<< Prev Page 2 of 2 Despite the painfully high price, the lure of the first all-new Aston Martin in two decades meant that the order books quickly filled up. Being a hand-built car, the Virage could be built to custom order. In 1992, the Works Service option was added to the line-up, which included a 6.3-litre version of the engine, even larger brakes and a wide body. Needless to say, each of these upgrades could also be picked separately. A supercharged Vantage model also joined the line-up in 1992.
Two years after the Virage's, Aston Martin was back in Birmingham to offer a first glimpse of the 'Volante' convertible version. The original prototype was a strict two-seater but by the Geneva Motor Show early in 1991, the production-ready Volante had a 2+2 seating configuration. Like the Coupe, the Virage Volante could also be specified with the Works Service package, while a special Wide Body with the 5.3 litre engine was created for the North American market where the 6.3-litre engine had not been homologated.
By the mid-1990s, the Virage name was dropped and the car was simply referred to as the V8. Along with the change in the name, the styling was refined with smoother headlights and twin circular tail lights as the most obvious changes. The output of the 'standard' 5.3-litre engine was also slightly increased to 350 bhp and a full 500 Nm of torque.
The Virage and subsequent V8 were produced through to 2000 when 1,050 examples of all versions were built. Replaced by the V12-engined Vanquish, this truly marked the end of an era and the Virage/V8 remains as the last of the hand-built Aston Martins. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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Despite the painfully high price, the lure of the first all-new Aston Martin in two decades meant that the order books quickly filled up. Being a hand-built car, the Virage could be built to custom order. In 1992, the Works Service option was added to the line-up, which included a 6.3-litre version of the engine, even larger brakes and a wide body. Needless to say, each of these upgrades could also be picked separately. A supercharged Vantage model also joined the line-up in 1992.