Aston Martin is an iconic British luxury performance car manufacturer that needs literally no introduction. The brand has been delivering top notch products for a couple of decades now and year after year it brings something new and interesting for its fans. This year in June the manufacturer launched the latest super sports car AM 310 Vanquish in Italy and yesterday it launched the same in Mumbai.
Expanding its portfolio at the higher end the company has priced the car at Rs. 3.85 core ex-showroom Mumbai. Now the Indian portfolio comprises of the Vantage, the Rapide, the DB9 and the DBS and don’t forget the ultra exclusive One-77. While the Vantage priced between 1.8 and 2.8 crore is the cheapest sports car from Aston Martin stable, the One-77 is the most car in India and is priced at over Rs. 20 crore.
While we wonder why the Vanquish has been positioned toward the pricier band, our answer lies in the fact that more than 80 percent of the sales of Aston Martin come from the pricier models.
“The initial belief was that we will sell a lot of entry-level cars like Vantage and a few of the high-end variants, but it has turned out to be the other way around. Cars retailing at upward of Rs 2.5-3 crore account for 80% of the 40-odd cars we have sold so far,” said Lalit Choudhary, director, Performance Cars, the official importer of Aston Martin cars.
There car does not have a direct competition but going over the price of car, it will go against the Ferrari 458 Italia, Ferrari F-12 and Lamborghini Aventador.
Aston Martin AM 310 Vanquish Technical Specifications
Dimensions
- Length: 4720mm (inc. front number plate plinth)
- Width: 2067mm (inc. mirrors)
- Height: 1294mm
- Wheelbase: 2740mm
- Fuel tank capacity: 78 litres (17.2 Imp.galls, 20.5 US galls)
- Weight: 1739 kg
Engine
- All-alloy, independent quad variable camshaft timing, 48-valve, 5,935 cc V12
- Compression ratio: 11.0:1
- Front-mid mounted engine, rear-wheel drive
- Fully catalysed stainless steel exhaust system with active bypass valves
- Six three-way catalytic convertors
- Max power: 573 PS (565 bhp) at 6,750 rpm
- Max torque: 620 Nm (457 lb ft) at 5,500 rpm
- Acceleration: 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 4.1 seconds
- Top speed: 295 km/h (183 mph)
Transmission
- Rear-mid mounted, six-speed Touchtronic 2 automatic/sequential manual gearbox
- Alloy torque tube with carbon fibre propeller shaft
- Limited-slip differential
Wheels and Tyres
- Front: 9J x 20″ Pirelli P Zero 255/35 ZR20
- Rear: 11.5J x 20″ Pirelli P Zero 305/30 ZR20
Suspension
- Lightweight aluminium front subframe with hollow castings
- Front: Independent double wishbone incorporating anti-dive geometry, coil springs, anti-roll bar and monotube adaptive dampers
- Rear: Independent double wishbones with anti-squat and anti-lift geometry, coil springs, anti-roll bar and monotube adaptive dampers
- Three-stage adjustable Adaptive Damping System (ADS) with Normal, Sport and Track modes
Brakes
- Front: Ventilated carbon ceramic discs, 398mm diameter with six-piston calipers
- Rear: Ventilated carbon ceramic discs, 360mm diameter with four-piston calipers
- Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) with Track mode
- Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)
- Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD)
- Emergency Brake Assist (EBA)
- Positive Torque Control (PTC)
- Traction Control
- Launch Control
Aston Martin AM 310 Vanquish Standard Features
- Full-grain leather interior
- Alcantara headlining
- Electrically operated front seats
- Memory front seats and exterior mirrors (three memory positions)
- 2+0 seating configuration with flexible rear environment storage
- Powerfold exterior heated mirrors
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Cruise control
- Tyre pressure monitoring
- Alarm and immobilizer
- Remote-control central door locking and boot release
- Automatic temperature control
- Heated front seats
- Curtain side head airbags
- Dual Stage Driver and Passenger Front Airbags
- Pelvis and thorax seat mounted airbags
- Seat belt dual-pretensioners and digressive load limiters
- Trip computer
- Tracking device (UK only)
- Laminated windscreen with clear noise-insulation layer
- Glass ECU
- Titanium bonnet and side strake meshes
- Bright aluminium front grille
- Chrome side strakes and tailpipe trim
- Heated rear screen
- New infotainment system with capacitive switching
- 1000W Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 15-speaker audio system
- Garmin satellite navigation system
- 6.5″ LCD Screen
- iPod® and iPhone Integration and USB playback
- Satellite radio system (USA only)
- AM/FM radio
- A2DP Bluetooth audio and phone streaming
- Wi-Fi Hub
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