Aston’s Man

27 May 2016 Redazione Living with a supercar

“I am 35 years old and working as well as 7 years in Aston Martin. I’ve been through some of Southern UK dealers, before realizing my dream and open a dealer on my own, which of course deal primarily with Aston Martin cars. Needless to have doubts that I myself possess one and that I often use it, not only on weekends, but every day just to go to work. It is a 2011 Virage, one of the first produced by the English house, when it decided to bring back to life the legendary model, positioning it halfway between the DB9 and the DBS. Many define it as a fail, but I believe that only two years of production have made it a real instant classic: a typically Aston line with a clean design that we can define an update to the DB9, a powerful engine, capable here to deliver from its 6.0 V12 the beauty of 496hp, a power that allows performance of an authentic supercar, but all with the smoothness and elegance that only an AM is able to offer.

The more I look it, the more I fall in love and I am sure, because otherwise I would have chosen the wrong job, that its value is likely to increase. And so, as week after week I am selling AMV8s and I am waiting the first DB11 models, I look at it from my desk and I savor the moment when I open the door and sit on board, bringing to life the “beauty, power and soul ” of the latest generation’s Virage. A car for connoisseurs, for the lucky few who can enjoy all that automotive purity that makes it so exceptional.”

David

ASTON MARTIN VIRAGE (2011-2012)

Layout   –  front-engined, rear wheel drive

Engine  –  V12 cylinder 6.0cc

Transmission  –  6-speed automatic gearbox

Power  –  496 hp / 569 Nm

Weight  –  1785 kg

Acceleration  –  4,6 sec.

Top Speed  –  299 kph