wonderbot
06-30-2008, 05:20 PM
Filed under: Spy Photos (http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/), Supercars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/supercars/), Aston Martin (http://www.autoblog.com/category/aston-martin/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/12vantage-spy.jpg (http://www.nextautos.com/spied-aston-martin-vantage-v12)Aston Martin shocked the industry when it took the wraps off of the baby-blue V12 Vantage RS concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/12/pics-aplenty-aston-martin-serious-about-v12-vantage-rs/) back in December. The idea was revolutionary yet stunningly simple at the same time: take the lowest car in the line-up and turn it into the highest. Would Aston build it? We all hoped so, and our hopes were vindicated (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/14/aston-martin-ceo-confirms-production-for-v12-vantage-rs-and-dbs/) with spy shots (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/01/vantage-point-aston-v12-prototype-spied/) of test mules running developmental laps around the race track.
From the latest batch, it appears that all those louvers on the hood will remain - a necessity for cooling the 600-hp V12 that is sitting where a 380-hp V8 usually resides - but the rear wing seems to have been reduced, with a big carbon-fiber diffuser taking over the balance (literally) of the downforce requirements. Eyewitness accounts indicate that the test mule is also wearing the carbon-ceramic disc brakes from the current top-of-the-line DBS, while insiders expect the imminently desirable supercar to bear an equally breathtaking pricetag at double that of the base V8 version. Worth it? We're betting yes.
[Source: NextAutos (http://www.nextautos.com/spied-aston-martin-vantage-v12)]
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/12vantage-spy.jpg (http://www.nextautos.com/spied-aston-martin-vantage-v12)Aston Martin shocked the industry when it took the wraps off of the baby-blue V12 Vantage RS concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/12/pics-aplenty-aston-martin-serious-about-v12-vantage-rs/) back in December. The idea was revolutionary yet stunningly simple at the same time: take the lowest car in the line-up and turn it into the highest. Would Aston build it? We all hoped so, and our hopes were vindicated (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/14/aston-martin-ceo-confirms-production-for-v12-vantage-rs-and-dbs/) with spy shots (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/01/vantage-point-aston-v12-prototype-spied/) of test mules running developmental laps around the race track.
From the latest batch, it appears that all those louvers on the hood will remain - a necessity for cooling the 600-hp V12 that is sitting where a 380-hp V8 usually resides - but the rear wing seems to have been reduced, with a big carbon-fiber diffuser taking over the balance (literally) of the downforce requirements. Eyewitness accounts indicate that the test mule is also wearing the carbon-ceramic disc brakes from the current top-of-the-line DBS, while insiders expect the imminently desirable supercar to bear an equally breathtaking pricetag at double that of the base V8 version. Worth it? We're betting yes.
[Source: NextAutos (http://www.nextautos.com/spied-aston-martin-vantage-v12)]
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