Vehicle Description
The Aston Martin V8 engine began development in the mid sixties
when it was first used in a Lola Sports racing car with a view to
replacing the six cylinder unit which had been in production since
the DB4 in 1958. Aston Martin converted a DB5 with an early V8
engine, which was used for many thousands of development miles by
the factory to create a usable and powerful eight cylinder engine
for the new DBS model due for production in 1968. The first Aston
Martin V8 Volante rolled off the production line at Newport Pagnell
in 1978 to worldwide acclaim and went on to be Aston's saviour.
Much like its older siblings, the DB5 and DB6, the V8 Volante kept
the order books full by conquering the North American market. As
the convertible version of the new luxury Oscar India V8, the car
had the brutish good looks of an aristocratic rugby player and the
interior refinement of a gentleman's club. If the contemporary
Ferrari of its day was likened to a 'prancing playboy in snakeskin
loafers' the Aston V8 Volante was the solid chap in burnished
brogues, equally at ease in town or country. This fabulous example
in dark blue with magnolia leather interior and blue piping has
covered a mere 10,000 miles in the last 22 years, of which 1,275
miles were covered in the last ten years. Aston Martin Specialist,
Rikki Cann, has looked after the car since 1981 and it comes with
an MoT test certificate which expires June 2018. These brutish
British sports cars are still the envy of many and being a
convertible with substantial horsepower to boot, this is a
wonderfully exhilarating Aston Martin with all the comforts of
modern day motoring. � For sale by auction on Saturday 23 September
2017 with Historics at Brooklands, Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit,
Weybridge, Surrey, Call 01753 639170
