• Less than 9,000kms from new • One of only 166 Vantage Volantes made • Italian delivery • Present ownership since 2008 "Anyone wondering why Aston Martin bother to make their own vee-8 when so many big American ones are so cheaply available need take only one look at the performance data...

for the best explanation in the world.

Whatever the undisclosed output of the Aston V8, it is enough to rocket this heavy car to 60mph from rest in exactly six seconds and to 100mph in only 14.7 seconds.

Much more than this, we were able to reach 138 mph from rest in a mile and on the Continent record a mean maximum speed of 161.5 mph." - Autocar, 8 July 1971.

The uprated Aston Martin V8 Vantage propelled it into the supercar league with a tuned version of the existing 5,340cc engine breathing through a quartet of 48mm Weber carburettors rather than the standard 42mm units.

Valves and ports were enlarged and the camshafts changed, the end result being an estimated maximum output of around 375b...