{"id":3666,"date":"2020-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/aston-martin-db7-vantage-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T16:31:55","slug":"aston-martin-db7-vantage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/aston-martin-db7-vantage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin DB7 Vantage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After turbulent years with changes of ownership and constant concern about the threat of insolvency, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. was only 75 percent taken over by the Ford Group in 1987 and then completely taken over in 1994. In this way, all financial problems were solved for the time being. When it came to new developments, it was possible to fall back on the large parts inventory of the various brands and thus save money. In addition, the second British subsidiary, Jaguar, had an unused sports car concept in stock that should have gone into series production as an ‘F-Type’ at the end of the 1980s. Instead, this project XJ41\/XJ42 was moved to Aston Martin as Project XX (later NPX for Newport Pagnell eXperimental), where it became the DB7 with newly developed chassis and various modifications to the body by Ian Callum. However, the floor group could not hide its relationship to the Jaguar XJ-S. The DB7, which took up the initials of David Brown again, had its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in 1993 as a Coup\u00e9 that wasn’t yet ready to drive.

At that time, the engine was still in the development phase. Ford had decided that the DB7 should be fitted with a supercharged inline six-cylinder engine based on Jaguar’s AJ6 engine. When it was launched on the market in 1994, this engine produced 250 kW\/340 hp, which was transmitted to the rear axle either via a manual five-speed or an automated four-speed transmission. The Coup\u00e9 version was joined by the open-top Volante from the end of 1995. Initially Aston Martin sent the bodyshells to Rolls-Royce in Crewe for painting. Due to its well-designed shape and the comparatively durable technology package the DB7 soon gained a good reputation and achieved excellent sales figures. Already in mid 1998 the 2,000th car rolled off the production line, easily beating the previous production record of the DB6 of about 1,850 units.<\/p>\n\n\n

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