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While the nameplate hasn\u2019t enjoyed an unbroken quarter-century of production since 2001, it\u2019s easy to understand Aston Martin being keen to make a fuss of the Vanquish\u2019s 25th birthday. This was the last Newport Pagnell car, after all, and also the beginning of a bold new era – one that would go on to spawn some of the most desirable super GTs of the early 21st century. The original was the best bit of Die Another Day (just beating the song), the current is the best series production Aston ever, and the second gen offers up conspicuously affordable V12 glamour. So a celebration is most definitely in order.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is the Vanquish 25, a Q by Aston Martin-enhanced limited edition that\u2019s said to be an \u2018exclusive celebration of, and tribute to, three generations of this iconic automotive nameplate\u2019. Obviously it\u2019s based on the existing model, now with design inspiration from the original launch spec. You\u2019ll have to tell us where the second Vanquish has had a say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, pairing Q Skye Silver with Onyx Black, Oxford Tan or Phantom Grey was always going to make for a fabulous big Aston, and so it proves here. Additional details unique to the 25 include embroidered logos inside and new badges outside, \u2018Q Commission metal foil detailing\u2019 on the side, a slightly different design of 21-inch wheel and even Q\u2019s own exhaust. Well done if you noted the red start\/stop button, too. While sometimes anniversary specials offer up meaningful changes over the standard car, that doesn\u2019t seem to be the case this time around for the Vanquish 25. No bother, though – you\u2019ve likely already heard that the 835hp GT is all sorts of epic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Fittingly, there will be 25 Vanquish coupes<\/a> made in this spec and 25 Volantes<\/a>, each offered as a two-seater or a 2+2. Offered globally, it\u2019s clearly going to be a rare sight, and potentially an easy one to miss in fact. But a slightly under the radar limited edition feels appropriate for the Vanquish, with cars like the Vantage and DBX there to be more overt.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vittorio Gabba, Head of Q at Aston Martin, said: \u201cAnyone familiar with this iconic British brand knows the provenance of the name \u2018Vanquish\u2019 in our modern history. 25 years on from the unveiling of the very first Vanquish it is only right that we mark this nameplate\u2019s contribution to our heritage. Vanquish 25 builds on the extraordinary achievements of the modern, third-generation Vanquish with a carefully curated package of exterior and interior features that subtly celebrate this important milestone in our history.\u201d<\/p>\n Don\u2019t be surprised, then, if all 50 are spoken for ahead of the Vanquish 25\u2019s debut at Monterey Car Week next month. Deliveries are due by the end of the year; given those Vanquishes that have made it to the classifieds already (why would you sell such a thing?!) are comfortably above \u00a3300,000<\/a>, don\u2019t expect these to be any less than \u00a3400,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n Navigate leftNavigate right<\/p>\n 1 \/ 13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the nameplate hasn\u2019t enjoyed an unbroken quarter-century of production since 2001, it\u2019s easy to understand Aston Martin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-705065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}