And what a goodbye it is.
British luxury performance marque Aston Martin has prepared quite the goodbye for its V12 Vantage, resurrecting a 20-year old nameplate with the weight of an icon and affixing it to what might be the most extreme iteration of the V12 Vantage yet.
The nameplate we’re talking about is the ‘Triple V,’ which in 1998, referred to the V8 Vantage V600, a supercharged V8 brute that was undoubtedly the most insane version of the Vantage to have been made. Fast forward to today, and the V12 Vantage V600 carries on that tradition, and in rather splendid fashion.
“This is precisely why we created our ‘Q by Aston Martin – Commission’ service. Our customers can create truly bespoke sports cars, by personally collaborating with myself and Aston Martin’s design team. The V600 name remains a classic in Aston Martin’s heritage, and I’m proud to see it adorn the V12 Vantage V600 once again.” — Marek Reichman, Vice President & Chief Creative Officer, Aston Martin
Notably, the exterior features a number of tweaks to differentiate it from the vanilla variant. You’ll find a totally carbon-fibre exterior, with reworked profiles, a unique bonnet, blacked-out grille, and special rear diffuser. The whole car also sits on machined, centre-locked, forged alloy wheels, which look stunning.
Within that carbon-fibre shell you’ll find a cabin with dark anodised aluminium trim, and smatterings of carbon fibre. Not to stop there, Aston Martin also added unique perforation patterns for the seats, unique dials, and a centre arrest that’s been hand-crafted with saddle leather. And to top it all off, the 7-speed manual transmission gains a solid-metal gear shifter, milled from a single block of aluminium.
Under the bonnet, you’ll find an uprated and uptuned version of the 6.0-litre V12 petrol mill that powers the Vanquish S, putting out 600PS (hence the name, but 441kW in our terms), with power going to the rear wheels via the aforementioned 7-speed manual.
The Aston Martin V12 Vantage V600 can still be ordered on request though, with just 14 models split evenly between coupe and convertible body styles set to be made. Neither the price nor the Australian availability was made public at launch, but stay tuned to CarShowroom as we bring you more updates as they come.
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