RE: Ex-Brunei Aston Martin Vantage V550 for sale

[Calza]

No experience but christ I've always loved these!

Dombilano said:

Lovely beast of a car. What are those 9 circular holes in the middle of the dashboard for, above the clocks?

Warning lights?

[McRors]

God, I love these. Clarkson I believe got wheelspin in 3rd and said “if it rains I guess you walk.”

My favourite car ever.

[Red6]

Absolutely love these. Interior, needs a bit of a tweak. But if you could drive the Dorchester Hotel at 200mph... this car would be it.

[biggbn]

la grange said:

One very handsome, brutish car, very desirable and a complete improvement on the virage which it was based on

Ugly, awful looking thing. Brutal yes, but not in the good way some bruisers are.

[NDA]

BOR said:

Wait a second, where are the snorkels?

The Le Mans version I think?

[paulguitar]

Matthew-18w4p said:

I've got that de-mister switch gear on my Granada Scorpio! Worth approximately 239k less

I sat in a Virage when it was introduced at the Birmingham Motor Show and was surprised to find it had the gearstick from a Sierra!

[paulguitar]

thegreenhell said:

Matthew-18w4p said:

I've got that de-mister switch gear on my Granada Scorpio! Worth approximately 239k less

To which the Aston Martin rep would reply "So what? Most of our clientele have never driven anything as mundane as a Ford so they won't recognise where the parts come from".

I very much doubt they'd say anything as condescending as that.

[biggbn]

Agree with above posters, appalingly cheap looking interior for a flagship car from a company like Aston. I get it is in and off its time but I can't imagine Johnny Millionaire would have been entirely happy looking at that every day. It looks almost as cheap as the exterior....

[Chubbyross]

paulguitar said:

Matthew-18w4p said:

I've got that de-mister switch gear on my Granada Scorpio! Worth approximately 239k less

I sat in a Virage when it was introduced at the Birmingham Motor Show and was surprised to find it had the gearstick from a Sierra!

You should try driving a Caterham!

[paulguitar]

Chubbyross said:

You should try driving a Caterham!

I've spun one at Stowe.

[Mark_Blanchard]

I remember seeing this car in Jerudong in Brunei in the late 90s. A very nice car indeed.

[Matt p]

cookie1600 said:

No need and you can save circa £87k too:

https://astonmartinworks.com/pre-owned/aston-marti...

Pppfffffooooooaaaaarrrrrrr! This is peak British hairy chested manleyness

Good find sir

[86wasagoodyear]

Wonder if it has a custom 250 L fuel tank so that it can do a lap of the Brunei palace gardens without having to be 'recharged'.. ?

[gary71]

Lovely Take the point about the inside not being up to it, but Aston were making about 50 cars a year at the time so it was all a bit basic/borrowed.

Don’t remember Jackie Stewart being involved, although I might have missed that. John Miles (ex Lotus F1) did some consulting for AML at the time and visited engineering in his FWD Elan on occasion.

[Badgers]

Stunning shape. Remember seeing 2 (might have been 3) new on spec Vantages tucked away in a garage in Hamilton nr Glasgow in the early 90s. I was buying a second hand Lotus Elan. Remember asking for a look round and was in love (years later bought the new 2006 V8 Vantage and really disliked it). Always liked them curvy.

Restomod the interior (and not brown pls). Haven’t driven a 90s auto so pass at the moment. Exterior still perfect.

[robsco]

Outstanding in every regard. What a car. If the lottery numbers came in, the big Vantage would be very high on my list. I disagree with those who have an issue with the interior, it wouldn’t be an authentic hand built English car if there weren’t borrowed parts and exposed screw heads.

[rare6499]

That’s a properly cool car. I love it.

[rare6499]

That’s a properly cool car. I love it.

[Chubbyross]

paulguitar said:

Chubbyross said:

You should try driving a Caterham!

I've spun one at Stowe.

Well done, that man!

[Raohassankhan]

I have owned a metallic green one of these for 10 years. Cream leather and manual box.

The round holes on the dash are individual warning lights.

Yes there are Ford parts in the interior and the key is likely from a Ford Mondeo, but when you start the engine and concentrate on actually driving a twin supercharger V8 with 550 bhp and no traction control, you don’t care about half a dozen Ford interior switches.