{"id":24896,"date":"2018-10-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/aston-martin-vantage-le-mans-v600-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-04T12:33:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T12:33:21","slug":"aston-martin-vantage-le-mans-v600-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/aston-martin-vantage-le-mans-v600-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin Vantage Le Mans V600"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Until the 1980s Aston Martin was only known for sports cars and the luxurious sports saloon Lagonda. But since 1986 the British carmaker developed a new model, which in 1990 finally arrived at the market. And the new Virage changed the known picture quite a bit. Although the car still had plenty of power, its dimensions and weight made it a good cruiser instead of a racetrack weapon. No wonder, as it used a slightly shortened platform of the Lagonda saloon as its base. Despite a modified suspension was mounted, the British sports car did not meet the requirements of potential clients. 345 of the 365 built vehicles were produced until 1992, after that the cars only dripped sporadically from the production line.

Understandably, the factory always tried to sell more cars, but various special editions failed to attract more customers. If Aston Martin would not have beena subsidiary of Ford and so not receiving the Jaguar-developed DB7 in those days, maybe the chapter of this traditional brand would have been closed. However, this way there was enough money for developments like the Virage Vantage, which was based on the normal Virage, but received optical modifications from John Heffernan, one of the creators of the Virage. At the rear it got four round taillamps in place of the parts of the VW Scirocco II. Clear glass headlamps replaced at the front the Audi 100 (C3) lights. Under its hood lay a 5.3-liter V8 engine with two superchargers and 550 hp. Thanks to that it was the first Aston Martin to reach a topspeed of more than 300 kph (186 mph).<\/p>\n\n\n

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