Aston Martin Works - which marks its diamond jubilee in 2015 - is celebrating 60 glorious years at Newport Pagnell with the commissioning of six limited edition sports cars.
The first car is being revealed last week at the Buckinghamshire-based firm’s customer Christmas celebration, which also forms the start of 12 months of exciting anniversary activity at Aston Martin Works.
The six bespoke cars, all versions of the current Vanquish super GT in either Coupe or Volante form, are being created in association with the luxury British brand’s Gaydon-based design team, and its ultimate personalisation service: Q by Aston Martin.
Each of the six cars is subtly different, and each is tailored to reflect one of the six decades being celebrated. The result is a collection of rare and ultra-desirable sports cars that will be instantly recognisable as 'Works 60th Anniversary' models.
Unique features in the Anniversary cars include: rotaries made from worked metal of a heritage model piston from the relevant era, distinctive Anniversary Yellow accents on the side strakes and alloy wheels, White/black Duotone seat centre panels, unique sill plaques depicting the era the car relates to and featuring the Works Anniversary logo, distinctive colour and trim treatments that include features such as contrast yellow stitching in the leather, and new heavy weave carbon fiber.
The cars of course retain the standard technical features of the Vanquish super GT such as its 6.0-liter V12 petrol engine mated in a pioneering transaxle layout to the latest generation Touchtronic III eight-speed automatic gearbox. This provides the Vanquish with genuinely spirited performance: the 0-60 mph time is a mere 3.6 seconds and the maximum speed tops 200 mph.
