Kief Cars » Aston Martin V12 Vanquish http://www.kiefcars.co.za A blog about cars - http://www.kiefcars.co.za Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Cars in the Movies: Aston Martin V12 Vanquish http://www.kiefcars.co.za/2009/08/05/aston-martin-v12-vanquish/ http://www.kiefcars.co.za/2009/08/05/aston-martin-v12-vanquish/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:57:56 +0000 Henno Kruger http://carswelove.wordpress.com/?p=414 Aston Martin is not a very huge brand in my home country, South Africa. One can find other sports cars here though. I’m not a big fan of British auto manufacturers, but this car is far superior to previous models out of Britain. James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) drove the Aston Martin Vanquish in the movie, Die Another Day. This car was designed by Ian Callum and was manufactured by Aston Martin between 2001 and 2007. The Aston Martin V12 Vanquish is capable of doing 315 km/h. The car was based on a 1998 GT Concept car called the Project Vantage which was first introduced in 1998 at the North American Auto International Auto Show and had its debut with a V12 engine. A production model was introduced in the year 2000 by Aston Martin and production started on the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish in 2001. From it’s introduction it was considered as Aston Martin’s flagship vehicle. This car was the successor to the Aston Martin Virage / V8 Vantage. It’s highly unlikely that one would find a bunch of these vehicles advertised in the classifieds. The Aston Martin Vanquish definately is, in my opinion, a very high quality vehicle and one of the most stylish ones ever produced.

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