The real "suit thug" is like this: the development history of Aston Martin Vantage.

Speaking of aston martin, most people think of James Bond's super chariot for the first time. It is almost omnipotent. These cars are all made by Aston Martin, accompanying Bond around the world, and they are also indispensable roles besides Bond Girls. In fact, Aston Martin in the "007" series movies can only represent the tip of the iceberg of this brand. Aston Martin has different models. It's just that a DB series model has three different versions, namely Vantage, Zagato and Volante Volente. Among them, Vantage is a high-performance version, and it is also regarded by fans as a model that often comes out to save the world. Its identity is self-evident.

On the other hand, Vantage has a long history. It has experienced 70 years of experience since its birth, and Vantage is even more contemporary than every driver who drives it now. Below, the big coffee will take you back to the 70-year development of Vantage and understand the glorious history of Vantage in these years.

DB2 Vantage

1950

The first generation of Vantage can be traced back to the DB2 era. The change of this generation of Vantage to the original DB2 is only the engine. Equipped with a 2.6L Lagonda engine, the air intake is larger and the carburetor ratio is larger. Maximum power 125 horsepower, 20 more than ordinary models. Although it is only 125, its birth made DB2 Vantage famous in Le Mans. However, consumers did not buy this upgraded engine, resulting in only a few cars sold in one year.

BD4 Vantage

196 1 year

Because DB3, DB3S and DB4 were produced almost at the same time, and DB3 participated in the shooting of Bond Golden Finger at that time, the next generation of Vantage did not appear until DB4 in the 1960s, so the second generation of Vantage had already come to the era of DB4. The appearance of the second generation model is much better than that of the first generation model, and the streamlined headlights and bright aluminum alloy trims begin to show the style of DB5. In addition, the DB4 Vantage version adds a special cylinder head on the basis of the Tadek double camshaft straight six engine, with an additional 20 horsepower and a maximum output of 266 horsepower. In the second generation, there were only 135 vehicles. At that time, there were also Vantage GT and convertible models, but they were very popular among collectors because of their extremely rare quantity.

DB5 Vantage

1964

Because of the spy movie "007: Goldfinger", the DB5 has become a classic car in everyone's eyes. In that year, DB5 * * * produced 887 vehicles, including only 68 Vantage models and only 8 Vantage convertible versions. DB5 Vantage is equipped with a 4.0L inline six-cylinder engine with a maximum horsepower of 330 horsepower. I still remember that in a car auction, a DB5 that kept the machine gun device, bulletproof shield, rotating license plate and tracking equipment that appeared in the movie at that time was finally sold for 2.9 million pounds (about 4.59 million US dollars). It is even more difficult to see the current car of the third-generation model now, which is extremely rare.

DB6 Vantage

1966

1966, after DB5 Vantage, DB6 Vantage came out. DB6 Vantage continues the high performance of DB5 Vantage, and adds logo nameplate design to the front fender. Adopt the same 4.0L inline six-cylinder engine as DB5. In addition, this generation of DB6 Vantage has two derivative versions-Volante MK I and Volante Mk II, which are only slightly different. However, due to the low output of DB6 Vantage itself, there are only 29 Volante Mk I models and 13 Volante Mk II models respectively.

DBS Vantage

1967

1967, Aston Martin decided to innovate the model from beginning to end, and the angular DBS Vantage officially came out. Due to the development delay of the planned V8 engine project, DBS Vantage was forced to use a 4.0L inline six-cylinder engine. However, the improved camshaft design is used to reduce vehicle weight and optimize performance data.

AM Vantage

1972

1972, AM Vantage based on DBS upgrade was officially released. In design, the car abandoned the four lamp shapes of the previous generation and switched to double headlights, with a limited number of 70 units worldwide. At that time, the car was the worst performance model in the Aston Martin series. As a result, I guess everyone guessed, and this car didn't sell much.

