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VANQUISH S VANQUISH S the ULTIMATE ASTON MARTIN ‘The Fastest Road Car in the History of Aston Martin VANQUISH S VANQUISH S THE ULTIMATE ASTON MARTIN ‘The fastest road car in the history of Aston Martin. A car that fuses hand-crafted tradition with the highest calibre of automotive technology. Appropriately it is our flagship car... the Vanquish S... the ultimate Aston Martin.’ Dr Ulrich Bez, CEO, Aston Martin ALL ASTON MARTINS ARE RARE VANQUISH S IS VERY SPECIAL VANQUISH S IS THE FLAGSHIP OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXCLUSIVE SPORTS CAR MAKER In 1914, the founders of Aston Martin has earned To build such an extraordinary Aston Martin, Lionel Martin a reputation for another car, the company has used and Robert Bamford, began speciality: building lifelong British expertise in aerospace building handcrafted, high- one-to-one relationships and race-car engineering. performance sports cars. with each of its cars and Conventional automotive They believed sports cars with every owner. This is industry materials and should have a distinctive and due to meticulous records manufacturing techniques individual character, be built to and archives, plus personal were not good enough for the highest standards and be attention from experts at the fastest road car in exhilarating to drive and own. the factory. Aston Martin’s history. More than 90 years later these values remain true today. The Vanquish S effortlessly combines 21st Century technology and 200mph (321 km/h) performance, with understated elegance and craftsmanship. POWER, BEAUTY & SOUL A DISTINGUISHED HERITAGE DRAMATIC STYLING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY The lightweight aluminium and As Aston Martin spearheads The Vanquish S is The Vanquish S offers carbon fibre structure of developments of its innovative unmistakably an Aston traditional Aston Martin Vanquish S is unique to Aston construction techniques, Martin. It is elegant, powerful style and a real depth of Martin. It is this special so it also leads with its and dynamic. But there is time-honoured British combination of materials that sophisticated engine and also a hint of menace in this craftsmanship. But these gives the Vanquish S such Formula One-style classic Aston Martin design, skills are combined with enormous strength and transmission. The Vanquish S with a dynamic tension in its modern ingenuity. The torsional rigidity for superior uses the most powerful shape accentuated by the result is the Vanquish S handling, safety and durability. version ever of Aston Martin’s rear flanks and their almost – a car unlike any other. highly acclaimed 6.0-litre V12. animal-like ‘muscularity’. This technology has become the Aston Martin signature of The six-speed manual today; just as hand-formed transmission is operated by aluminium panels were in the F1-style paddles mounted past. (The aluminium body on the steering wheel panels are still hand finished. column. It can change gear It is the best way to achieve a in approximately 250 superb finish.) milliseconds – or the blink of an eye. V12 POWER & PERFORMANCE DESIGNED TO STIR THE SOUL Aston Martin’s hand-built A key factor in the engine’s There is no mechanical link The driver has a number As a matter of convenience 6.0-litre V12 is renowned as efficiency is its high-speed between the Vanquish S of gear change modes to and safety, the Vanquish S is one of the finest engines in the multiplex communications throttle pedal and engine. choose from. In Select Shift equipped with a sophisticated world: enormously powerful, system, called PTEC (Power Instead the movement of Manual (SSM) mode, the tyre pressure monitoring smooth and beautiful. It can Train Electronic Control), the throttle is electronically driver shifts gears up and system. If the air pressure in also lay claim to being the which is capable of measured to gauge how fast down using the steering a tyre drops below a level world’s best-sounding high transmitting information in the driver wishes to go. This column-mounted shift optimal for maximum driving performance car engine. four one-thousandths of a information is then fed to the paddles (right to upshift, left speeds, a facia-mounted second. There are two engine management system to downshift). The only time warning light will instantly In the Vanquish S, it reaches PTECs, one for each bank which makes the engine the system intervenes for the illuminate. its zenith. Maximum power of cylinders, linked by a respond accordingly. driver is at the red line, when is 520 bhp (388 kW) at high-speed system that the computer automatically If the sensor light flashes, it 7000rpm, with maximum controls the fuel injection The PTEC system links upshifts. Additionally, there means that pressure in one torque of 425 lb ft (577 Nm) and spark timing. constantly to the six-speed is Auto Shift Manual (ASM) of the tyres has become at 5800rpm. manual transmission, which mode, in which the computer dangerously low. A boot- Engine changes in the is operated by an electro- takes care of all gear