Classic Car: Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Posted on 30-04-2016 to 18:00 by larssb – 57 Comments”
Rude stylish from the equal, conceited faint smile. It becomes a second nature in the Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
A tidier type designation for what is actually on the V8 Vandal was in 1977 introduced noble-Brit was horkerig quickly. By many even labelled as Britain’s first supercar. That is not nothing, and so took he also. More than 220,000 old-fashioned guilders at that time was astronomical, if not at least two floors, a dormer and neat front yard was. That had the Vantage all, but have a massive appearance.
He came to start off a noteworthy sex. There was already so much built in Newport Pagnell, his bloodline was impressive. As a direct descendant of the DBS and as a result V8 was this Vantage the bruutste from the series. And that was clearly visible on his countenance. Still stylish lined, but the modesty was there from the start. A good and muscular Lord in a handmade sportpak. No lubberend tracksuit of course, but a stately tracksuit. But make no mistake.
That bulge on the hood was not nothing to do with the hand ingeklopt. The clenched strength underneath that space is desperately needed. From a 5.4 litre V8, a power of 390 HP at that big lump or torque therefrom. The large, partly light work of Tadek Marek proved in the normal V8 for years, robust and reliable. In the Lagonda even more, it was in that wonderful catastrophe, is actually the only part that does not pan out, kortsloot, in flames or otherwise on black went. In the Vantage was the block much more powerful, by custom valves and camshafts, larger carburetors, and some nerdy-tuning increased its power relative to the tammere V8 with nearly half. But still utterly stylish.
In terms of appearance in any case, if all 400 horses in full the tracks were given sounded like the Vantage a lot less civilized. A symphony in V8 minor, but with the accent and volume of a tormented bully. Rare. And it is rarer still, because there are generations growing up who only silent cars and do not know how such a thing used to be sounded. The goosebumps inducing sound of a roaring achtcilinder as a gore geluidswalm consider and are afraid that they are sick. We are not, we enjoy the fact that our cars are de facto still have no cars. We drive themselves, as well as petrolheads. The neanderthals in the coming decades.
But so far not yet. And outside the eargasmic sound, there is still much more to enjoy. Of the glorious seventies aerodynamics, for example. Without the beautiful design of the V8 is a lot of violence to do so was the Vantage features a spierballenpakket to its potential to make known to the outside world. So there was a big spoiler on the tailgate, that a little bit was reminiscent of a raised paardenlip. Everything turned to HP’s finally. Also under the front bumper was such a big downside-power-shelf-mounted. The grill was blinded with a panel in the body color and the radiator moved to a spot under the bumper. The hoodscoop was closed and turned into a power bulge . A number of these adjustments were later also standard on the less powerful versions of the V8.
The dashboard was in the first series of Vantage done in leather, later the walnut back. The Vantage was initially on alloy wheels from your own home, later series were copies of BBS, and the last series was on Ronal 16-inchers. A beautiful Grand Tourer, all in all. But in ‘Murcia, he was only available in the Kardashian Edition: hevelled from the outside and completely empty inside.
Because by the draconian emissions requirements had the USA-spec Vantage or injection, but hardly more power than a standard V8. Due to the lack of carbs was even the hump on the bonnet fake has become. This was the American version also known as the Cosmetic Vantage. Many of these American, but also Swiss and Japanese versions were after export yet converted to European specs with chrome bumpers and a real Vantage engine with carburetors under the hood. So it seemed, because in a Porsche pack you also, of course, no diesel. Oh, wait…..
But that was only a few decades later. Then grew the trees the hole in the ozone layer the sky in a thick 450 HP. The X-Pack was the thickest version of the Vantage, and stood between ‘86 and ‘89 in the price list. This version was taken in hand with Cosworth – and other race and had standard slightly more than 400 HP. On request and for a princely fee provided Aston Martin is also a variant with even bigger carbs and a different exhaust system, so the power is further increased to more than 430 HP. For the true lovers of and money, there was even a 6.3 liter achtpitter stock that 450 HP converting to spray gravel on the old driveway.
That could also in an open version: a small 200 copies of the Vantage were delivered as a convertible, the Vantage Volante. The remaining 350 copies were made as a coupé built by hand and a lot of English craftsmanship. That was probably also one of the reasons that that dekselse J. Bond out of London in reed. Sometimes rather rude, but more often with the same haughty faint smile.
Gallery: Aston Martin V8 Vantage
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