![]() Externally the new model could be identified by a number of features. Virtually all of the first Vantages were produced with ZF five speed manual transmission, as on Lot 17 as there were fears of the effect that this power would have on the automatic 'Torqueflite' box. This was achieved through revised camshafts, larger inlet valves, and a completely redesigned airbox that fed quadruple Weber IDF downdraught carburettors mounted on a new special manifold. This was in fact more a result of the changes in the company structure and financial instability, rather than a long period of development for the higher performance derivative.īy 1977, it had been clear for some time that the V8 could ably cope with an increase in horsepower, and the Vantage powerplant now increased standard performance by forty percent to 380 bhp. ![]() The Vantage debuted in 1977, some five years after the V8 model had arrived, an unusually lengthy delay for Aston Martin when compared with earlier models. It just goes on and on, up through the gearbox until, likely as not you'll run out of road or out of nerves before it's even beginning to run out of steam.' Performance Car White Noise-Vantage Volante, Road Test, June 1987. What is so deeply impressive about the Vantage is this relentless, bull-like charge. Winchester blue with dark blue hood, and magnolia interior.Įngine: V8, 5,340cc, fuel injection, 400bhp at 5,800rpm Gearbox: five speed manual Suspension: front, upper/lower control arms, coil springs, rear, De Dion axle, trailing arms and coil springs Brakes: hydraulic discs front and rear.
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