Vatti V8

1977

In the 1980s, crazy aston martin was different from the past. Vantage is no longer a high-performance version of V8 series, but an independent V8 Vantage. This generation looks like a wild horse, with a V8 engine with 403 horsepower. At that time, with the top speed of 274km/h, it became the fastest mass-produced road bike on the earth, and many super-runs were far behind.

Vantage V8 Zagato

1988

During the popularity of V8 Vantage, aston martin continued to cooperate deeply with legendary Italian design company Zagato, and in 1988, V8 Vantage Zagato with shorter, more dazzling and rarer body was introduced. A total of 52 vehicles were manufactured in this generation, and only 8 special editions of Vantage Volanda were manufactured.

Vatti V8

1993

Time came 1993, and a new generation of V8 Vantage was officially listed. The V8 Vantage equipped with two Eaton superchargers reaches 550 horsepower, hence the name Vantage V550. After that, Vantage's supercharged version successively introduced the V600 and V8 Vantage Le Mans special editions.

DB7 V 12 Vantage

1999

On the eve of the Millennium, Aston Martin brought DB7 V 12 Vantage to the Geneva Motor Show in199. The car is equipped with a 5.9-liter 48-valve all-alloy engine with an output of 420 HP. Thanks to this, DB7 V 12 Vantage has become the benchmark for road sports cars. The disguised V8 engine gave this old car a new lease on life. In its four and a half years, * * produced 20,965,438+0 cars. Although this number is not large, it is a great progress compared with previous generations.

V8 Vantage

In 2005

In 2003, a new generation of Vantage concept car was released. Two years later, the new generation V8 Vantage was officially unveiled, aiming to compete directly with Porsche 9 1 1, BMW M series and Jaguar XK. As the first vehicle equipped with a new 4.3-liter four-cam, 32-valve dry oil pan V8 engine, it only takes 4.9 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles. Today, this car still holds the sales record of 65,438+007 in the history of Aston Martin. 65,438+05,458 hardtop sports cars and 62,365,438+0 convertible sports cars were sold.

V 12 Vantage

In 2009

In 2009, Aston Martin took down the V 12 of DBS and put it in to become the V 12 Vantage. In addition, there are V 12 Vantage S and wonderful V 12 Zagato models. Thanks to the all-aluminum engine V 12 adopted by DBS, the weight of V 12 Vantage is only 50kg heavier than that of V8 Vantage, with the maximum power of 5 17hp and the peak torque of 496Nm. Matching with a six-speed manual gearbox, the top speed can reach 305 km/h, the maximum power of V 12 Vantage S is 573hp, the peak torque is 620Nm, and the acceleration of 100 km takes only 3.5 seconds. The speed of 330km/h makes it the fastest Aston Martin so far.

V 12 Vantage Zagato

20 12

In 20 12, Aston Martin not only mass-produced V 12 Vantage and V 12 Vantage S, but also attracted much attention. Originally planned to produce 150 vehicles, but only V 12 Vantage Zagato was produced.

superiority

20 17

20 17 brand-new vantage officially meets the public. This generation of Vantage is built with the same architecture as DB 1 1, and its appearance is sharper, but its angular style is controversial.

But no one will question its performance. The 4.0T V8 twin-turbo engine equipped with Mercedes -AMG has a maximum power of 565,438+00 HP and a peak torque of 685 Nm. The official acceleration time of 0-65,438+000 km/h is only 3.6 seconds, and the top speed is 365,438+04 km/h. ..

In addition to Vantage, the limited edition of V8 Vantage Heritage Racing and the edition of V8 Vantage Coral Orange, which were specially made for the China market, were also launched. In addition, just last month, Aston Martin released the official map of Vantage Roadster and the new car is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of this year.

There are many stories about Vantage, but in any case, this car has always exuded the elegance of a British gentleman. Generally speaking, Vantage is not as eye-catching as the common super-run, and walking on the street is extremely low-key. If you can stand low-key, then this super run is worth a try.

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