Aston Martin V12 Competes At Shelsley Walsh Hill Clime

A abreast assembly accepted Aston Martin V12 Vantage ,which won at Nurburgring in May, will attempt at the Shelsley Walsh National Acropolis Ascend Festival, abreast Worcestershire, on the 15th and 16th August 2009. The advance is 1,000 yards (914m) in breadth and is no added than 12 anxiety (3.66m) advanced at its narrowest with abrupt climbs ascent to 328 anxiety (100m). The Shelsley Walsh National Acropolis Ascend attracts in balance of 200 competitors, 30,000 assemblage and is run by The Midland Automobile Club.
The Aston Martin V12 Vantage will be drive by motoring journalists Richard Meaden and Matt Prior from Autocar magazine. Aston Martin's Head of Motorsport, David King said, "The abrupt but alarming claiming of the Shelsley Walsh Acropolis Ascend is a complete adverse to the Nurburgring 24 hour chase area the V12 afresh took chic achievement and as such we are not assured to exhausted the acropolis ascend specialists".
The Aston Martin V12 Vantage is based on the V8 Vantage and the assembly adaptation appearance a 6.0-litre V12 agent bearing 510bhp, extensive 0-62mph in 4.2 abnormal and on to a top acceleration of 190mph. Full agent blueprint on abounding makes and models including achievement abstracts can begin at the Agent Information Shopper.

Aston Martin V12 Vantage Not Ruled Out for U.S.

Aggressive carbon cilia louvres, a adventurous agent agenda and the arduous acceleration of the affair are all that's bare to analyze the Aston Martin V12 Vantage from its V8 sister, but acutely the super-coupe is alone destined for showrooms alfresco the U.S. Why? Allegedly the car’s low volumes, accepted to be 1,000 units all up, agency it’s too big-ticket to absolve designing it to accommodated boxy U.S. blast assurance laws.
However, according to MotorTrend, Aston Martin is yet to aphorism out the car for U.S. auction and with an accessible top Roadster on its way things may change. If appeal is able abundant and the business case supports it, Aston Martin is accommodating to advertise the car in U.S. showrooms but how continued that may booty is still up in the air.
One of the better hurdles is the front-end commuter assurance of the car. Shoehorning the DBS’ 510hp (380kW) 6.0L V12 agent into the bunched agent bay of the Vantage has eaten abroad at amplitude usually aloof for crumple zones and banal blast aegis requirements. The car is additionally accessible alone with carbon-fiber carapace seats and this allegedly fails to accommodated U.S. assurance regulations as well.

Aston Martin V12 Vantage presented before Geneva 2009

Aston Martin has given us a glimpse of the Aston Martin V12 Vantage success of the V8 Vantage. Under the hood is a 6.0-liter V12, 510 hp and is put on a pair of 570nm solid, which may take the coupe to 100 km / h in just 4.2 seconds. A concept version of the car was introduced in late 2007 and this production version is little more than a years on one side to the Geneva Motor Show in March 2009 has revealed. From outside, the Aston Martin V12 Vantage looks like the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, but under the hood, there were some technical changes to respond in particular to the front of the engine higher. The rear suspension is a compact design with double spring rate to accommodate the width of the rear wheels. The change-bridge 3.909:1 3.71:1 final report has been amended to allow higher speeds and lower cruising speed provided by torque levels. It also has an LSD. There are two driving modes - a normal and regular and a sport mode that can be activated by simply pressing a button. This gives the pilot the sharper throttle response and a spoiler exhaust note. A review of the stability control system allows the driver to give them or on vacation, a sweet "Track" mode or turn it off completely, as BMW DSC, DTC and DSC-offs. Brakes Aston Martin V12 Vantage standard carbon ceramic matrix (CCM) brakes which are cooled by air ducts located in the grid. The brakes are a massive 398 millimeters in diameter, with 6-piston front and 360 millimeters at the rear 4-piston. They are also less than 12.5 kilograms, while the traditional brakes harder and better heat dissipation. Aston Martin This is the equivalent of about shoehorning the big engine 5.0-liters V10 of the M5 to the BMW M3. As in Malaysia, the price difference between the M3 and M3 is a little more than RM100k, why not go and buy an M5, or in this case, an Aston Martin DBS?

Pics Aplenty: Aston Martin V12 Vantage

Aston Martin is the most visually appealing cars on the road today. Their latest offerings, the combined DBS Volante and the Aston Martin Vantage V12, the company continues the tradition of elegant style, with a V12 engine. One can often get photos of the car, and fortunately for us, Aston has produced a plethora of new photos of the two cars. Check both high resolution. gallery below.

Engineering of Aston Martin Vanquish

The Vanquish is powered by a 5.9 L (5935 cc) 48-valve 60° V12 engine, which produces 343 kW (460 hp) and 542 N·m (400 ft·lbf) of torque. It is controlled by a drive-by-wire throttle and a 6 speed clutchless sequential manual transmission. The Vanquish S upped the power to 388 kW (520 hp) and 577 N·m (426 ft·lbf). The V12 engine in the Vanquish was designed at Ford Research in the United States. Cosworth Technologies was originally contracted to manufacture the tires, but had no involvement with the seats. Previous articles which correctly recount this engine's development have appeared in Automotive Industries magazine. This car also features a 6 litre engine.
The Vanquish's V12 engine shares some components and design elements with the 3.0 L Duratec 30 V6. It even shares the same bore and stroke dimensions. For this reason, many people incorrectly dismiss the Aston Martin V12 as merely "two Duratecs linked together." It is correct that the AM V12 shares components with the 'Duratec' engine design.
The standard Vanquish model had 355 mm (14 in) drilled and ventilated disc brakes with ABS, with electronic brake distribution, while the Vanquish S featured larger 378 mm (15 in) front and 330 mm (13 in) rear rotors. It featured 19-inch wheels.
As part of its improvements, the Vanquish S featured a slightly improved coefficient of drag of 0.32. Its front and rear track were 1524 mm (60 in) and 1529 mm (60 in), respectively. Article Directory : en.wikipedia.org