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Aston Martin Virage (1991)
for sale

Price: US $35,000.00

Description:

The Aston Martin Virage is the last carrier of the true magic of hand-built Aston Martins. And this particular one, with it's 5.3 liter V8 engine and stainless-steel straight-through-exhaust pipes, is also the last one that sounds like it.
Every screw and bolt has been touch by a passionate craftsman, every panel has been beaten into shape by the hands of a skilled artisan. It's as if the consciousness of the men who put this car together entered the machine and if you are near it you can feel that. Not unlike how Japanese sword-smith could bestow certain character qualities on samurai swords by mentally forging them into it as they were beating the blades to perfection.
About the Virage in General: The
Virage
was Aston Martin’s replacement for the decades-old V8 models, introduced at the Birmingham Motorshow, in 1988.
This V8-powered car was intended as the company's top model, with the 6-cylinder 1994 DB7 slotted below it. Although the DB7 switched to a V12 engine and claimed the performance crown, this V8 model remained the exclusive, expensive, and hand-built king of Astons. It was replaced in 2000 with the Vanquish.
When compared to the preceding V8, the design was fresh and more modern. It looked more like a Lagonda than the V8 it replaced. Indeed, the chassis was an evolution of the Lagonda's, with a de Dion tube rear suspension, located by triangulated radius rods and a Watts linkage, and a double wishbone unit at the front.[2]
The Virage was a large car with an all-aluminum body, and the 32-valve 5.3 L V8 engine's 364 lb·ft torque elevated its performance to near super car levels. Acceleration just never seems to run out, claimed “Sports Car International” on a first test. They also praised the eager and quicker revving nature of the 335 BHP engine with its Callaway-designed heads and Weber-Marinelli fuel injection. Nothing sounds quite like an Aston V8, they concluded. The 3, 946 lb car could reach 158 mph. The automatic could reach 60 mph from standing in about 6.5 seconds.

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