The Aston Martin V12 Vantage is right here, and it is a wild sendoff to the littlest 12-cylinder, front-engine sports activities automobile within the firm’s lineup. Sure, this would be the final Vantage to get the twin-turbo 5.2-liter V12. As such, it’ll be produced in very restricted numbers with a complete bunch of particular options to take advantage of the beefy engine underneath the hood.
That V12 is a well-recognized unit, because it has additionally appeared in DB11 and DBS variants, in addition to the Vantage-based V12 Speedster. The engine is tuned to the V12 Speedster’s specs with 690 horsepower and 555 pound-feet of torque, the latter of which is obtainable from between 1,800 to six,000 rpm. It is paired to an eight-speed ZF computerized transmission within the center and a mechanical limited-slip differential on the rear. Aston says the powertrain will propel the V12 Vantage to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds on the way in which to a 200 mph prime velocity.
Surrounding the engine is a completely revised physique. It is about 1.6 inches wider total to accommodate the broader monitor and fats tires (275-mm entrance and 315-mm rear). The entrance grille is 25% bigger than on a standard Vantage to supply extra cooling, and the hood has a scalloped vent for a similar cause. Lots of the physique elements are manufactured from carbon fiber for weight financial savings together with the bumpers, facet skirts, fenders, hood and trunk lid. Including each visible pleasure and extra downforce are the entrance splitter, facet skirts, rear diffuser and wing. They supply 450 kilos of downforce at prime velocity. If a purchaser finds the wing to be a bit a lot, although, it may be deleted, although downforce could be lowered. The V12 Vantage additionally will get a particular center-exit exhaust that weighs almost 16 kilos lower than the usual Vantage exhaust.
Naturally, the chassis will get upgrades to deal with the V12 Vantage’s energy. Along with being wider, the V12 Vantage’s chassis is stiffer due to added sheer panels, a rear shock tower brace and gas tank bracing. The adaptive suspension options stiffer springs are stiffer, as are numerous bushings and the entrance anti-roll bar. The rear anti-roll bar is definitely softer, although. Carbon ceramic brakes are commonplace with six-piston entrance calipers and 4-piston rear calipers.
On the within, the V12 Vantage is fairly just like a daily mannequin, but it surely will get commonplace Sports activities Plus Seats with semi-aniline leather-based with quilted stitching and perforations. Light-weight carbon fiber seats are additionally obtainable, and Aston Martin’s Q division provides every kind of particular methods to personalize a mannequin for further charges each in and out from colour anodized knobs to customized graphics and tinted carbon fiber.
Aston is just constructing 333 examples of the V12 Vantage, and that is for the entire world. Pricing hasn’t been introduced, but it surely additionally would not matter a lot, as each instance is spoken for. Manufacturing begins this yr, and deliveries will begin within the second quarter of subsequent yr
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