Vehicle Description
1998 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volante Convertible. This Aston
Martin DB& Volante 16 is rare. Only 879 were manufactured between
1996-1999. The DB7 is credited as the car that saved Aston Martin.
Manufactured in October 1998 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, UK this
two-door convertible with 2+2 seatin was designed by Ian Callum.
The color is Chiltern Green Metallic and took two weeks to paint at
Rolls Royce's Crewe Factory. It has a fully lined mohair
electrically operated roof with heated glass rear window. The doors
have side-impact protection. The interior is hand-crafted Connolly
leather - Cinnamon RFR13 with green piping. Alcantra headlining and
Firth carpets. The trim and accents are polished burl walnut. Other
features include electrically operated fron seats, central locking
system, CFC free Automatic climate control, an Alpine 6-speaker
stereo radio with CD and automatic antenna and remote. Driver and
front passenger airbags, electric windows, cruise control, Megamos
alarm system, PATs immobilizer system. The all alloy engine has a
twin overhead camshaft, 24valve, 3239 cc (197 ci) in-line
6-cylinder. The engine ws designed and developed by Tom Walkinshaw
Racing (TWR). It contains a Single Eaton M90 'Roots' supercharger,
maximum boost of 14.7 psi (1.0 bar). Bore x Stroke: (91mm x 83 mm),
compression ratio 8.3:1; lubrication: wet sump; seven main
bearings. Water cooled intercooler for the compressed air bypass
valve; Fully catalyzed stainless-steel exhaust system. Max power
355-hp (SAE net) @5,5000 rpm; Torque: 368-ft/lb @3,000 rpm. Zytec
engine management system with mulit-point sequential fuel injection
and EdIS electronic ignition system. The trasmission is ZF 4-speed
automatic: 1-2.482:1, 2-1.482:1, 3-1.0:1, 4-0.75:1. Final Drive:
GKN Powerlock limited slip differential 3.54:1, giving 28.6 mph per
1,000 rpm. Suspension and steering: Front independent double
wishbone, coil springs, mono-tube dampers with anti-roll bar,
anti-dive gegometry.
