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Volante (2014)
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Volante (2014)

Vanquish (2012) · 2013–2018RWD

The convertible second-generation Vanquish was billed as the world's fastest front-engined convertible at launch. It added a folding roof to the V12 grand tourer.

565 hpPower
4.2 s0-100 km/h
295 km/hTop Speed
2013-2018Year
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Specifications

Powertrain
Engineering details
Engine6.0L NA V12
Displacement6.0 L
Cylinders12
FuelPetrol
Transmission6-speed Automatic
DrivetrainRWD
Performance
Numbers that matter
Power565 hp
Torque620 Nm
0-100 km/h4.2 s
Top speed295 km/h
Weight1844 kg
Dimensions & body
Height · 1294 mm
Length · 4720 mm
Wheelbase · 2740 mm
Width2067 mm

STORY

The V12 Vanquish, launched at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show, was Aston Martin's flagship and a technological milestone. Designed by Ian Callum from his acclaimed Project Vantage concept, it was among the most advanced Astons yet, with a bonded structure combining a carbon-fibre transmission tunnel with extruded aluminium and a carbon/steel/aluminium subframe.

It used the company's most powerful V12 of the day and an F1-style paddle-shift automated manual transmission, and starred as James Bond's gadget-laden car in Die Another Day (2002), where it earned the nickname "Vanish" for its (fictional) camouflage. It was built at Newport Pagnell as the last Aston made there.

The Vanquish name has since become one of Aston's flagship badges, returning as a V12 super-GT in 2012 and again in 2024, when a new third-generation Vanquish arrived with a twin-turbo 5.2-litre V12 making 824bhp, the most powerful series-production engine the company had ever built.

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