Last year saw the debuts of the impossibly pretty Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato coupe and drop -
top Volante, and now, Aston is extending the family.
Last summer, Aston Martin debuted the stunning Vanquish Zagato in both coupe and drop -
top Volante forms, announcing that it'd build 99 each.
You'll have to spend a little longer at the cashpoint if you want the drop -
top Volante as it's # 211,950.
Not exact matches
The Virage comes in a coupe and a soft -
top convertible, called the
Volante.
Aston Martin has yet to confirm performance estimates for the topless
Volante model, but the coupe is estimated to hit 62 mph in 3.5 seconds and has a
top speed of 201 mph.
Being Aston's «Super GT,» the Vanquish S
Volante gets an opulent interior complete with Strathmore enhanced - grain leather upholstery with matching stitching and embroidered headrests, satin chrome brightwork, and Rokona headliner for the convertible
top.
Sharing the 510bhp 5.9 naturally aspirated V12 and ZF automatic gearbox with the now extinct Aston Martin DB9, the Vengeance
Volante» adopts the same reworked body and interior as the hard -
top Vengeance coupe launched at last year's Geneva Motor Show.
Now, the automaker has revealed the drop -
top version of that potent two - door cruiser, the 2018 Aston Martin Vanquish S
Volante.
As the name suggests, the
Volante is effectively the drop -
top variant of the Vanquish Zagato revealed earlier this year at Villa d'Este.
Does this mean the next DBS
Volante will be a bridge between those two models, or is Aston Martin holding the rear styling of the new DBS
Volante close to its chest until the DBS hard -
top is revealed in full?
The Ferrari California T takes on cars such as the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet, Aston Martin Vanquish
Volante and Bentley Continental GTC V8, with its combination of a powerful V8 mounted up front, a 2 +2 seating layout and a folding metal hard
top.
But for Aston's hopes to become reality, the DB11
Volante needs to prove that it's a capable open -
topped GT car that's better than rivals such as the Mercedes S - Class Cabriolet.
When introduced, the DB7 Vantage
Volante was one of the fastest open
top Aston Martin ever made.
Aston Martin has unveiled the Vanquish
Volante — a new luxury sports car bringing open -
top motoring to the super GT class.
The convertible DB6 premiered at the 1965 London Motor Show, marking the first time the «
Volante» name was applied to a soft
top Aston Martin.
Aston Martin President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Andy Palmer, said of the DB11
Volante: «For many of our customers, indeed many generations of Aston Martin customer, the
Volante has always offered something very special: a unique combination of elegant style, innate sporting ability and sensory engagement that lifts it above other open -
top cars.
The new DB11
Volante captures those qualities perfectly and promises the kind of pleasure and enjoyment that can only come from driving an open -
top Aston Martin».
Aston says the DBS
Volante will reach 60 mph from a standstill in a tick more than four seconds, and at full bore, it will soar to a 191 - mph
top speed, matching the 250 - pounds - lighter coupe.
As for the first point, Andy Palmer, Aston Martin's president and CEO, says simply, «for many of our customers, indeed many generations of Aston Martin customer, the
Volante has always offered something very special: A unique combination of elegant style, innate sporting ability and sensory engagement that lifts it above other open -
top cars.»
Here is a GLAMOROUS 2008 Aston Martin DB9
Volante in Jet Black Metallic with Obsidian Black Leather Interior, BRAND NEW Black Dash, Black Convertible Soft
Top, Black Piano Wood Trim with Smoked Quartz Secondary Interior Trim, as well as Custom Carbon Fiber Wrapped Upper Console Trim.
The press launch for the DBS
Volante was held during Le Mans 2009 with many of the factory demonstrators being driven by AML «
top brass».
2006 Aston Martin DB 9
Volante convertible finished in Beluga Black with a luxurious black leather interior and black
top.
Aston Martin's 16th convertible, learning taken from the engineering of previous soft -
top cars has resulted in the DBS
Volante possessing Aston Martin's quietest and most refined roof system to date.
Drop -
top DB11
Volante arrives with glorious V8 and chassis tweaks — but do they put this # 160k convertible among the best?
We took the wheel of the
Volante drop -
top to find out.
Aston Martin presented the Vanquish Zagato
Volante at Pebble Beach, and the Gaydon - based carmaker is ready to deliver the open -
top beauty to just 99 lucky customers, with deliveries starting in 2017.
Beginning a new chapter of convertible Aston Martins, DB11
Volante sets new standards of performance, innovation, engineering and style to create the definitive open -
top Sports GT.
And as the fuel injected engine did not have the bulky air box on
top of carburettors, the
Volante did not need the power bulge in the middle of the bonnet.
A year later, it was joined by the
Volante — the first Vanquish drop -
top — before the S was unveiled in 2016.
The new Vanquish
Volante should be as good to drive as it is to behold, though, as Aston claims it's the stiffest drop -
top it's ever made.
But even though the
Volante covers 0 - 62mph in 4.1 seconds — the same time as the Vanquish coupe — and hits an identical
top speed of 183mph, it never feels mind - bendingly, supercar fast.
Both the Coupe and
Volante offer the same sprint time and an identical 201mph
top speed.
This particular 2002 Vantage
Volante is finished in Metallic Solent Silver with contrasting Parchment and Pacific Blue Leather with Dark Blue Soft
top and tonneau cover.
Aston Martin Certified Pre-Owned 2014 Aston Martin DB9
Volante in Jet Black with Chancellor Red interior and Red
top.
The upcoming
Volante will borrow every detail from its coupe version, except, of course, for its lightweight fabric
top that takes just 14 seconds to fold.
The 2015 Aston Martin Vanquish
Volante can attribute its
top - ten performance specs to its light weight and massive engine, which is a time - tested recipe for an impressive car.
Boasting 568 horsepower and 465 lb - ft of torque from a 5.9 - liter V12 engine, the Aston Martin DBS
Volante is capable of a
top speed in the range of 201 miles per hour.
Boasting 568 horsepower and 465 lb - ft of torque from a 5.9 - liter V - 12 engine, the Aston Martin DBS
Volante is capable of a
top speed in the range of 201 mph.
The 0 - 60 time was a claimed to be an impressive 4.9 seconds but the
top speed of the
Volante was electronically limited to 165mph until the introduction of the 2006.5 MY car when this was increased to 186mph.
In simple terms, the V12 Vantage Roadster combined the well known V12 5.9 litre engine with peak output of 510bhp as already in service in the DBS, DBS
Volante and V12 Vantage coupe within the V8 Vantage Roadster compact body to make Aston Martin's most exhilarating open -
top sports car.
The DB11
Volante shares its coupe sibling's aluminum structure but replaces the fixed roof with a fabric
top Aston says stows away electrically in 14 seconds, provides shelter from the great outdoors in 16, and can be operated at speeds up to about 50 km / h or remotely via the car's key fob.
Before production of the Vanquish Zagato coupe had begun, Aston Martin took advantage of Monterey Car Week 2016 and the Pebble Beach Concours in particular in announcing the open
top Vanquish Zagato
Volante.
Aston Martin DB9
Volante — The Aston Martine DB9
Volante is slick convertible that can go from zero to sixty in 5 seconds and reach a
top speed of 165 miles per hour.