mounted LCD readout Such power delivers sterling Vanquish S include new hydraulic gearshift. Unlike selections according to enables the driver to identify performance. Indeed, this is cylinder head castings with some systems, the Vanquish engine and road speed the faulty tyre. Additionally, the fastest-ever road going revised inlet ports and S allows the driver to ‘skip’ without driver intervention. rain-sensing wipers and Aston Martin. Top speed is combustion chambers with down changes from say, sixth But even in ASM mode, automatic lights are standard. more than 200 mph (321 revised profiles to improve to fourth or fifth to second subtle use of the throttle km/h), the 0-62mph (100km/h) airflow. A remapped engine with a pull on the paddle for can induce gear changes dash is accomplished in only management system, each gear change. A failsafe to enhance the driving 4.8 seconds while 0-100 mph together with new fuel system ensures the engine will experience. (160 km/h) takes just 9.8 injectors and spark plugs not over-rev and will seconds. takes advantage of this automatically opt for the There is an optional ‘Sport’ improved airflow. Finally, next highest ratio. mode in both settings. In But it is the mid-range new hot forged connecting SSM Sport, the system allows acceleration that is truly rods have been designed to the driver to ‘bounce’ against sensational; 50-70mph handle the increased cylinder the rev limiter without shifting (80-112 km/h) takes only pressure. automatically. ASM Sport 6.5 seconds in sixth gear. allows the gearbox to rev Overtaking is effortless. As you would expect, the higher to use more of the Vanquish S engine meets all engine’s power, and shifts emissions requirements more quickly. worldwide, including California’s strict LEV (low emissions vehicle) standards. Power Torque Engine speed (rpm) Engine speed (rpm) INDIVIDUALLY HAND-BUILT WITH CARE & CRAFTSMANSHIP Despite the high-technology Bonding, which doesn’t In the paint shop, each body Once the car is on its wheels, specifications, the Vanquish S distort the structure in any receives five coats of surface craftsmen begin to hand- is built in the same manner as way, leads to a more primer, two coats of colour produce the cabin. This other Aston Martins before it, dimensionally accurate and two coats of clearcoat. process takes more than 70 one at a time, by hand. An chassis than traditional The painted bodies, which hours of labour and eight individual craftsman takes welded steel. are hand-buffed after each hides of leather. responsibility for the creation application, take two days of every car. Aston Martin engineers have to finish. When finished, steering ensured that these 21st and suspension alignment In preparation for production century aerospace skills and In the final assembly area, are checked using laser of the Vanquish, the factory materials come together to the twin-pump fuel tank is alignment tools. The glass at Newport Pagnell received form a car that raises the first fitted in its own safety ‘start’ button on the a multi-million-pound standards in performance, cell in a cavity above the rear dashboard is then pressed refurbishment that included quality, safety, durability and axle. Next, engine and for the first time. Testing on an all-new assembly line, comfort. transmission, fuel and brake the rolling road, on nearby environmental paint shop, lines, underbody heat- roads, in the water booth, rolling road and water test The assembly process shielding, air conditioning, and a final inspection, facility, which simulates begins in a special bonding electrical harnesses and complete the build process. monsoon conditions to ensure jig housed in a temperature interior sound deadening are In all, it takes just over 396 a watertight interior. Today, and humidity controlled fitted. Meanwhile the front- man hours to create each technicians who used to hold environment. The specially end structure, which will carry Vanquish S, or around six old-fashioned welding guns developed braided carbon the front suspension and weeks from raw materials to now wield dual-feed adhesive fibre ‘A’ posts are first bonded engine, is assembled, as is the finished article. guns to bond together to the aluminium core, the rear suspension. These composite components, followed by the carbon fibre are then loaded to the crash structures and ‘backbone’ tunnel . ‘marriage jig’ where the aluminium panels. painted body is lowered into Next, the rear structure, place and the front crash plenum assembly, bodysides, structure bonded on. rear wings, and roof are all bonded to the aluminium monocoque using a special polyurethane adhesive. From there, the body shell moves to the front-end simulator jig, where boot lid, doors, bonnet, front wings and bumpers are fitted to check alignment. SUPERB HANDLING HIGH TORSIONAL RIGIDITY WITH OPTIMUM STEERING & SUSPENSION An Aston Martin, especially The key to its nimbleness, The suspension is light, the ultimate Aston Martin, and predictabiility, is its light and race-car like in design.
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