The Aston Martin Vantage GT3

Earlier this year we featured a short film teasing the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 ,and today our friends at Aston Martin unveiled the first details of its most potent and uncompromising Vantage to date. The track-inspired Vantage GT3 special edition are limited to just 100 examples, the new model combines all of Aston Martin’s learning from its years of sports car competition around the globe to produce its most performance
focused road-going Vantage. Equipped with a new iteration of the brand’s
6.0-litre V12 engine which is capable of generating up to 600 PS¹, the car weighs in at 100kg less than a standard V12 Vantage S.

Comprehensively
re-engineered, as well as significantly restyled, the GT3-inspired
special edition is lower and wider than any of its siblings in the
Vantage family. A broader track – front and rear – brings even more
composed cornering thanks to a reduction in lateral load transfer, while
the use of Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres provides even more assured
handling. Thoroughly equipped with cutting edge motorsport-inspired
features, from the extensive use of carbon fibre inside and out to the
track-focused aerodynamics pack – which includes a prominent rear wing
and pronounced front splitter – the race-derived new Vantage brings more
focused and uncompromising capability and styling to a road-going Aston
Martin.

The
aerodynamics package in particular has a profound effect, producing
significant downforce to provide even greater levels of grip and
stability at higher speeds. Inspired by Aston Martin Racing’s successful
campaigns, this new GT3-derived Vantage has been designed and
engineered exclusively at Aston Martin’s Gaydon Headquarters in
Warwickshire, England, to be the most overt expression of everything
that defines Vantage: an inspirational sports model offering supreme
driveability on the road, and uncompromising dynamic performance on
track.

New
flared carbon fiber front wings, carbon fiber bonnet, a lithium ion
race-derived battery, carbon-fiber door casings, optional carbon fiber
roof, optional weight-saving polycarbonate rear window and rear quarter
windows are just a few of the measures which illustrate the engineers’
determination to eliminate mass wherever possible. That determination
has paid off, too, as the new car weighs in at only 1,565 kg².

Under the skin lie a number of bespoke engineering upgrades, aside from the new 600 PS¹
V12 engine. Magnesium inlet manifolds with revised geometry, a
lightweight magnesium torque tube and a full titanium exhaust system
with center outlets are just a few of the features that underline the
rigorous re-engineering of this exclusive new Vantage.

The
car’s interior is comprehensively reworked, too, with a full carbon
fiber center stack and touch-sensitive control array; race-derived
carbon fiber sports seats; Alcantara trim and the option of numerous
bespoke features courtesy of the brand’s popular personalization
service: Q by Aston Martin.

Announcing
the arrival of the Vantage GT3 special edition, Aston Martin CEO Dr
Andy Palmer said: “Motorsport is in our blood at Aston Martin. The
Vantage is the car we campaign in top level sports car racing around the
world and so it seems only fitting that we offer an exclusive, limited
edition Vantage that expertly fuses our motorsport know-how with our
road car prowess.”

He
added: “The Vantage GT3 special edition is an uncompromising example of
our design and engineering expertise and I’m sure the 100 owners who
secure one of these cars will savor every second behind the wheel;
whether on the road or on the track.”  

The Vantage GT3 special edition will make its public debut on 3 March at the 85^th Geneva International Motor Show (Hall 5, Stand 5253), with first customer deliveries beginning in the third quarter of 2015.