{"id":88477,"date":"2022-01-10T18:24:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=88477"},"modified":"2022-01-24T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T09:38:27","slug":"aston-martin-virage-vacances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/aston-martin-virage-vacances\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin Virage Vacances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever seen an Aston Martin station wagon? In fact, there have been a few examples over the decades. The vast majority of them were three-door shooting brakes. However, based on the Virage, there was also a classic five-door station wagon from 1993 onwards in a run of just seven units. At that time, Aston Martin was in a difficult position. The luxurious grand tourer called the Virage was technically outdated. In addition, many customers found it too large and too heavy compared to other sports cars of the time. After all, development of this car had already begun in 1986, using the shortened chassis of the Lagonda Series II to save costs. A new four-valve cylinder head was developed for the classic V8 engine in collaboration with Callaway Cars in the USA. This also helped to adapt the engine t the emissions regulations in force at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virage sales floped from 1992 onwards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Before the world premiere of the new model series, which was to replace the Aston Martin V8 built since 1972, a naming competition was held. In the end, the then company boss Victor Gauntlett came up with the word “Virage”, which means “curve” in French. In October 1988, the finished car was shown for the first time at the Birmingham Motor Show. However, the first customer cars didn’t start rolling out to dealers until January 1990. Initially, the Virage enjoyed good demand. A total of 346 units were built by 1991. By way of comparison, 402 units of the indirect predecessor model, the DBS V8, were built between 1970 and 1972. However, demand for the Virage collapsed completely from 1992. With fewer than ten vehicles built each year, the brand was unable to keep its head above water. Even the introduction of the factory performance upgrade with an engine expanded from 5.3 to 6.3 liters had only moderate success – a total of 31 vehicles rolled off the production line.<\/p>\n\n\n

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