
new Vanquish a true super GT. For instance, each body panel on the car is
constructed from carbon fibre because of its high strength-to-weight ratio and
flexibility of form. Meanwhile torsional rigidity is improved by more than 25%.
Practical improvements such as a newly designed and
significantly more spacious cabin and a boot that, at 368 litres, is more than
60% larger than that of the DBS, ensure the new Vanquish can carry sufficient
luggage for even the most ambitious grand tourist.
Designed and hand-built at Aston Martin’s global
headquarters at Gaydon in Warwickshire the new Vanquish, available as a 2+2 or
2+0, sits atop a broad line-up of world-class sports cars including the
exquisite DB9, sporty V8 Vantage and luxurious four-door Rapide.
Dr Bez said: “The Aston Martin range is stronger now than at
any time in our 99-year history. The new Vanquish represents the perfect way to
signal the beginning of our centenary celebrations next year.”
Priced from £189,995 RRP (R2.4 million) first deliveries of
the new sports car are expected to begin in the UK and Continental Europe late
in 2012.
2 comments:
see the tender brigade start pushing even harder now!
beauty in da beast 4 sho!
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