Making a 2001 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volante V12 Even better. - Autochannel (press release)
One might say that starting with one of the worlds truly most achingly beautiful cars would defeat the objective at hand – namely trying to improve on modern day automotive perfection. That was my challenge when I decided to buy and improve a 2001 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volante V12, with just 15,000 miles and one ‘famous’ Las Vegas owner. Ian Callum, now head of design at Jaguar and personally responsible for the stunning new XF, was tasked in the early nineties with creating a modern day GT that would save Aston Martin and its dwindling sales. He produced the DB7, first in 3. 2 liter straight six supercharged form, and from 2000 in final 5. 9 liter V12 configuration, the same base engine that you find in the Vanquish, the Le Mans winning race cars, the DB9 and the latest and very... Ian is still very proud of what became Astons best selling car, ‘we really worked on the athletics as much as the driving dynamic, and with the V12 I had to fight to get the more aggressive front, particularly the driving lights which Jacques... After driving the Pentland Green 420bhp Bloxham built beast home to Hollywood from Scottsdale, I realized fast that the sophisticated and rather muffled exhaust note was for more mature owners and not for one who had just traded in a 400bhp Jag... The ‘pimp my ride’ gang seems to have rather ignored the small, but rather passionate and well financed AMOC (Aston Owners club). Source: www.theautochannel.com
